Shamash kassim lakha biography of barack

Pakistani politician

Shamsh Kassim-Lakha' is a Pakistani businessman, politician, and educational leader.^[1] He led the planning, building, and operation of the University of Central Asia (UCA), a regional institution founded by the Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and His Highness the Aga Khan with campuses in the mountain areas of the three countries.^[2] He was the Diplomatic Representative of the Aga Khan Development Network in the Kyrgyz Republic from 2014-2017.^[3] He is currently Senior Advisor, Aga Khan Foundation Canada,^[4] in which capacity he is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Central Asia^[5] and advises the Foundation on its work in Central and South Asia as well as Eastern Africa.

Aga Khan University

Shamsh's academic career began as Founding President of the Aga Khan University (AKU),^[6] the first university to be chartered in the private sect