Experience

Tabadlab

• Pakistan
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Fellow

  • Jan 2019 - Present



United Nations

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Evaluation Officer - Team Lead

  • Dec 2020 - Dec 2022

  I led a Secretariat wide assessment of internal evaluation capacity, and earlier, led a mixed-methods evaluation of the macroeconomic work of the Economic and Social Commission of Western Asia, as part of the Inspection and Evaluation Division of the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the United Nations Secretariat. Earlier, I was part of the team evaluating the work of the Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean. I was also the lead drafter for the upcoming OIOS-IED evaluation manual, the first issue of the reissued newsletter, and helped lead the most recent division workshop on Subprogram Outcome Evaluation. Show less



United Nations

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• International Consultant

  • Aug 2019 - May 2020

  Evaluation of UN Office on Drugs and Crime Evaluation of UN Office on Drugs and Crime



Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad

• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Visiting Faculty Member

  • Aug 2019 - Jan 2020

  Teaching Gender, Conflict and Peacebuilding at Centre of Excellence for Gender Studies Teaching Gender, Conflict and Peacebuilding at Centre of Excellence for Gender Studies



United Nations

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Evaluation Consultant

  • Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

  Meta analysis of predictors of success across internal evaluations conducted across the UN system Meta analysis of predictors of success across internal evaluations conducted across the UN system



DAI

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Development Consultant

  • Mar 2018 - May 2018

  Evidence based strategic advice for new business development and sub-grantee awards Evidence based strategic advice for new business development and sub-grantee awards



United Nations

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Evaluation Consultant

  • Nov 2017 - Feb 2018

  Evaluation of the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs Evaluation of the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs



DAI

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Team Lead

  • Aug 2017 - Oct 2017

  Team lead for inception phase of Accountable Justice in Pakistan Programme, designed to increase access, use and quality of law enforcement and justice services, particularly for girls, women and vulnerable groups. Team lead for inception phase of Accountable Justice in Pakistan Programme, designed to increase access, use and quality of law enforcement and justice services, particularly for girls, women and vulnerable groups.



United Nations

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Evaluation Officer

  • Mar 2016 - Jun 2017

  Team lead for OIOS biennial report on "Strengthening the Role of Evaluation in the UN Secretariat", A/72/72, March 2017 Team lead for OIOS biennial report on "Strengthening the Role of Evaluation in the UN Secretariat", A/72/72, March 2017



Punjab Commission on the Status of Women

• Pakistan
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

  I conducted a review of the conditions of women imprisoned in Punjab's jails, based on a desk-review, jail visit, and in-depth interviews with former and current jail personnel. I conducted a review of the conditions of women imprisoned in Punjab's jails, based on a desk-review, jail visit, and in-depth interviews with former and current jail personnel.



Collective for Social Science Research

• Pakistan
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Visiting researcher

  • May 2012 - Dec 2015

  Together with a team of researchers at the Collective, I have been working on a field research study of adolescents in poorer parts of Karachi. The quantitative component of this work examines adolescent well-being, risks and strengths, education and work, use of time, and outlooks toward the future, through an assessment of the neighborhoods within which they reside, interviews with their parents, and young people themselves. Together with a team of researchers at the Collective, I have been working on a field research study of adolescents in poorer parts of Karachi. The quantitative component of this work examines adolescent well-being, risks and strengths, education and work, use of time, and outlooks toward the future, through an assessment of the neighborhoods within which they reside, interviews with their parents, and young people themselves.



John Jay College (CUNY)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct professor, Principles and Methods of Statistics

  • Sep 2010 - Dec 2010



Vera Institute of Justice

• United States
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Consultant

  • Apr 2008 - May 2008



John Jay College (CUNY)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct professor, Crime in Asia

  • Jan 2008 - May 2008



Vera Institute of Justice

• United States
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• • 2006 - 2007

• • 2003 - 2006



UNICEF

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Sep 2002 - Jan 2003



Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)

• Pakistan
• Think Tanks
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Research assistant

  • Sep 1997 - Aug 1999



The Asia Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Apr 1998 - May 1998