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Ms. Sadaf Ebrahim (President)

Sadaf Ebrahim was born in Pakistan Rawalpindi, Where she studied and received HSC FSC. She is being living in Canada since 2001. Running her own franchise business. Working in the community for the last four years organizing events to create awareness on different issues and to raise funds for various organizations. Passionate about working for the betterment of Children and Women. Have established strategic working relationships with peers working in the Social Development area of Ottawa.

 VOLUNTEER OUTREACH with the following associations

MHI – Multifaith Housing Initiative,  Federal Liberal Nepean Association – Vice Chair Person, SNMC – South Nepean Muslim Community, Support Small Businesses in the Community

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Honored to have received the ‘Canada 150 Anniversary Medal’ for Nepean (Ottawa)

Immigrant Entrepreneur Award’ by City of Ottawa for 2017

Canada 150/150 ‘Ambassador of Diversity’ certificate given by Indo Canadian Community Center and TGIF (The Great India Festival)

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 Mr. Syed Kashif Alamdar (Vice President)

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Mrs. Nousheen Ansari (General Secretary)

Nausheen Ansari was born in Lahore, Pakistan and immigrated to Canada in 2005. As a mother of two kids she chose to delay a professional career track until such time when it would be judged appropriate. Nausheen did her middle and high school in a Canadian school in Hong Kong, and received a bachelors’ degree awarded by the Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan. Her limited work experience includes teaching (Hong Kong and Pakistan) as well as volunteering as a teaching assistant in Ottawa, for which she received recognition from MP Dalton McGunity. As a personal hobby, Nausheen is a certified digital photographer. Her multicultural exposure has fostered in her a very open personality, respect and understanding of cultural differences, creativity, and accommodation within diverse cultural environs. She takes pride in belonging to both Canada and Pakistan and by joining CPA she looks forward to opportunities where she can bridge gaps between different cultures and celebrate diversity.

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Mr. Mudassir Syed( Joint Secretary)

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Mr. Aman Razzaq ( Treasurer)

Mr. Aman Razzaq is a network technician turned entrepreneur, running his own franchise Pizza Pizza in the national capital region of Canada at a walking distance from the Parliament. Mr. Razzaq also works in the government sector based in Ottawa and has been a resident of the city of Ottawa since 1991. He has a Bachelors of Commerce from the Government City College (Karachi, 1985), and A+ certified. He has been an active member of the Pakistani community in Ottawa and hopes to get more involved in the betterment of our community through the Canada Pakistan Association. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, growing up he discovered his passion for cricket and cinematography. After spending a year in Australia in 1990 as he studied abroad and ensued his passion for cricket he then permanently shifted to Ottawa in 1991 with his wife Noshi and 1 year old daughter Sana. He is a firm believer of being self-made and has instilled this vision in his children. His remaining 3 children Sasha, Balaaj, and Meena were born in Ottawa. The three of his daughters have served in the Pakistani Students’ Associations of their respective campuses, and Sana and Sasha have also served as Presidents of the PSA’s creating a friendly cultural environment for Pakistani origin students around Ottawa. Once in a while you can catch him playing for the Canterbury Cricket Club in his spare time (being an occasional member for over 20 years).

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E-mail: aman123_55@hotmail.com

Phone: (613) 218-1428

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Mr.  S. Taqi Hassani (Joint Treasurer)

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Mr. Moin Siddiqui (Chairperson –  Fundraising)

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Mr. Salman Jaffery (Relation Chair/ Media Spokesperson)

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Ayesha Qadri (Chairperson-Youth and Education Committee)

She is a first generation immigrant who had the
opportunity of moving to Ottawa, Ontario. She was born in
Karachi but She also call Islamabad her home as she has
spent quite some time in both these beautiful cities. She moved to Canada with her family in 2015.  She is very passionate about her Pakistani culture and working at PSA uOttawa as VP Operations allows her to promote its
values and beauty through social events that invite people of all ethnicities to learn more about it and foster a celebratory environment towards Pakistani culture.

A C A D E M I C B A C K G R O U N D
University of Ottawa/ Universite D’Ottawa
Bsc Honours Health Science with specialization in Integrative Health Biosciences
Health Sciences and the health field has always interested her. One of the advantages of being in a program that integrates sociological perspectives with health is that the students are encouraged to take communication heavy classes and learn valuable skills necessary for working in a team. In addition, it is her third year of working with the Pakistan Student
Association at the University of Ottawa, first year as Vice President Operation, which allows her to have a fair amount of experience working with the Pakistan student body at university.

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E-mail: ayeshaqad@gmail.com

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Ms. Nasreen Akhtar (Chairperson-Women’s Committee)

Nasreen Akhtar is a homemaker, an early child education provider and an avid volunteer. She was born in D. I. Khan and completed her B.A. in Pakistan. She has resided in Canada since Dec 1998.

She has worked on the Executive team with PAA (Pakistani American Association) for the Pakistani community of Raleigh, NC while her stay in USA from 1992 – 1996.

During her time in Ottawa, her selfless involvement over the years with the Pakistani and Muslim communities have helped achieve countless objectives and mission. This success was enabled by an array of contributions in multiple forms. Most notable was during the time when her husband Dr. Anis-ur-Rehman, chaired as the President of Canada Pakistan Association. Her charismatic nature and love for the community for the greater Canada and Pakistan friendship, distinguishes herself as a community builder.

She is married to Dr. Anis-ur-Rehman, they have three children, her eldest two Farrukh & Lubna are happily married. During her spare time she enjoys spending time with her two grandchildren Alina and Aydin. Her son, Shahrukh, has served the students of Pakistani origin at Ottawa U. as President PSA for 4 years.

E-mail: nasreenanis@hotmail.com

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Dr. Syed A Aziz (Ex-President CPA) (2017-2018)

Dr. Syed A Aziz did his Ph.D. from University of Karachi, Pakistan in 2003. He completed one year postdoctoral training from University of Ottawa in 2006.  Since 2006 he has been working in Health Canada as a Research Scientist concentrating mainly on breast cancer.  He has a cross appointment as an Adjunct Professor of Pathology at University of Ottawa since 2009.  Dr. Aziz teaches different modules to medical students. He is extensively involved in research and mentors students at the level of Co-op, honours, MSc, Ph.D. and Post-doctoral fellows. Dr. Aziz and his students have been presenting their work in different conferences around the world. He has given more than 200 lectures as an invited speaker and has authored or contributed to more than 110 original reports, book chapters, reviews, and abstracts. Dr. Aziz is also a member of executive committee of medical student admissions at University of Ottawa.  He is a visiting professor at Dow University of Health Sciences, Advanced Educational Institute and Research center and University of Lahore. He regularly delivers online lectures to students in Pakistan. He has been living in Ottawa for the last ten years with his wife Farhat and three daughters.

Phone: (613) 425 3528

E-mail: saaziz@gmail.com