LAHORE: Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) Pakistan under its flagship Leadership Development Programme (LDP), has announced successful Fellows for Cohort 19 on ‘Urban Resilience and Sustainable Cities’.

LEAD’s Fellowship Programme exclusively aims to build the capacity of professionals from various sectors across Pakistan. This year, the theme of Cohort 19 focuses on cities and their sustainable development. Urbanization has increased manifold and cities have become vulnerable to extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, cloud bursts, flash floods and cyclones etc. The training programme comprises four learning sessions on Sustainable Urban Planning, Urban Resilience, Low Carbon Development and Role of Cities to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The selected fellows are Abdul Rahim, Assistant Director Environment, Gwadar Development Authority; Aneela Bibi Rajpoot, Research Associate, Finance Division; Harmain Rukh, Young Professional Officer (YPO), LEAD Pakistan; Imran Inam, Chief Executive, Community Research and Development Organization; Dr. Khushbakht Hina, Assistant Professor, National University of Modern Languages (NUML); Mohammad Zeeshan Mahr, Programme Officer, Oxfam Novib; Muhammad Amjad, Senior Scientific Officer (Climate Section), Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC); Muhammad Amin Noor Baksh, Assistant Meteorologist, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Muhammad Fahim Ahmed, Meteorologist, PMD; Murad Rana Khan, Senior Manager Operation, Gujranwala Waste Management Company (GWMC); Nasrullah Thahim, Executive Director, Sustainable Environment and Development Foundation (SEDF); Nelofer Jamil, Chairperson, Environment Department, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University, Quetta; Rafiul Haq, Consultant Ecologist; Saba Sarfaraz, Senior Research Analyst, The Urban Unit; Shahzada Irfan Ahmed, Senior Correspondent, The News; Shoaib Ahmad Goraya, Assistant Director (Directorate of Estate Management - Urban Development Wing), Lahore Development Authority (LDA); and Dr. Zahid Asghar, Associate Professor, Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU).—PR