Region: South Asia
City: Islamabad
Country: Pakistan

The current head of the chapter is:

Dr. Arjumand Faisel
(OG 87-88)
Arjumand & Associates
House 624, Street 44, G - 9/1
Islamabad, Pakistan
Phone:  92-51-2262733
Fax:  92-51-2251171
E-mail:  arjumand.faisel@gmail.com

There are currently 20 members in the Pakistan (Islamabad) Chapter.

Established in 2006, the Chapter has made substantial efforts towards boosting collaboration between the EWC and Pakistan.

Dan Berman - the past EWCA President - paid a working visit to the Foreign Office and Higher Education Commission. Mr. Berman also visited art galleries and musical events, examining opportunities for the possible organization of a performance of Pakistani artists and art exhibition at the EWC, which has been arranged and tentatively scheduled for April 2008.

Dow University of Health Sciences (DUH) and the EWC was linked for planning and sending 25 individual for PhD study at EWC with DUH funds.

The Chapter made a donation of Rs. 50,000 (US$ 835) to an NGO working for physical and psychological rehabilitation of earthquake victims. In addition, medicines worth 1500 Canadian dollars was collected and donated to another NGO operating clinics for the major orphanage "Ashiaana" - which is home to 450 children who became orphans after the natural disaster in October 2005. Chapter members distributed gifts, socialized with the children there, and organized theatre performances for them. The Chapter also initiated a program about informing civil society about measures to minimize hazardous effects of earthquakes, as a large part of Pakistan is within the earthquake zone.

The activities of the Chapter have been reported in leading English newspapers and given substantial space.