Facilities & Resources

Raasta Development Consultants is now a private sector partnership led by Simi Kamal and Zia Niazi. A Director, Research and Evaluation, and a Director, Capacity Building and Training head a team of managers and officers who are directly involved in implementing and managing both long term technical assistance and short term consultancy assignments. A dedicated accounts and administrative staff provide financial and management controls and logistical support while IT and MIS staff manage the huge data base and research resources with state of the art IT systems.

Raasta's library is extensive with studies, training modules and literature pertinent to all its areas of expertise and involvement. Its offices are equipped with state of the art computer systems with independent data and internet servers and a variety of software including Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), ATLAS/ti ver 4.1, dtSearchTM, ANTHROPAC 4.97/x, Urdu/Sindhi programmes, GIS mapping system and desktop printing.

Senior Professional Staff

Simi Kamal
Chief Executive

Zia Niazi
Chief Operating Officer

Muneezeh Saeed Khan
Director, Research and Evaluation

Shahida Sajid Ali
Director, Capacity Building and Training

A. G. Pirzada
Financial Management and Planning Specialist

Jamil H Kazmi
GIS Mapping and Environment Specialist

Johdah Rafiq Bokhari
Evaluation and Field Research Specialist

Kausar Hashmi
Manager, Research and Documentation

Ashok Kumar
Manager, Field Operations and Data Processing

Muhammad Irfan Yazdani
Manager, Information Technology and MIS

Siraj Uddin Khan
Senior Admin Officer

Mohammed Pervaiz
Senior Accounts Officer

In addition to senior staff, Raasta has 12 senior research associates, 25 field associates, a network of over 100 trained field investigators and trainers throughout Pakistan and 12 junior and support staff based in the Karachi office.

Detailed Write up of Professional Staff