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Shihab Aslam
Hilton Pharma Merit Scholar
Aspiration Statement
I am committed to community-driven development, youth engagement, and gender equity. I aim to advance inclusive, evidence-based initiatives that center community voices and address structural inequalities.
Core Skills
- Developing Mel Frameworks
- Grant Writing
- Proposal Development Writing
- Research
Core Competencies
- Problem Solving
Preferred Career Paths
First priority: Participatory Action Researcher
Second priority: Community Development Mobilizer
Third priority: MEAL
Experience
Internship / Volunteer Work
- Teaching Assistant, Habib University (September 2024 – May 2026)
- Undergraduate Researcher, Habib University (June 2024 – April 2026)
- Community Coordinator, IEI Pakistan (May – August 2024)
- Social Mobilizer, CFLI Project High Commission of Canada in Islamabad (January 2022 – June 2023)
Final Year Project
Project Title
Paisa and Khazana: Politics and Development in Gindai Mining Project
Description
My honors thesis in Social Development and Policy examines how a new copper-gold mine is reshaping social, political, and environmental life in Gindai, Gilgit-Baltistan. Through ethnographic fieldwork, local narratives, digital discourse, and document analysis, it traces how Gindai is produced as a “resource frontier” and the mine as Khazana (treasure) promising development and prosperity. The study shows how these hopes coexist with conflicts over land rights, representation, royalties, and the changing status of the Gol commons under customary and statutory law. It also proposes a context-specific framework for “sustainable and just mining” in Gilgit-Baltistan, centred on people-centred land governance, participatory environmental protection, transparency, gender-just accountability, and stronger community capacity.
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