President - M Mahmood Kazmi, MD
He seeks his guidance from Imam Ali Darbar of Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Gang e Shakar Sarkar, and Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. He is dedicated to understanding and implementing the message of the Auliya of the Indian Subcontinent, primarily oneness, love, equality and justice through various traditions particularly sam’aa. He is the founder of ACNA and calls the Chishtiya his home.
Board Member - Zulfi H. Jafri
Mr. Jafri’s executive experience working in the fortune 50 companies prior to transitioning into Hospitality is exemplary. He successfully managed numerous clients, projects and assisted in defining, designing, and implementing business solutions from conception to strategy to delivering finished products. Corporations he has worked at included GE Capital where he served in Management, Perrier Group of America where he worked as the Director of Finance and Xerox, Inc. where he served as a Senior Manager in Credit Division. Employing strong leadership and team building skills, Mr. Jafri achieved results for over 15 years in financial management and business development, including Hospitality sector.
His social enterprise work began with HealthCare NGO’s, which provide access to affordable, quality healthcare to the urban poor in Pakistan, in collaboration with large corporate employers and insurance companies. As a board member, he provides the leadership and facilitates key relationships with foundations and philanthropies. He actively pursues philanthropic engagement with USAID, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Gates Foundation, and The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) and many others.
Mr. Jafri is a Board Member of American Pakistani Foundation, Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs (OPEN), and Harriet Tubman Foundation. He is an active member and an Ambassador of AAHOA (Asian American Hotels Association).
Zulfi was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan. In early teens, he came to Schenectady, New York as an exchange student (AFS Program). After completing High School, while living with American families as part of the exchange program. He earned his BA in Accounting from the University of Buffalo, along with playing college basketball and went on to complete his MBA in Finance.
Board Member - Syed Waqar Shah
Sajadah Nasheen Dargah Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai in Pakistan. He is President of the Pakistan International Mashaik Council, an organization of over 200 Dargahs. He Chairs the Shah Latif Foundation and is Honorary Director (Latif Chair) Shah Abdul Latif University, Sindh, Pakistan. He holds an M.A in International Relations from Sindh University, Pakistan
from New Jersey, Ibrar seeks guidance from Imam Ali and the Auliya. He is one of the founders and supporters of the Auliya Council Center
Board Member - Ibrar Nadeem
Asma seeks the association with the Auliya as messengers of the messenger of God! She is a practitioner of the message spread by Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti of universal love towards all, malice towards none; social welfare and social justice resonates within her as she seeks a deepening of love and peace. With Qawwali and Zikr Allah and Mehfil-e-Sam’aa, in the remembrance of God her heart finds rest and inspiration for work with ACNA.
Board Member - Asma Sadiq MD
She is a Senior Urdu language Lecturer at the Dept. of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. She is a writer and a translator. She is deeply interested and steeped in Sufi literature and poetry and feels a strong attachment to the philosophy and spiritual yearnings of the Auliya. She has recently launched her epic translation of Ismat Chughtai’s “Aik Qatra Khoon.”
Board Member - Tahira Naqvi
Board Member - Raza Ahmad Rumi
is a Pakistani policy analyst, journalist and an author. He is Director, Park Center for Independent Media and teaches in the journalism department. Raza is also Visiting Faculty at Cornell Institute for Public Affairs. He is the author of Delhi by Heart: Impressions of a Pakistani Traveler, The Fractious Path: Pakistan’s Democratic Transition and Identity and Faith and Conflict. His most recent collection of essays Being Pakistani: Society Culture and the Arts was published in June 2018 by Harper Collins, India. He is a devotee of Khawaja Gharib Nawaz of Ajmer and Baba Farid of Pak Pattan, Pakistan . Raza is founder of Naya Daur, a social media news distribution platform.
is an ophthalmologist by profession he is a devotee of Imam Ali, a scholar of Persian and calligrapher.
Board Member - Hussain Kazmi
Syed Salman Chishty-Gaddi Nasheen Darbar e Aaliya Khawaja Gharib Nawaz, Ajmair Shareef, India
Sayeda Tasneem Zehra(Late)- a founding spirit of ACNA-Shrine of Sain Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
Sadia Dehalvi(late)-Author, Activist, Devotee of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, Delhi, India.
Sumbal Fatema Chishty-Devotee of Hazrat Baba Fareeduddin Ganj e Shakar
Dewan Pir Abdul Zahir Chishty-Aastan e Aaliya Hazrat Baba Fareeduddin Ganj e Shakar
Ramesh Khalsa-Pakistan Sikh Council, Karachi, Pakistan.
Khawaja Moinuddin Mehboob Koreja-Sajjada Nasheen Darbar Khawaja Ghulam Farid, Pakistan
Dargah Sultan e Hind- Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chishty Ghareeb Nawaz,
Dargah Shareef Golra- Islamabad
Dargah Shareef Hazrat Ghulam Fareed-Kot Mitthan, Punjab, Pakistan
Kamran Anwar, London UK- Devotee Hazrat Abdul Qadir Jilani and expert on Sufiana Kalam
Dargah Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Pak, Sehwan
Shareef, Sindh, Pakistan
Rekha Suriya-Renowned Hindustani semi-classical singer, a student of Begum Akhtar and Girija Devi
HM Naqvi-Renowned author, Karachi, Pakistan
Munira Raheem-San Francisco, USA. She is a community worker and devotee of Baba Farid Shakarganj
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