Salman Javed
Director General
Our Director-General. is a public policy practitioner. He is co-founder and former DG of Centre for Strategic and Contemporary Research (CSCR), former Senior Vice President...
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Farhan Hotak
Senior Coordinator
Farhan Hotak is a travel vlogger who makes travel videos and promotes peace and tourism in Afghanistan. He is an Investigative journalist, social activist, and...
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Mohebullah Haidari
Research Associate
He is originally from Kunduz but lived all his life in Kabul, Afghanistan. Currently pursuing accountancy(ACCA) and on route to becoming a CA(Charted Accountant). He...
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Shoaib Hanifi
Production Coordinator
Shoaib Hanifi is working with the Media team at PAYF, Kabul. He is a photographer and documentary maker based in Afghanistan. He’s also a dental...
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Yasir Hikmat
Social Media Manager
He graduated from Jalalabad Afghan-Turk High School and is currently studying Computer Science at COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus. In Kabul, he taught for one...
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Saima Hikmat
Social Media Manager
Saima Hikmat has done some English language and Computer-related courses. Also, she is a memorizer and translator of the Quran Al Karim.
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Farhat Hazrati
Research Associate
She studied Islamic law at Kabul University. She is Kabul University's association of Sharia faculty's head of the Press and Publications Department and an employee...
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Ayesha Farhat Safi
Research Associate
She graduated from the Law faculty at Alberoni university Kapisa province, former journalist in Radio Bareen Parwan province, a civil activist, a member of the...
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Abdul Aziz Khalili
Research Fellow
Mr. Khalili is currently residing in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Born in Quetta, Pakistan, Mr. Khalili is fluent in Urdu, English, Pashto, and Persian. He is a...
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Aziz Nikibin
Research Associate
Aziz Nikbin, a Medical Student soon-to-be doctor from Herat, who is also heavily interested in the geopolitics of the region and the world, joined the...
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Inamullah Mikhail
Afghan Media Correspondent
Inam is living in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. A working Journalist and worked with many media channels in Nangarhar. He dis his Bachelor's in Journalism and Mass...
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Haleema Khalid
Editor and Research Lead
Haleema Khalid is an Editor, Content & Research Lead at Pak Afghan Youth Forum. With MS in Applied Linguistics from National University of Computer &...
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Reema Shaukat
Senior Coordinator Pak Afghan Youth Forum
Reema Shaukat is Coordinator (Research & Media) at Pak-Afghan Youth Forum. She works as a freelance journalist and also as consultant at Pakistan Institute for...
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Zeeshan Zuberi
HR and IT Associate
Zeeshan Akbar Zuberi is currently working as Associate IT at Pak Afghan Youth Forum (PAYF). He has completed his Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from...
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Mehrbano Mahsud
Creative Manager
Mehrbano Mahsud hails from the south of KP province of Pakistan. She grew up in the mystic valley of Quetta and later on moved to...
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Nuzhat Rana
Production Coordinator
Nuzhat Rana works as a Research Coordinator at Pak Afghan Youth Forum. She holds an MS in Peace and Conflict Studies from NUST and an...
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Aisha Ali
Research Associate
Aisha Ali, is a research associate at PAYF, and is currently in her final semester of Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies from CIPS, NUST.
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M Abdul Wassay
Content Coordinator
Muhammad Abdul Wassay is a MS scholar at Centre for International Peace & Stability studying Peace and Conflict studies. His academic interests involve researching conflict...
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Nuha Saad
Assistant Editor and Content Creator
Nuha Saad is a Research Associate, Content Writer, and Editor at Pak-Afghan Youth Forum. She is currently in the research phase of her Masters in...
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Muhammad Yasir
Intern
Muhammad Yasir is a student of Shariah Law from the Islamic International University Islamabad (IIUI). He is from Nangarhar and is currently in his 8th...
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Laiba Khalid
Marketing Associate
Laiba Khalid is currently studying BS Media Studies at Bahria University, Islamabad. She is a photographer and a social worker. She has also done an...
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Nasir Ansari
Event Content Manager
Nasir Ansari is currently doing his graduation in International Relations from National Defence University Islamabad. His areas of interest for study are politics, Philosophy, History...
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Laiba Raza
Research Associate
Laiba Raza is currently Pursuing her bachelor’s in international Relations from National Defence University. Her interests as a Research student and content writer include traditional...
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Ayesha Ahsan
Intern
Ayesha Ahsan is currently a student of BS English Language & Literature at International Islamic University Islamabad. Recently completed an exchange program at the State...
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Waleeja Khalid
IT Associate
Waleeja Khalid is currently working as Associate IT at Pak Afghan Youth Forum (PAYF). She has completed her Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology from Bahria...
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