Category: SPO

Board of Directors

SPO Ninth Board Members List (Tenure: November, 2015 – October, 2018) 1. Mr. Javed Jabbar, Chairperson (Sindh Province) 2. Dr. Tufail Mohammad Khan, Vice Chairperson (KP Province) 3. Ms. Arifa Mazhar, Member (Federal Capital Area) 4. Advocate Parveen Akhtar, Member (KP Province) 5. Ms. Rukhshanda Naz 6. Sister Naseem George 7. Ms. Neelam Hussain, Member (Punjab Province) 8. Ms. Farida Tahir Nosherwani, Member (Balochistan Province) 9. Syed Abid Rizvi, Member (Punjab Province) 10. Ms. Sadiqa Salahuddin, Member (Sindh Province) 11. Ms. Zeenat Yaqoob Yousufzai, Member (Balochistan Province) 12. Dr. Taj Baloch, Member (Balochistan Province)

General Body Members

SPO General Body List FEDERAL CAPITAL TERITORY – ISLAMABAD: Prof. Dr. Karamat Ali Ms. Naheed Aziz Ms. Arifa Mazhar KP: Dr. Shaheen Sardar Ali Khan Mr. Muhammad Rafiq Dr. Tufail Mohammad Khan Ms. Rukhshanda Naz Advocate Parveen Akhtar PUNJAB: Ms. Ferida Sher Mr. Vincent A. David Syed Abid Rizvi Ms. Parveen Ghauri Sister Naseem George SINDH: Mr. Javed Jabbar Ms. Sadiqa Salahuddin Advocate Kalpana Devi Mr. Naseer Memon Mr. Sibtain Naqvi Mr. Favad Soomro BALOCHISTAN: Ms. Zeenat Yaqoub Yousafzai Mr. Mohammad Amin Ms. Farida Tahir Nowsherwani Dr. Allah Dad Looni Dr. Taj Baloch

Flood Situation 2014 Update – 1

16:00, 6 September 2014 The current monsoon spell has played havoc with public and private life in AJK, Central Punjab and Gilgit Baltistan. During last 24 hours, 668mm rainfall was recorded at Plandri (AJK) and 298mm at Islamabad. According to PMD weather advisory released on 5th of September 2014, the weather system still has a potential to produce moderate to heavy intensity rainfall over northeast Punjab (Gujranwala. Lahore, Rawalpindi divisions), Kashmir and adjoining areas during next 24 hours.This may aggravate the flooding in the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej Rivers and their tributaries. According to NDMA, the current monsoon spell has claimed 66 lives in various districts of Punjab, Gilgit Baltistan and AJK. The overall damage assessment has not been shared by any of district, national and federal authorities so far. On the other hand, media reports are presenting different figures like 120 causalities, 150 injured and fully demolished 650 houses reported by BBC Urdu. According to the media reports, Sialkot, Gujranwala (Wazirabad), Narowal, Qasoor, Chiniot and Gujrat have been affected badly. Sialkot and Lahore are facing urban flooding phenomenon while riverine areas of Wazirabad and Gujrat are inundated due to exceptionally high flooding in River Chenab.

SPO Board Members

 SPO General Body Members Ms. Tahira Abdullah, Ms. Naheed Aziz, Ms. Sadiqa Salahuddin, Mr. Javed Jabbar, Ms. Parveen Akhtar, Dr. Tufail Muhammad Khan, Ms. Kalpana Devi, Prof. Dr. Karamat Ali, Ms. Parveen Ghauri, Sister Naseem George, Ms. Zeenat Yaqoob, Mr. Noor Ahmed Nizamani, Syed Abid Rizvi, Mr. Naseer Memon, Mr. Muhammad Amin, Mr. R. D. Williams, Dr. Taj Baloch, Dr. Allah Dad Luni, Mr. Aaref Farooqui    SPO Eighth Board Members (Tenure: November, 2012 – October, 2015) Mr. Javed Jabbar, Mr. Naseer Memon, Dr. Tufail Muhammad Khan, Prof. Dr. Karamat Ali, Dr. Taj Baloch , Syed Abid Rizvi, Mr. Aaref Farooqui, Ms. Neelam Hussain, Ms. Farida Nosherwani , Ms. Parveen Akhtar, Ms. Arifa Mazhar, Ms. Sadiqa Salahuddin ,Ms. Zeenat Yaqoob

Benefits to Staff

Following are the benefits our employees enjoy at SPO. Some of the benefits vary depending upon the nature of contract: Provident Fund Medical Insurance Life Insurance Mobile Allowance Shuttle Service Employee Old Age Benefit

Work

With the passage of time the activities of SPO has diversified to cover the emerging issues in the particular socio-economic and political context of Pakistan. Currently, SPO’s core areas are democratic governance, social justice and peace and harmony. In addition, SPO has a component of special projects that deals with disasters and emergency situations, such as earthquake in Azad Kashmir, floods in Balochistan and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of NWFP. Human rights lies at the heart of SPO’s core programme of democratic governance, social justice and peace and harmony in society. The core programme aims at nurturing democracy, justice and peace in the state and society through capacity building, action research, awareness raising, advocacy, policy dialogue, dissemination of information and literature, mobilization of communities, developing partnership with local organisation and encouraging and supporting peace movements. The cumulative outcome of these activities appears in the shape of enhanced capacity of community organisation and public interest institutions to exercise and promote democratic governance and structures at all levels, enhanced capacity of community organisations and public interest institutions to watch and advocate for social justice with a special focus on health, education, women empowerment, disaster risk reduction and humanitarian support and improved social harmony and consensus on local and national issues among different segments of society

Departments

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