About GIA

The people

Team overview

Leadership and staff building dignity, advocacy, and community across Pakistan.

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  Bindiya Rana

  Executive Director

  Bindiya founded GIA in 2002 and has spent over two decades building it from a grassroots support network into one of Pakistan's most recognised organisations working for khawajasira rights. From television to provincial elections, she has consistently shown up in spaces where her community was not supposed to exist.

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  Mehrub Awan

  Director of Strategy

  Mehrub shapes where GIA is going and how it gets there — translating vision into structure, and structure into impact. She is the person in the room who is already thinking three moves ahead. When she is not doing that, she is probably at a rave.

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  Zehrish Khanzadi

  HR Policy & Operations Manager

  Zehrish is the reason GIA actually runs. She keeps the organisation's people, policies, and processes in order — quietly, thoroughly, and with the kind of care that holds a team together. She also has the best wardrobe in the office, always arriving in the most vibrant desi colours.

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  Sana Ahmed

  Programs & MEL Manager

  Sana tracks whether GIA's work is actually working — managing programme performance, evaluation, and the organisation's digital presence all at once. Off the clock she is a classically trained kathak dancer, a hardcore gamer, and someone equally at home at a rave and a recital. Chaos and calm in one person, by her own description.

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  Muhammad Zohaib Khan

  Finance & Admin Manager

  Zohaib makes sure GIA's ambitions are financially grounded. He keeps the accounts clean, the systems tight, and will absolutely notice if something is off by a single rupee. His superpower is that he cares about the details as much as the big picture — which is exactly what you want from the person managing your money.

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  Aradhiya Khan

  Communications Manager

  Aradhiya shapes how GIA shows up in public — across digital platforms, media, and narrative. She brings the same independent spirit to her work that she brings to life: she travels solo, eats everything, and is not afraid to go somewhere new without a plan.

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  Fahad Ubaid

  Design Manager

  Fahad is the visual brain behind GIA's identity — fun, creative, and with a strong instinct for what makes something land. He builds the look and feel that makes the work recognisable.

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  Muhammad Waseem Soomro

  Admin & Finance Associate

  Waseem is the person who figures it out. Whatever the task, whoever needs something, he finds a way to make it work — keeping GIA's day-to-day running smoothly and making sure no one is left without what they need.