Foundations Aim and Mission Striving to make lives better
As the name suggests, Syed Zamir Jafri is the eponym of the Syed Zamir Jafri Foundation. Zamir Jafri (1916 – 1999) was a renowned poet of the Urdu literacy in Pakistan, who brought humor to his writings of poetry and newspaper columns. He published over 50 books, and devoted his life to reach out to the masses and create well-being in the society. But his services to his nation are linked before he established himself as a writer/poet and social worker, as he served in the army during World War II and retired as a major.
Following his footsteps, his son, Major General Syed Ehtasham Zamir (1951 – 2015) served a prominent role in the Pakistan army and as a former ISI chief, and later embarked on the mission to pursue his father’s mission. Zamir’s grandson, Syed Ali Ehtasham (1981 – 2014) was determined to carry out the legacy left behind, and established the SZJ foundation in July 2010, when the country was hit by one of the most catastrophic floods, affecting the lives of over 20 million people. Ali and his father co-founded the non-profit foundation, and provided aid to the underprivileged communities of Pakistan. The Mata-e-Zamir was also established upon their supervision, which comprised of ZamirJafri’s books and contributions made for the Urdu language.
In order to continue the visions of the founders and ZamirJafri himself, the foundation is now continuing the mission of developing means of provision to the ones in need within the society. Providing aid in spheres of health, education, legal, and development of facilitations to the indigent individuals will accomplish this. Our mission at the foundation is to socially and morally uplift the deprived people via a sustainable development in humanitarian assistance so as to achieve the goal of ZamirJafri: a prosperous society.
- Provide clean, drinkable water to communities where it is lacked.
- Plantation of trees in different parts of the country
- Aid in employment by finding jobs for the unemployed.
- Financial support to the poor for improvement of life.
- Fulfillment of educational means for the poor.
- Collaborate with national and international institutes in gaining assistance for social development.
- Arrange special educational means for women and orphans
- Provision of healthcare mediums and services to rural areas.
- Promote and preserve literacy personals via conductions of seminars, conferences, and publication of their written work.
Rubina Ehtasham
Syed Omer Ehtasham
Syeda Zamara Basit
Syed Muhammad Daniyal Basit
Syeda Shahpara Nusherwan
Fatima Sangeen
Syeda Menahil Basit
Syeda Jahanara Zamir