Mrs. Sadia Rashid

Chief Mutawallia, Hamdard (Waqf), Pakistan

Chairperson, Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Pakistan

Chairperson, Taj Medical Complex

President, Hamdard Foundation Pakistan

President, Madinat al-Hakimah (A city of education, science and culture)

President, Hamdard Education society

President Pakistan Historical Society

National President, Shura Hamdard Pakistan

President, Hamdard Public School

President, Hamdard Village School

Patron-in-chief, Pakistan Association of Eastern Medicine

Nationality                                           Pakistani

Academic Qualification                        Studied at St. joseph’s Convvent School and St. Joseph’s College, Karachi and did M.A. in Sociology  from  University of Karachi.

Languages                                            Urdu and English

Intellectual Pursuits                             President, Editorial Board of Hamdard Publications (consisting of journals, magazines and books), Chief Editor, Monthly Hamdard Sehat, Hamdard Naunehal, Quarterly Hamdard Medicus and Hamdard Islamicus.

Editor:                                                  Essays on Science: Felicitation Volume in honour of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Voelter:

Co-Editor:                                             Studies in  Pharmacology of Herbal Drugs, Vol.1                          

Hakim Mohammed Said Collection of Essays, Vols. I-IV

Letters to Quaid-i-Azam, Vols. I-III

Letters from Quaid-i-Azam

Membership                                          Pakistan Hypertension League, Karadchi

Pakistan Japan Cultural Assocation Sindh, Karachi

(Vice President)

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Pakistan (Trustee)

Honorary life Member of ARTs Council

Higher Education Commission

Participation inNational and International Conference and Symposium

•  Ibn Al-Haitham 1000 Anniversary ( Held at Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Dhaka), November, 1969.                             

•  Al-Biruni International Congress at Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, 1973.

•  International Congress of Mathematical Sciences at Karachi, 1975.

•  International Congress on Seerat, 1976.

•  The Centenary of Maulana Mohammed Ali Jauhar, 1978.

•  Muzakrah Milli Talimat-e-Nabavi-Khudi, Karachi, 1982.

•  International Symposium on Elements in Health & Disease, Karachi, 1983.

•  Muzakre Milli Talimat-e-Nabavi-Tasawar, Riasalat Islami, Karachi, 1983.

•  Third International Quran Congress, Rawalpindi, 1985.

•  International Youth Congress, Karachi, 1986.

•  Fourth Internatioanal conference on Islamic Medicine Pakistan, 1986.

•  Second International Conference on Elements in Health  and Disease, Karachi, 1987.

•  International Seminar on the place of  Waqf in Karachi, 1988.

•  International Conference of Muslim Social Scientists, Karachi, 1992.

•  International Symposium of Trace Elements and Liver Diseases, Karachi, 1993.

•  International Children’s Health Conference, Karachi, 1993.

•  International Children’s Health Conference Karachi, 1994.

•  International children’s Health Conference, Karachi, 1995.

•  International Children’s Health Conference, Karachi, 1996.

•  International Children’s Health Conference, Karachi, 1997.

•  International  Children’s Health Conference, Karachi, 1998.

•  8^th International Children’s Health Conference, Karachi, 1999.

•  9^th International Children’s Health Conference, Karachi, 2000.

•  Hakim Mohammed Said Memorial Lectures and Symposum Role of Traditional/Alternative Medicine in Health Care – in and Beyond, 2000 A.D. Karachi, 2000.

•  2^nd Hamdard Symposium on  Health Care – in and Beyond, 2000 A.D. Karachi, 2000.

•  One Day Seminar Symposium  on  “Unani Medicine E xpanding Medical Horizon, “ by  Pakistan   Association for Eastern Medicine (PAEM) Multan, 2001.

•  One day Symposium research therapy with Unani Medicine, Lahore, 2001.

•  Seminar World Mental Health Day, Karachi, 2001.

•  19^th Pakistan Hostory Conference,  Golden Jubilee Session, Karachi, 2001.

•  Alternative Medicine Workshop, Karachi, 2001.

•  Seminar World Tuberculosis Day, Karachi, 2002.

•  11^th International Children’s Health Conference, Karachi, 2002.

•  Workshop on Interactive Communication on Depression, Karachi, 2002.

•  Symposium on the New Century of Herbal Medicine by (PAEM), Quetta, 2002.

•  12^th International Children’s Health Conference, Islamabad, 2003.

•  One day Symposium on Unani Medicine for National Health Care by PAEM, Bahawalpur, 2003.

•  4^th Annual Hamdard Symposium “Environment and Health Hazards, Karachi, December, 2003.

•  2-day Symposium (Emerging Dimensions of Health Care), Karachi, January, 2004.

•  One day Symposium on “Unanai Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizon” by PAEM, Peshawar, 2004.

• 13^th International children’s Health Conference, Karachi, 2004.

• Workshop on Current Concepts in Medical Research at Karachi, 2004.

• International Conference on Muslim Ummah in the modern World Challenges and Opportunities, 3-5 September, 2004.

• 4^th International Conference on Community oriented Medical and Dental Education, Karachi, 2004.

• 3^rd Biennial Conference on Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Karachi, 2005.

•  One day Symposium on “Unani Medicine: Challenges and future Perspectives” by PAEM, Faisalabad, 2005.

• 14^th International Children Health Conference Peshawar, 7 April, 2005.

• 20^th Pakistan History Conference, Karachi, 13-15 April, 2005.

• Seminar on Development of Eastern Medicine During the 20^th Century by Hamdard Bangladesh, Dhaka, June, 2005.

•  International Conference on Women’s Health and Asian Traditional Medicine, Malaysia, August, 2005.

• 52^nd Session of the regional committee for the Eastern Mediterranean Region WHO, Cairo, 24-27 September, 2005.

• 8^th National Symposium of Pakistan Association for Eastern Medicine, Sukkur, 2005.

• 5^th Hamdard Symposium of HCM&D and Hamdard University Hospital, Karachi, December 2005.

• 15^th International Children Health Conference, Karachi, 6 April, 2006.

Mrs. Sadia Rashid is working  tirelessly for the education of children as well as for Higher Education. The Hamdard public School, The Hamdard Village School (a welfare school for the children of the goaths (villages) around Madinat al-Hikamah) and Hamdard College of science and Commerce are some examples of her devotion to a child’s right to education.

The Hamdard University at Madinat al-Hikmah and various other Institutes  all show her love for the promotion of higher education in Pakistan. She is also concerned for the education of survivors of earth-quake stricken areas.

Health is another field where Mrs. Sadia Rashid is striving for good health care for the poor and the needy patients. Hamdard University Hospital and Shifaul-Mulk Hospital hold free eye camps and provide other facilities to those who cannot afford them. The Mobile Dispensaries of Hamdard also go around various cities of Pakistan.

In short, she is trying her best to alleviate the sufferings of mankind.