2009 Class Notes for BSc 1999

It's hard to believe but it's been ten years since we graduated. That means it's reunion time! We are planning one via the LUMS BSc 1999 Alumni group on Facebook so join in on the discussion and hope to see you in Lahore.

Abdul Mannan Abbasi is working in London with Riskmetrics. He is happily married and is no longer missing New York.

Adeel Janeed Meer is working in Jersey City.

Adeel Jamil Siddiqui and Nadia Hussain are in Washington DC with their 3 year old daughter.

Adil Paracha is working in the UK as a brand manager for Kimberly Clark Europe. He is a proud father of a boy and two girls.

Adnan Bhutta and Naira Latif Chaudhry have a son named Mikail and a daughter named Amna. They are both still working at Microsoft.

Ahmed Hamidani is working in Singapore.

Alefia Lotia and family are quite accustomed to the Texas heat. The girls (Zainab & Zahra) are (im)patiently waiting for the arrival of the newest addition-to-be. In the meantime Alefia is trying to catch as many naps as possible (so far not to her satisfaction). Pool, school, and never-ending housework is causing Alefia to search Craigslist for a 'driver' and a desi cook.

Aliya Salahuddin is working in London.

Amanullah Jiffrey Kariapper is at Strategic Systems International (SSI) in Lahore.

Amber Riaz is doing her PhD from Oxford.

Ambreen Gilani is working with the Poverty Group at UNDP and continues to enjoy living in New York.

Ameel Zia Khan is working for Melbourne Water in Australia. He continues to be an active blogger and you can read his professional blog at insanityworks.org/acme and his personal blog at insanityworks.org/randomtangent.

Amir Ali Jafri is working for Microsoft in Seattle.

Aqib Elahi Mehboob recently set up a new broking firm, called Alpha Beta Capital Markets, with his boss from AKD Securities (Nadeem Naqvi). He now aims to break into the top five with this new outfit, but the market has been tough. Things were way easier at AKD! He is happily married with two chidlren: Adil (6) and Areeba (3). He recently lost weight, his hair, and his mustache!

Ashab Naeem Iqbal is working for American Express in London.

Asif Amjad is working for KPMG Financial Advisory in Riyadh.

Asim Butt is making art in Karachi.

Asim Memon and Mariyam Mansur are both working for Microsoft in Seattle.

Assed Jehangir and Tania Tariq have moved to the Hague. After completing his PhD, Assed has started work at Siemens Netherlands. Tania is a stay at home mom who is usually found cleaning up after the eternally energetic Ayaan (3) and Elaina (2).

Babar Ghias is in NYC with Rabia and his daughter. He is working at Credit Suisse.

Faisal Wahab continues to run his pharma and toiletries business in Karachi.

Faisal Wasey is in Karachi with his wife and daughter.

Farheen Lotia is in Karachi with her husband and daughter.

Farooq Mustafa Alavi is working for Standard Chartered in Karachi.

Fatima Ashraf has moved back to Calgary, Canada. She is trying to get used to the cold after spending three warm years in Houston. She is a stay-at-home mom to Ahmed, 5, and Sophia, 2.

Fatima Muzaffar is living in London. She's busy being a full-time mom to her four year old son Mikaeel.

Feroze Gulzar is busy playing polo while running his family business on the side. He is married to Hina Khar and they have a daughter named Anaya.

Fuad Ghazanfar is working for Nestle in Lahore.

Hassan Ali joined Intrinsyx Technologies in San Francisco and started his career in business development. He is also involved with NASA in San Francisco (in their human and animal space venture program!). He got influenced by sufiastic Islam and planning on redoing the trip to Mauritania to get blessings from a 100+ year old sufi shaykh.

Hassan Javed is in Redmond.

Hina Khar won her seat in the 2008 elections with a strong majority and is a special assistant to the PM on economic affairs. She is married to Feroze Gulzar.

Hina Khawar Aslam is married to Akbar Ahmad and has settled in London. They have a wonderful daughter Zara.

Iftikhar Rafi is working for a Swiss bank in Dubai.

Imran Ahmed is taking the year off to see the world.

Junaid Bin Jahangir is in Edmonton, Canada.

Khawaja Bashir Uddin is in Dubai with his wife (Sana) and daughter (Zaynah). He is working as Sales Manager for EMS, which is BlackBerry's Partner in Middle East & Africa.

Khurram Khaliq Khan is in Lahore with his wife, Fatima.

Kiran Nanjiani is in Karachi, working in the media industry.

Maha Ahmed is working towards her PhD in Holland.

Mahira Daha and Fareed Zaffar are both in Lahore. Fareed is teaching in LUMS.

Mahvash Ghous (formerly Akram) is in Dubai with her husband, Yusuf, and three kids (a boy and two girls).

Makhmoor-ul-Hassan is working for Shell in London.

Marium Hassan (formerly Naeem) is working for Shell in London.

Mariyam Memon and her hubby, Asim Memon, are both working for Microsoft in Seattle.

Marukh Aftab is working for Nokia-Siemens Dubai as a telecommunications consultant. She and Hasan Muzaffar have a beautiful baby girl (Zaria).

Mehreen Tanvir Butt is in the US.

Mehwish Zaman is full-time mom in London.

Moazzam Ali Khan is working for Unilever in London.

Monazza Aslam got her PhD and is now working towards a post-doc in Oxford. She recently had a baby girl, Zara.

Muhammad Amaan Akram is working in London and has two beautiful daughters.

Muhammad Hasan Muzaffar is working for McKinsey in Dubai.

Muhammad Omer Iqbal is still happily married and working for Microsoft in Seattle. He recently had a daughter, Zainab.

Muhammad Oosman is in Silicon Valley.

Mustafa Zulfiqar Rakla is working for McKinsey. He and Marzia have a daughter.

Nabeeha is going to be celebrating her tenth wedding anniversary in August and feels it's high time she changes her name on the alumni notes to Nabeeha Arif because that's been her identity for the last ten years! She is in Karachi teaching Mathematics & English Literature at the Convent of Jesus & Mary. Her daughter, Iman, is now five and a half; and though most say she resembles her dad, you only need to talk to her for one minute to know she's like her mom.

Nasir Masud Khan is currently working at eBay, Inc. as a Senior Software Engineer.

Nauman Akbar is working for Export Flow in Lahore.

Neda Mulji is in Dubai with Sameer Anees and their daughter Alesha.

Nirmal Babar is in Maryland.

Novira Sabir is in London busy being a mom to her two daughters, Alizeh and Manal, and running a small business of her own, Rusum (www.rusum.co.uk), which does photography and make-up for brides.

Omer Mehmood Asad is currently working for Riverbed Technology in San Francisco, California. He is happily married to Maira and they were blessed with a little angel, Aleena, earlier this year. He still travels a lot for work and pretends to hate it. And he is still surprised when people in BSc class notes continue to claim that he has been getting job offers from Google and is rejecting them. Why would he?!

Razal Minhas is in the US.

Rida Zaidi is living in London and passed her driving test on the first try! She is working with Fitch and her past employer, FSA, is due to be abolished next year.