Our Team

On Directors

Farhana Asad

Chairperson

Shiza Asad

Founder

Raheela Tariq

Consultant Psychologist

On Therapists

Hassan Abid

He is a professional Clinical...

Faiza Khalid

By profession, she is a...

Rabia Majeed

Recently, she completed her...

Tehreem Riffat

Tehreem is a clinical...

Farhana Asad

Chairperson

She is an educationist by profession and has been working with various schools as a Professor and Examination Cell Head since the last 25 years. She has a special interest in public Mental Health and has been involved in various personality building activities within her school. She believes that the mental nurturing of a child during his early stages at school plays an important role in personality building. She engages her students in mind building activities such as mental quizzes and creative ways to present their work so that they are able to speak their thoughts and discuss things in detail.

Shiza Asad

Founder

With a master’s degree in Advertising, she is a passionate mental health advocate as a result of life experiences of her own and of those around her. Her interest in understanding human behavior patterns led her to work in digital marketing for a while before she decided to merge the two. As a result, she is now working towards mental wellness promotion and mental illness prevention through the powerful use of digital media. She believes that holistic community-based interventions are necessary for improving the population’s mental health. She loves nature, travel and enjoys writing about life experiences. She oversees Operations at Pukaar.

Raheela Tariq

Consultant Psychologist

She is a Counseling Psychologist with 28 years of teaching experience of undergrad students. She is expert in handling stress and pain issues of youth. She is strong advocate of giving positivity empathy and hope to everyone facing any difficulty in life. She believes where there is will to change there is always a way to do it. Her approach of solving issues is with integrative psychotherapy, in which she takes into account the inherent values of each individual with the aim of facilitating wholeness and maximizing the individual’s functioning in various areas of life. She is trained in non-violent communication NVC from Switzerland to provide counseling and therapy in several areas, some of which include grief and bereavement, depression, work stress management, anger management, self-esteem issues and anxiety. She has a keen interest in transpersonal dimensions and integrates that approach in sessions depending on a client’s inclinations.