Category Archives: TCF-Pak in Media

Following the tragic massacre of 141 students of the Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar last year, TCF launched the ‘141 Schools for Peace’ initiative aimed at building 141 schools, each as a tribute to the innocent lives lost. A year down, TCF has successfully built 23 schools and is …Read More

Published in the Express Tribune
TCF’s Alumni Development Programme developed in tandem with the Institute of Business Adminstration (IBA) is aimed at providing students with opportunities to further their educational pursuits and achievements through enrolling in universities. The program focuses specifically on supporting TCF school graduates towards securing admission into post …Read More

Originally published in Dawn Images

By Yumna Rafi

In the early hours of Saturday, the Crystal Ballroom at Marriott reverberated with melodies that seemed to hit all the right notes.

The orchestra shifted its rhythm as the tunes changed every two minutes and a new voice took center stage.

As the crowd swayed to …Read More

Originally published in The Express Tribune
By M Bilal Lakhani
“We live four to five kilometres from the Afghan border,” shares Zafar Ali. “I was born in 1997 in Khyber Agency (Fata) and spent my childhood there. My father is a truck driver. He doesn’t spend much time with us but he …Read More

Published in the Inter Press Service News Agency

By Zofeen Ebrahim

KARACHI, May 21 2015 (IPS) – Khalil Ahmed’s life story sounds like it could have come straight out of the plot of a Bollywood flick, but it didn’t. And that makes it all the more inspiring.

Residents of the sleepy town of …Read More

Mushtaq Chhapra is a Schwab Foundation 2015 Social Entrepreneur of the Year Awardee

Pakistan frequently makes headlines for the instability in its sociopolitical structure. Paradoxically, the country also has a major asset it can be proud of: a burgeoning population under the age of 15 comprising 35% of the country’s 180 …Read More

Published in the Qatar Airways In-Flight Magazine

In Pakistan alone, the literacy rate stands at a meagre 55 percent (UNESCO, 2014), constituting one of the lowest literacy rates in the world. TCF was founded in 1995, as a response to these rates, by a group of citizens determined to resolve the education …Read More

Launched in 1995, the Citizens Foundation (TCF) is a non-profit organization and aims to transform the dreary state of Pakistan’s education system. It has made its way up to becoming one of the country’s most prominent organizations in the field of education.

TCF has the honor of having opened 1,000 schools …Read More

Originally Published in The Opinion

By Mushtaq Chhapra

Sometimes, it’s more comfortable just to tune out bad news. The dripping tap of negativity in the media can eventually become so dehumanizing, it define a country like Pakistan in the eyes of the world, then something so terrible happens that you simply have …Read More

Originally published in Express Tribune

A day before the release, Zafar has penned an emotional letter, highlighting the importance of giving back to society:

For years, you have seen me sing, dance, act and perform to entertain you. My gratitude for your love, appreciation and admiration, can never be expressed through words.

Therefore …Read More

Originally Published in Dawn

By Shazia Hasan

He learned the piano at six, picked up the guitar at 16 and used the Internet to teach himself a bunch of other things. Now he makes a tabla and dholak out of his acoustic guitar while also playing with its strings, taps and …Read More

By Erik Ortiz

When 17-year-old pilot Haris Suleman and his dad, Babar, charted their adventure around the world to set a record, their supporters never imagined it would end in heartbreak. The pair’s single-engine plane crashed after takeoff from an airport in American Samoa as they neared the last leg of …Read More