The Aga Khan Schools in Pakistan

Company Profile

Mission
The mission of the Aga Khan Education Service (AKES), Pakistan is “to enable many generations of students to acquire both knowledge and the essential spiritual wisdom needed to balance that knowledge and enable their lives to attain the higher fulfilment.”

Vision
A dynamic learning organisation achieving excellence

Purpose
Reaching out to inspire better lives

Values
Respect | Fairness | Integrity | Passion | Rigor | Creativity

Permissible business activities

Permissible business activities
The first AKES, Pakistan school was established in 1905 in Gwadar, Pakistan. AKES, Pakistan currently operates 154 schools and five hostels that provide quality pre-school, primary, secondary and higher secondary education services to students all across Pakistan. These schools have an enrolment of over 53,000 students and employ over 2,500 teachers. AKES, Pakistan is also supported by more than 2,000 volunteers.

A significant proportion of students impacted by AKES, Pakistan are from the rural areas, with a great majority of them being female. Strong efforts are made to continue to improve the quality of education in some of the remotest parts of the country. In Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral (GBC), AKES, Pakistan schools were set up in the 1940s and have since then contributed significantly to increase the rate of literacy and socio-economic development in these regions.

AKES, Pakistan currently operates 146 schools in GBC, providing quality educational access to over 40,000 students, of which 48 percent are female. AKES, Pakistan also operates four schools in Karachi, three in Hyderabad and rural Sindh and one in Hafizabad, Punjab, with an enrolment of more than 13,000 students. All AKES, Pakistan schools follow the national curriculum and place special emphasis on the teaching of English, mathematics, science and information and communication technologies (ICT).

Our schools
https://www.agakhanschools.org/pakistan

Status of company
Not for profit company licensed under Section 42 of the Companies Act 2017.

Company registration number
0014226

Date of incorporation
19 March 1986

License number
774

Company tax number
1356915-5

Addresses

Registered address
1-5/B-VII, Federal ‘B' Area Karimabad
Karachi-75950
Telephone: (+92) 21 36826764
Email: central@akesp.org

Regional Educational Office, Gilgit-Baltistan
Karakoram International University Road
Near Shah Karim Hostel, Konodass Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan
Telephone: (+92) 5811 4541912
Email: central@akesp.org

Regional Educational Office, Chitral
Main Garam Chashma Road,
Balach
Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Telephone: (+92) 943 412799 / 413568 / 413569
Email: central@akesp.org

Liaison Office, Islamabad
Level 8, Serena Business Complex,
Khayaban-e-Suhrawardy, G-5/1
Islamabad, Pakistan
Telephone: (+92) 51 111253254
Email: central@akesp.org


Governance

Name
Qualification
Profession
Chairman Moez Narsi
FCA, CIA, CISA, CMA
Chief internal auditor, Aga Khan University
Director Nimet Rener
Bachelor of Arts in development psychology; postgraduate certificate in education (early years)
Director, Aga Khan Education Services, SA
Director Benoit Pascal
Master's degree in international relations
Head of finance, Aga Khan Education Services, SA
Director Suleman Chhagla
FCA
Chief financial officer and company secretary, Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited
Director Amin Kamruddin Gulamani
Master of Business Administration in human resource management
HR directory – Health and Support Services, Aga Khan University
Director Mir Afzal Tajik
PhD in education
Associate professor and member of the university senate, Graduate School of Education at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan
Director Shezeen Salim Hemani
Master of Business Administration
Faculty, Lahore University of Management Sciences
Director Rehmat Wali Khan
Master of Science in project management
Education officer, SAAAR Human Resource Development Centre
Director Moin Uddin
PhD in project management
Director, TPS Hospitality
Director Shahid Ali
Bachelor of Science (honours) in chemistry
Director general, Karakoram International University
Director Altaf Gokal
FCA
CFO and company secretary, EFU General Insurance

Shareholding pattern
This is a non-profit company with no share capital and no shareholders.

Investor relations
Since this is a not-for-profit company with no share capital, it has no shareholders and does not declare dividends or bonus.

Media

National/international awards, recognition, if any: None

Membership of industry association and trade bodies, if any: None

Any other announcements or clarification issued by the company: None

Investor information
This is a non-profit company licensed under Section 42 of the Companies Act 2017. It has no share capital and no shareholders. Under its license, it is prohibited from paying any dividend or profit to its members.

Head of internal audit
Malik Pirani

Name of auditor of the company
A.F. Ferguson & Co. (Karachi)

Legal advisor
Ramzani Law Associates

Tax advisor
Akbar G. Merchant & Co

For complaints
Registered Office Number: (+92) 21 36822955

Last date on which page was updated
22 March 2023

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