For The Record - Class of 2018 by Habib University

HABIB UNIVERSITY YEARBOOK

FOR THE REC ORD CLASS OF 2018

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Dear Co-founders, Four years ago in your welcome message, I told you of how confident I was that you, as co-founders, will make Habib University a great institution for you and others to succeed and thrive in. Today, looking at you all as graduates, I feel that my confidence was not misplaced, for in the four years that you have been here, you have gone from being young, aspiring students who helped to create a community within HU, to students who have outdone themselves by representing HU in esteemed institutions like Stanford, Michigan, Berkeley, and others. Whilst you have been shaped by a transformative four years here, you have also consequently shaped this institution for years to come, and I believe that similarly, as you start this new chapter in your life, you will go on to shape the society and culture you live in. Allow me to express my confidence in your abilities as leaders of tomorrow, as you graduate as designers, engineers, scientists, and policy experts with an education and self-awareness that is unparalleled. You graduate with a strong understanding of the values of Service, Respect, Passion, Beauty, and Excellence that no other student body has in this countryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;values of Yohsin that have shaped you in your time here at Habib, and values that you will use to shape whichever future you so choose to build for yourselves. Not only do we expect you to achieve great things, but we believe you will achieve meaningful things that will embody the values that you have learned here throughout your education, from your faculty, and from each other. And as Habib sees you off as the first batch on 05.05.18, we look forward to welcoming you back to Habib as innovators, creators, and founders of tomorrow. Until then, good luck!

Wasif Rizvi President Habib University

â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behindâ&#x20AC;?

C.S. Lewis

Graduating from university can be a bittersweet experience. Saying farewell to the place that was your home away from home for four years, wondering how often you will see the dozens of friends youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made, pondering whether life beyond university will be as enriching. That is part of the graduation experience. So, too, is the urge to go out and conquer the world, or at least to find your place in it, to discover new challenges, to see what your life will bring and what you will make of life. Habib University has been the first major step in your adventure. Armed with the values, skills, and love of learning that you have acquired here, you will venture forth and I hope that you soon find those far, far better things.

Craig Phelan Interim Dean School of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Dear Co-founders, On behalf of the faculty and staff of the School of Science and Engineering, I would like to congratulate you! From hopeful first-year students to budding professionals, your journey should be a source of pride to you all, and a source of hope to all of us, for not only have you obtained an education here, but one which has given you a sense of ethics, responsibility, and thoughtfulness as future professionals and citizens. I say this not out of blind faith, but from seeing all of you blossom during your four years here, for it demonstrates the maturity that you have developed. You have endured several iterations of a curriculum under development, the noise and dust associated with a campus being constructed while classes were in progress, a back-breaking schedule, one of the most demanding curriculums ever, and many other growing pains. It is not in everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nature to endure these growing pains, which is also why I thank you for that! I hope that in the end, everything was worthwhile. I hope that you made friends for life, or friends who changed you for the better; I hope the faculty taught you more than just courses, but most of all, I hope you will not forget your university; please keep us updated on the many achievements you will experience in your careers and personal lives, because we will always take great pride in your achievements and who you are. Congratulations again! We are all proud of you.

M. Shahid Shaikh Interim Dean School of Science and Engineering

Dear Graduate, I am delighted to share this joyous occasion with you and your family and am proud of your accomplishment. Through your dedication and hard work you have achieved a significant milestone that will remain a dream for many in Pakistan. As a member of the first graduating class you have also earned the right to be the first group of Habib alumni. Know that you are always welcome back to your alma mater and will be looked upon as a role model by the classes to come. Today is also the commencement of a new adventure in your life. It will take you to many different places and you will have many successes. Let us make no mistake, the road ahead may be daunting at times, but your Habib education has prepared you well for all the challenges in this new chapter of your life. Four years ago you made the decision to trust us with your education; we now put our trust in you to carry the Yohsin value of care and compassion into the world. The benefits of education come with responsibility. I am confident that you will take this responsibility seriously, put your education to good use, and rise to great heights no matter where you go. Be steadfast, take a stand for what you believe in, but most importantly donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid to take risks, for you now have the responsibility to pay it forward. May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ancient Gaelic blessing My heartiest congratulations to you and your family on your graduation!

Talat Azhar Vice President Institutional Effectiveness & Student Affairs

LOOK HOW FAR WEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;VE COME

Anis Punjwani When you walk around the campus alone sometimes, you start noticing things. Things like cracks in the perfect façade that this campus seems to have; maybe a loose tile on a banister or the handiwork of the many pigeons that inhabit the campus or broken door handles or spilled coffee on the tiles of the central street. You notice the many places where nests have popped up when there was nothing the day before, and wildlife that you might never have seen elsewhere in the city. You also notice where the different cameras around campus are. If you are someone like me, that’s the first thing you would notice.

You’d know the place where each one is, not because you plan to do something suspicious, but because you want to know everything that there is to know about this place. You would want to know where each bird has its nest, where the Wi-Fi signals are strongest, you would know all the shortcuts and all the different access codes to places where you have no business being, and you would have explored every nook and corner of the campus without ever being asked to. And if you’ve had the pleasure of being in my shoes in some cases, you will probably even remember half the titles to the books in the library and the number of air vents that are around the campus. Questions might be popping in your head about how weird this guy must be for knowing all the small details that others might overlook (such as the exact time of the year when the sun decides to go down early enough for you to catch it sinking between two buildings seen from Baithak). It feels weird to think about it myself. But after four years of being in Habib, a place where I’ve spent more time than in my own house and looking at it through these odd eyes of mine, I’ve come to realize something. There’s a reason as to why I like to keep tabs on everything that goes on here, paying attention to smaller details. I’ve come to realize this: As much as I love to hate this place for being the way it is, I can’t help but feel like I’m also in love with it.

Maybe part of the reason why I love and hate Habib so much is because it has been the singular home that I have had for the last four years. For better or for worse, these have been the years which have shaped me as a person more than any other time in my life. Maybe that’s where the love for it comes from. A mind that had zero expectations of itself and its surroundings and a solid dose of skepticism was met with a careful nurturing environment filled with different ideas, philosophies, and types of people. More often than not, the diversity wasn’t apparent, and the environment did seem full of a tendency to lean towards what I would dare to call a thorough washing of the brain, but as I said before, I had learned the art of looking closely. This is where Habib became the breeding ground for all the ideas that have since come to me. It has changed over the four years, starting off as a place where you could still see the cement drying on the walls in places when we first came here to this place now that we see around us, growing as we grew with it. Here was a place where I learned, where I made and lost friends. We lost good people, sometimes to fate, sometimes to other places, but with each person that came here and went away, we learned to live a little more. As much as I know the seniors secretly resent the other batches; I also know they all love them for being there. That’s the beauty of this place I guess, where love and hate go side by side. Habib became a place where an environment was created where tensions ran high, and we learned to navigate those. Where all sorts of (censored) was put in front of us and we got through it all, where as amazing as the professors were, the management could always one-up them in a contest. And through it all, we persevered. There was always uncertainty

in this place, and there still is about the future, but if there’s one lesson I take away from Habib, it is that uncertainty will always be there (Heisenberg would be proud we learned this by now). For better or for worse, hindsight says that I would not have chosen a different place to call home if given a chance to it all over again. Habib, as much as I like to hate it, is where it all happened and I would not trade these four years for anything else.

Fatin Nawaz I came to Habib not knowing what is going on and almost four years later, I can safely say I still do not know what is going on. Everybody I know here came with a story of where they were supposed to be, what their grand plans were and somehow, someway through the twisting of faiths, here we all are.

We joke about the Habib family quite often but really, it is a family. A complete package with children you need to look after, sisters you need to break fights between, uncles who take you on long drives and feed you McDonalds, that one relative you just wish would go on a trip and not come back, and of course, people who go out of their way to protect you. That’s my favorite part about my class, we don’t necessarily have love between us all but we do have a sense of security and trust. And like all families, the change we have gone through is staggering. I don’t know if it is easy to understand what it is like to join an institution before it takes the shape of an institution but that is what I feel I went through and I won’t lie, it has been very painful. There has been loss I was not expecting - losing professors, losing ideals, more than anything, losing friends.

Imagine this, you join a university that firmly sets your (young-adult) foundations as postcolonial, it makes you intimately comfortable with being uncomfortable, it reveals your prejudices and privileges to yourself, it almost gives you pleasure to realize how much more there is to know about yourself, but through all that, the university’s also revealed its flaws to you. It’s presented you with a vocabulary and a skill set that you can use to dismantle it. I don’t want to do that here, as I said before, there’s a lot of pain there. So instead, how about some quirky information about Habib itself?

We used to have lunch in the Power Lab. The space behind Arif Habib Courtyard was our smoking area and lovingly dubbed Dubai. The library office had a stock of flavored teas from English Breakfast to Lipton’s ‘Temptation Fruits’, the first floor also had an unofficial nap-room. There was a time when there were only two washrooms on campus! You could go up the roof at night and watch planes fly in. Some classes would start with yoga sessions. We once played holi on the ground the pool was recently built in and we could actually have tea from the faculty pods. With just around a 100 students, all professors welcomed us in their offices at any time.

Reflecting back right now, it’s so hard to think anything was bad back then. It is difficult to not compare it to Habib today but I can’t help doing it anyway. I wish a lot of things did not turn out the way they did but maybe those experiences ended up creating situations that allowed relationships I had never imagined. I doubt anybody remembers the details of the education they receive in their undergrad but the nitty gritty details of the relationships we have with people, I think those are here to stay. To my ‘18 fam, I’m glad things got twisted around enough for me to be at Habib, for no other reason than that I got to meet you and love you.

Hasan Naqvi There was a time when the breathtaking piece of architecture in the middle of Gulistan-e-Johar was only a building. There were no students yet, therefore, this wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a university. I recall how bored the few faculty members had gotten on the campus, as it felt like there was no life whatsoever.

Everything changed the very first day the students walked in. In terms of administration and logistics, the first day was a disaster. It did not matter if the classes started late, if the projector didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work, if we could not find our classes, or if we simply played games and had doughnuts. I clearly recall the very first Liberal Core lecture at Habib University, where all the faculty attended along with the first batch. In addition to that, some of the staff members also chose to witness this moment. The cafeteria was in the Power Lab, with a common lunch hour and a long line to pay, we were not sure if we would get the chance to enjoy the Chicken Biryani being served. Almost everyone had similar schedules. We now worry about golden hours but back then there were golden days. The day ended around 4-5 PM and everyone would be gone by then. The late hours for the library were until 9 PM, so for those who could stay, it was all about having fun and making memories. We barely had the ground floor completed when we walked in, there were no books in the library, there was just one bathroom in the first few weeks, no Ehsas center, just a bunch of classrooms and labs. Things like courts, gym, and the pool were a long way coming and we had not even thought of that.

But it felt like home. Tearing apart those boxes so we could arrange the books on the library shelves, getting together in groups so we can start as many clubs and societies as possible, taking tours around the campus to discover new places and remember our ways around. Everyone was so content and happy. Whether it was the faculty, the staff, or the students â&#x20AC;&#x201C; nobody ever worried about things going wrong.

As the Co-founding batch, our common goal was to create a culture and community which revolved around the Philosophy of Yohsin. We integrated the notions of service, respect, excellence, passion and beauty into our everyday lives and created a space like no other in the city. As time passed by, we welcomed new students and faculty into our family. We also welcomed changes and growth on the campus. We went from being a small community of 200 people to a huge one right now with over a 1000 people on campus. Habib University has transformed tremendously throughout the years; whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s through the contributions of every student, or itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s through an organic process, it does not matter. What matters is that we have come to a point where not only do we have a brilliant infrastructure, wonderful faculty, and outstanding resources, but we also have a wholesome and beautiful community. A community which looks out for each other and one who promotes a culture of helping, loving, caring, and being there for one another. It is always the little things that count and make a difference, and it is what we have perfected as a family.

Today, as I walk around the campus I notice all these new faces and new places I do not know of. I notice a transformation that has taken place, I notice a community that has grown, I notice a system that has been set into place and that will run for all the years to come. Then there is this tiny bit of a flashback, where I jump back to the day when I walked into this campus and converted it from a building to a university. I feel like we have come a long way, but most importantlyâ&#x20AC;ŚI feel complete.

Sana R. Godal I came to Habib by accident. I stayed by choice. I recently overheard some freshies talking about how much they’re enjoying Habib, that what a luxury it is to be able to complain about paper wastage and printing costs. They marveled at the tangible feel of community and safety, and I wondered about my own experiences when I was a freshperson, even though there weren’t any other batches to measure by.

A professor once bragged at the conference she attended at Columbia that Habib’s first ever club was a feminist one. That’s the kind of agency that existed in terms of designing a culture – (though we all gotta be vary of statements like these). I remember when there were no books in the library, and nothing where the swimming pool is. I remember staying late and wandering around under the moonlight, watching the planes go by. I remember when the students and professors caught up to smoke straight after the lecture, seeking the same release and conversation. It was a strange and lovely time, and I see it through a pink haze. Some things have stayed, like the concept of accommodating poetry in every discipline – even math. Or the starting of each year with zikr, through qawwali. Or the pausing mid-sentence during any speech because an airplane is taking off overhead. Is this smol essay just nostalgic reminiscing? The end does make you think about the beginning. There were moments where things didn’t seem to work. It would be the software or the constant noise that came from construction - some things were just a dhakka start. Dr. Naqvi called it “growing pains”, and I remember thinking it was very apt. The growth was not just of infrastructure, but also of collective epistemology. I saw my peers gasp at words like “feminism” and “communism” – and then I saw them campaigning for it just yesterday. I see my friends outside of Habib who managed to go and study in the liberal arts colleges I had initially planned on going to, and I know that my education has been so much better for context and philosophy. I am so grateful for my peers and professors and staff members. I have realized how much better I am for

being here than not. Habib, like every other new institution, has its paradoxes. Don’t get me wrong, it has given me hard times as well. To cater to fears of it being too “liberal”, privileges have been cut to (over) compensate. I feel there is a lot of surveillance taking place here lately, which at times has been uncalled for. The intentional design of the campus is transparency – the glass walls are an ode to a philosophy. But try to get from one place to another without getting a clear view of the other end of the campus. Of course, the biggest one being the fee structure at odds with the values taught.

I suppose the thing to be grateful for is that we learned about different kinds of power structures at Habib itself, so that when we criticize, we do it intelligently. The real aim so far is – still – to do it through thoughtful consideration. And the fact that it’s in our consciousness means that the narrative exists, and therefore too does a reality that accommodates the discourse. I remember staring out at the campus around me on the night of our first farewell dinner – the last time it was going to be just 2018. The campus had always seemed spacious, but I wondered how much its heart could stretch to accommodate more than double of what was already there. Habib managed, and it will manage ad infinitum, inshAllah. I love this place with all my heart, and I pray its heart remains constant.

For record keeping purposes, I saved the essay I wrote when I applied to Habib. Technically my first essay here, though by no means the easiest. The cosmic joke of existence is constant, but sometimes it is kind: “There’s a U2 song called I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, and I kind of believe it’s a universal song that applies to everyone [in a general sort of way]. I’ve been searching for a place that I can learn in, grow in, but most of all find comfort in. Since I first heard of a good quality liberal arts education coming to Karachi, I experienced an excitement I hadn’t in a very long time. I let myself wonder, and then I researched. With Habib, I think I may have found what I’m looking for.”

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HAMMAD SIDDIQUI I had already made some achievements and a whole lot of failures before I came to Habib. But these were all from behind a computer screen. The first, and by far the best achievement I had, was the experience of getting chosen to attend the enterprise program at the National University of Singapore, back in my freshman year. This trip changed my life forever, I started seeing the world from a very different lens. I gained a lot of self confidence, and a finer entrepreneurial mindset. I no longer wanted to stay average, and so I started pushing myself to see what I was capable of. But of course all this could not have been possible without the support of my family, friends and especially the beloved faculty at Habib University.

I got a chance to work for the Consulate General of Germany for their Megacities conference for which I received honorary merchandise including a purse and a wallet with the seal of the “Coat of Arms of Germany” (Reichsadler) and a letter of honour by the Consulate General, Mr. Tilo Klinner. I also worked for Dr. Markus Heidingsfelder, on his ‘Media Studies Asia’ platform as a developer and his very own ‘Futures of Media’ conference as a designer. I was also able to work for IBM on their internal app for their Data Analytics division. My work included the User Experience and Interface Design for the app. I have also worked for John Hancock for their client facing insurance app. From then on, I got a chance to work with several multinational companies, under my solo-founded, bootstrapped company, intersite.co. One recent example is Unilever Pakistan. This was a bit hilarious. I had applied for their internship program in my junior year; I was able to clear the test and was called for the interview. However, I couldn’t clear the interview and was not selected for the internship program. Just a few weeks after that, I was working in their headquarters in Karachi as an external vendor, where I met the interviewers and we joked about how I would have worked for a small stipend on the same project had I been selected for the internship program. I was the youngest person working in the department. Furthermore, I got to make a lot of corporate contacts. Being driven by the entrepreneurial mindset, I participated at the Startup Weekend Karachi, 2017. I was there to look for creative ideas, and possibly form a team of co-founders for a great start up. And what could have been better but to join hands with my very own friend, Anusha Fatima (CS 2018), to build an automatic composting machine. Since then, we have come a long way with a lot

of success and hard work. I have also co-founded Sahoolat, with Farwa Hussain (SDP 2018) to deal with the waste mismanagement problem in Pakistan. Furthermore, I have recently embarked upon a project to map the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Karachi with my two friends Osama Bin Rizwan (EE 2018) and Jahanzeb (EE 2018). With realtime data in hand, we will better understand the micro climate conditions With real-time data in hand, we will better understand the micro climate conditions of Karachi, and help the government to revise and better plan the environmental regulations, and give analysis to the general public. We are working closely with the chairman of Engro Foods LTD. who is backing this project. In my spare time, I like to work on open source projects. Until now, I have successfully helped in building Patari’s Desktop application, and have worked on Meteor, UrduScript, VulcanJS, TopCoder, and many other projects. Finally, I spent a big part of the last summer of my bachelors interning at Lakson Group. I was able to put my learning’s from the university to work by building a cloud based billing and invoicing system for Cybernet. Within Habib, being the vice chair of Brain.Hack(), I established the mindset of competitive programming. I, along with a team of brilliant people, organized the first programming competition, HACK16. Later, I was also responsible in leading the programming competition track for Code.Play() in which more than 80 teams of programmers outside Habib participated. I believe there is a lot more to achieve, and unlock in the near future.

“I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.” -Elon Musk

INFER KHALID When I first came to Habib in 2014 I was, for lack of a better term, extremely fragile. It was easier for people around me to exploit and manipulate me and in the aftermath I would be left feeling bitter, resentful and unable to move forward in my life - broken. Being at Habib has significantly changed this for me, for the better. It is interesting to explore my achievements in the area of personal growth from this lens. I feel like usually when people write about their experiences at college, they highlight the fun, happy parts often centered on making friends and loving their classes. While I admire this approach, I feel like it is equally important to acknowledge the sort of growth you experience through the challenges you face in your four years here. Meeting those people who are 100% real with you even when you don’t like it because it is the learning that comes from interacting with these people that gives you the wisdom to make it through anything in life.

I have had my moments of victory at Habib but I have certainly had my downs and the things I learned during these low points are what truly make me feel accomplished because they made me stronger – much stronger than I ever thought I could be. My professors have had a significant role to play in this. In times of sheer panic, discomfort and utter loss of belief in myself in the face of academic stress and falling down the rabbit holes of life, I have spent countless hours working through my emotions with the most understanding and compassionate of professors. And the best part about this is that although they always listened with compassion, they never enabled my suffering by telling me things I wanted to hear. Contrary to this, whenever I needed (as opposed to wanted) to be told to snap out of it, pick myself up and believe in my own courage, they said it right to my face sufficient,

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it is equally important to acknowledge the sort of growth you experience through the challenges you face in your four years here. Meeting those people who are 100% real with you even when you don’t like it because it is the learning that comes from interacting with these people that gives you the wisdom to make it through anything in life.

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“My time at Habib has been a roller coaster ride. And it has been completely worth it because it has helped me introspect and really know myself”

Experiencing the grueling processes of striving for academic and interpersonal excellence at Habib has tested me. But in this testing, it has also taught me that hard work and a commitment to going out and getting the things you want, truly works. Nothing is handed in a silver platter. You have to work for everything you get. Just like the real world. I remember understanding this really well when I was trying to find sponsorships for my study abroad program at the University of Michigan. It took me months to work on the application, and then even more months to find the funds for the trip. I would question the process in the early days but as it started to turn into a reality and finally when I found myself walking the streets of Ann Arbor and New York City I realized that I deserved the opportunity because of how hard I had worked for it. My time at Habib has been a roller coaster ride. And it has been completely worth it because it has helped me introspect and really know myself – my strengths, my weaknesses, the good and the bad. This is what I consider to be a true accomplishment because knowing myself will help me foster a healthy relationship with my own self – the most important and everlasting relationship in life. I have learned that I may be fragile, but unlike before, I also know that when I break, I can put myself back together again.

ASHIR WAHID My journey at Habib began in August 2014 when I came to do my undergraduate in Electrical Engineering. Being the first one in my family to set out for a higher education, my entire family had high hopes from me and I had to keep up to their expectations. Unfortunately, in my 3rd semester life threw stones at me due to which it got difficult to meet those expectations. The person closest to me, my mother, was diagnosed with breast cancer and that broke me down in ways I had never imagined possible. During that same time period, a few of my close relatives were also diagnosed with the same disease and passed away. The constant fear of losing my mother the same way was debilitating which made it really difficult to focus on my academics. The pain was crippling and I had become vulnerable, but I didn’t let that set me back. I understood that we can’t change the way things are but we can change the way we look at things. I realized how we take so many things for granted in our life and didn’t want to repeat that, so I used this as a drive to motivate myself to work harder and succeed.

“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.” — Brian Tracy Due to this outlook on life and by letting these unfortunate circumstances to push me, I managed to get on the Dean’s Honor List and got internships at multinational companies such as Siemens Pakistan Co Ltd and Pakistan Petroleum Limited. I also didn’t stop pursuing my extracurricular activities and remain a part of many sports teams at Habib. We consider something as an achievement only if it’s in some sort of physical, tangible form. But when I look back today the biggest achievement for me is to not have a perfect GPA but the fact that I didn’t surrender to life and came back at it harder and stronger. This has transformed me into who I am today; a stronger, better-learned individual who can save himself from sinking in the river called life.

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Rabeea, Areeba and Zohaib

All three of them are from SSE and fate and other friends just brought them together making them each others’ travel buddies and university constants. Their story involves a lot of leaving and coming back but eventually they ended up together and formed this cute sa trio. Go ahead and read Areeba, Rabeea and Zohaib’s story which is full of birthday surprises and travelling. How Habib happened for them: Areeba: “Rabeea and I were from the same friend circle back in O’ levels and these two were together in the same class during A’ levels.” Zohaib: “Yes, but we didn’t talk. Rabeea was the kind of student who used to sit at the front of the class and never even talked to any guy. She used to respond to the teachers’ questions, I remember one of my friends went up to her and asked where she used to go for coaching and she said she didn’t go anywhere. I was extremely impressed.” Areeba: “But let’s start from the start.” Rabeea: “So yeah the first time we interacted was during the test and we saw each other and he went like ‘Oh! You’re also here.’” Stanford: Zohaib: “I was really happy when both of them got selected. I was really happy for them but then of course I was sad too, because they were not going to be here.” Areeba: “He was happy about Stanford but when I got selected for UGrad, he became really upset.” Zohaib: “Bhaee yes of course I was upset! I mean 6 months is a lot. I was cool with those 2 months of Stanford but UGrad would have been too much. I was like I lost weight during one summers, I’ll find something new to do in these summers but…” Rabeea: “Oh wait! There was the K-Electric internship during one summers too. So yeah we interned at K-Electric together.” Zohaib: “I had to drop out of that actually because I had to take a course during summers back then.”

Birthdays: Areeba: “We have a thing in our group. We always go a little over board with the birthdays. I have a wall in my room and every friend who visits my place leaves their hand print on that wall. It was my second birthday and all of them came to my place and that’s when they left their handprint on my wall. On my first birthday they gave me a bicycle. For Rabeea’s birthday, we gave her a dress and heels.” Zohaib: “Yeah but on my first birthday, they only cut a cake. And on my second birthday they just came to my place and brought a cake.” Areeba: “Well Masha Allah! He’s well off so we don’t know what to give to a person who already has everything. We got customized things for him.” Zohaib: “But on my last birthday, they were at Stanford and they brought something really cool for me so yeah..” Areeba: “We gave Rabeea a drum set on this birthday.” Rabeea: “Areeba made a very artistic box for my birthday which had pictures of everyone.” Ab aagay? Areeba: “I am not scared, I think.” Zohaib: “Abaayyyy! I am scared. See, I wasn’t happy when they were going to Stanford because I was being left all alone and now life will take a turn and who knows where we will be so obviously I am scared.” Areeba: “Yaar yeh emotional baatein nhi hoti mjhse. Kya bolun? [I can’t talk about emotional things, what should I say?” Zohaib: “Tum yeh bol dou na ke Zohaib kabhi chhor ke mat jaana. Rabeea tum bhi yeh bol dou na [you say that Zohaib don’t ever leave, you too Rabeea]” Areeba: “Hahahah! No, it’s okay but yeah I’ll miss these two on my birthdays and during summers and winters.” Zohaib: “I am just glad that I decided to come back to Habib, and so did these two.” What annoys you the most? Zohaib: “I’ll go first, okay so Rabeea used to be the kind of person whom no one would want to fight but since she went to Stanford she’s become so cranky, takes everything seriously and I think that’s why we have started having fights.” Rabeea: “Hahahaha! Went to Stanford, standard raised.” Zohaib: “She now replies to people and reacts to thing she doesn’t like and that’s a good thing but leads to fights too. And Areeba and I are tou always fighting so that’s not really a problem.” Areeba: “We actually made a graph of our friendships once. Rabeea and Zohaib’s friendship was a straight line, simply constant. Zohaib and mine went up and down again and again.”

HASNAIN AND RAZA I admire men who are very open about their feelings. I also admire men who, although they may not be very open about their feelings, let people whom they care about know that they will be there for them. These two stole my heart! Meet Hasnain and Raza, both from EE 2018 who from their sophomore year onwards have stayed best of friends and are two of the most caring and well-mannered men on campus. They have worked on projects together, dealt with shitty people together and love their sleepovers. One’s extra display of emotions totally compensates with the other’s lack of any display of emotions. If you have known even one of them, you’ll agree that their cute si smile ke saath “Assalam alikum!” is enough to make your day and I hope you love their friendship as much as I do. The first impressions: Raza: “So I was going to apply to Habib and then at that coaching centre I got to know that he had already been accepted so I thought that you know he’s probably very intelligent. Then when we came here he seemed nice to talk to.” Hasnain: “ Hmmmm Raza’s first impression? I thought bht party banda hai [loves to party. Class mein chutkuley chhorna, hasi mazaq krna, mjhe bhi kbhi kbhi kuchh kehdeta thha like Ancholi waala. [used to joke around in class and even with me, used to crack jokes about me being from Ancholi and I was like I don’t even know him, why is he cracking jokes with me? But I liked him, he was so full of energy.” So what clicked? Hasnain: “Ummmm how do I tell? Ummm I actually don’t remember.” Raza: “I think I used to have intense discussions with Hasnain and he sued to explain things to me. We mostly talked about how things shouldn’t be the way they are. But I didn’t have those kinds of discussions with anyone else.” Talking about first times: Hasnain: “ This is a very religious thing to talk about but I never thought I’d ever recite salaam in a majlis and he made me do it. I loved the experience and had he not pushed me to do it I would have never been confident enough to recite anything at a majlis.” Raza: “I remember these people used to go to Aladdin. And I don’t sit on rides but Hasnain made me do it.” Hasnain: “Yeah we were sitting on the pirate ship and we were sitting in the exact middle so that you know it’s less scary. And I was sitting without really holding anything but he was so scared. He was shouting and making weird sounds although the ride is so silly but yeah.”

Hamara senti Hasnain: Hasnain: “So I am the kind of person who gets very emotional, very quickly. And during my internship at Sui, I was away for two months and I am pretty sure that you missed me too (to Raza) but I can guarantee that I missed him more. I can completely bet on it. Crore rupees ki bet! [bet a crore rupees!] I am this kind of a person, I get very emotional, and have an attachment issue so yes, I definitely missed him a lot.” Raza: “Even though I was in Karachi and there were other friends with me but I missed him a lot. And I was going through something and it was only him whom I told everything.” Hasnain: “Stop! Why was I the only one? It was because I was sitting over there and guessing from his conversation that there’s something wrong while I was not even looking at him. I guessed.” Raza: “No, I said no at that time and I only told him after he came back.” Hasnain: “Yes, but I guessed it.” Raza: “I didn’t want to tell him anything then because I didn’t want to disturb him there plus he was already way from home there but yes, he was the only one whom I told anything.” Something to say to your best friend: Hasnain: “You go first.” Raza: “Kya bolun main? [What do I say?]” Hasnain (please know that he’s crying at this point): “Mjhe bhi jo bolna hoga main akele mein keh dunga [I’ll also say whatever it is that I have to say when we’re alone] but The experience at Habib would not have been the same without him.” Raza (still with a very straight face: “ Main emotionless nhi hun but main kuchh keh nhi skta [I am not emotionless but I just can’t say anything]. Hasnain still has many friends but I know that there’s no one at Habib besides him whom I am going to stay in touch with.” Hasnain: “I admire this about him. He’s so genuine, no shit, no pretense.”

HASAN AND SANA Think of two people who are both smart, take valuable initiatives, set goals and achieve them, take care of each other and have more on their meta curricular transcript than some of us combined (please take offence and start working on it. It’s very important, sachchi!). Yep! That’s your recipe for these two cuties! One from SDP and the other from EE, but the stars just always turned out to be in their favor after Stanford. They have studied together, they have travelled together (twice abroad, uncountable times locally) and they perfectly balance each other. Friends who support each other, stay together and we hope that they stay together, forever and Jab They Met: Sana: “We were really never friends before Stanford. I only knew of him by our second semester because he was elected as the student council secretary. And we were also from such different groups, never had a core together.” Hasan: “Yeah it was only at Stanford.” Sana: “When we were selected for Stanford and I saw the names of the eight people who were selected, I was going somewhere and saw him sitting and I just ‘You know Hasan, I think we’re going to be best friends” Hasan: “I couldn’t react. I was just like ummmm. I think I respected her a lot. She was smart and active. I never bothered approaching her myself. I only really talked to her after she approached me after getting selected for Stanford.” Sana: “I think we really became friends at Stanford.” Hasan: “ Yeah I think it was also because out of the eight people we were the only two who wanted to you know take charge. Everyone else was running late and we were just getting everything done on time. She wanted to lead and I wanted to lead so we just came to terms and became friends.” Stanford: Sana: “Our first proper conversation was at Stanford when it was one of the first few nights there and we had a Whatsapp group for the Stanford people but we texted each other. I think we realized that neither of us could sleep because of homesickness and loneliness so I went to his room to talk. His room was always open. I think that’s the difference between us. He wanted people to come in and I don’t like that.” Hasan: “I think we really clicked at Stanford because him and I, we didn’t want to waste a single second and were always out exploring. And even the friends that we made were same. So I had a group of non-Habib friends that I’d hang out with but at the end of the day we used to spend with each other.”

The perfection in their stars: Hasan: “We thought that getting back to Habib would be awkward but then we were taking part in activities together and then we went for U-Grad together.” Sana: “Yes, I think we’re lucky because we were in the neighboring States. I think the stars always aligned. We planned the trips together. He is crazy organized though. He has an excel sheet made for whatever needs to be done but it gets frustrating when things don’t happen the way he wants them to, to the point that he gets frightened. On the other hand I am very jugaadu. We had the same spring breaks.” Hasan: “We went to NYC, Chicago, San Antonio, etc. We also went to Stanford.” Sana: “Yeah we convinced someone to let us inside the dormitory. We went to Hasan’s room as well even though it’s not allowed.” That moment: Sana: “Immediately we did not connect. Yeah I think it was the 3rd or 4th week. He knows how much I like Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was coming out s he preordered it for me but he has such a good heart he’d do it for anyone and that’s when I realized that I wanted to keep him as a friend because he’s so thoughtful. He’s so self-less, he gave away his things if people said they liked those. He was this sad lonely boy but then he was also so innocent about some things like when he turned 21 he came to me and perhaps that’s when he trusted me that you know ‘Sana! I’m turning 21 and I don’t want to drink. Please convince everyone to not make me party and drink’. ” The Balance: Hasan: “I think we balance each other. She’s there to calm me down when I am losing my shit and when she’s angry I try to calm her down.” Sana: “I think it’s a bad cop, good cop situation.” Hasan: “I just get annoyed when she’s not time. I don’t understand this concept of desi standard time. If you say 5.30 I’ll be there at 5.30 but she’s always late” Where to now? Hasan: “Even though we’re planners we don’t have a plan for this [after graduating] yet. Depends on where we get a job or go for study. We don’t have a plan plan but we have a generic plan and we know where we want things to be.” Sana: “I know we’ll make time for each other. I really respect our friendship. I hope everyone gets a friend like him” Hasan: “Yeah I’m also really thankful for our academic and nonacademic achievements that got us into Stanford and U-Grad and allowed for our friendship to happen.”

FARWA AND UZAIR Have you met people talking to whom just makes you so happy that you never want them to stop? Both of these people that I interviewed are exactly from this category. Farwa and Uzair are both from SDP 2018, they’ve worked together, travelled together and done all the crazy things one can imagine friends doing. Both were a little sad when Uzair went for semester exchange to the USA but Farwa couldn’t and over their long distance conversations, Uzair often mentioned how she should have been there. As fate would have it, these two did travel together and that too, to the USA for a project they worked on together! Talk about friendship goals! One is super chill and relaxed and the other just overworks herself but these two gel perfectly together. They were a joy to interview and I hope the tidbits will be a joy to read too! Jab They Met: Farwa: “We only really became friends when we were randomly put together in a group.” Uzair: “Yes, it was totally random! But it was Farwa, Asmara and me and we were working on a project.” Farwa: “But before that I knew Uzair, like shakal dekhi hui thhi [had seen him] and also thought that he was very intellectual and you know very serious, so I was happy that I was working with him. But then I was disappointed. hahahahahah! No no I just realized that he’s just like us but I still liked him.” Uzair: “See it’s very easy to single me out. But with Farwa, I actually used to confuse her with some other girl. I can’t remember whom but yeah” Farwa: “That’s just sad yaar. I mean you used to confuse me with someone and now you don’t even remember her name. Hahahahahah!”

I fall you fall: Farwa: “Oh! I have also made him fall down. I don’t remember exactly why though.” Uzair: “Yes, we were sitting together in class that day and please know that we’re sitting on our chairs and she just made me fall to the ground.” Farwa: “Hahahah! I don’t even remember why he fell I just know that I made him fall and he fell.” Uzair: “I remember. Someone was pulling her chair and then to support herself she pulled my chair and next thing I know I am on the floor.”

That not-so-nice architect: Farwa: “I think we really became friends when we went to take the interview of a certain architect. We took juice for him. You know how it is in Pakistan right? We were hoping he’d eventually serve that to us only Hahahahah! But that didn’t even happen. In fact the man scolded us because we were a little late or something and told us not to record the interview. Yeah we had to take notes then.” Uzair: “So yeah you can say that bitching about that person actually brought us close together. We were on decent terms before that but really became friends after that group project.” Work Partners: Uzair: “We have worked together for many courses.” Farwa: “Even beside school, we have worked on projects together. For our communal spaces initiative that we’re doing with Osama, we held an event at the Ghalib library. We’ll also be presenting a paper together at Hope College.” Uzair: “Our work styles are very different though. I am really laid back and relax. She on the other hand is so impulsive and over works herself.” Farwa: “Hahahahh! He also hates my oxford comma mistakes. I give my papers to him to read and look for errors and he hates those mistakes. Hahahahha!” Uzair: “Yes but my main problem is k itni extra kyun hai [why does she overwork]? She works too hard and wants to get everything done as quickly as possible. Once she didn’t even let me go pee because she wanted me to complete the work first!” Good bye’s? Farwa: “We don’t think about it but we make plans that we’re going to go to meet Uzair in the UK when he goes for grad school there.” Uzair: “But I’d like to go on record just to shut her up and let her know that she is the most honest caring and loving person I have had the amazing fortune to be friends with in my 25 year old life. Hahaha okay not to shut her up but to just put it out there.” Farwa: “Main awkward hogaee hun! Hahahahah! But yeah I don’t say things. I’m the kind of friend who’d rather do things for her friends but yaaaar!” Uzair: “Hahhhahahah! It’s okay she’s a little non-appreciative but she loves me I know.” Farwa: “Hahahah! Yes! But I would also like to say one thing. I think Uzair has really sensitized me to the issues people on wheelchair face. My uncle is also on wheel chair but he has a ramp at his place so I didn’t feel that accessibility was such a big problem but when I went to Uzair’s place, which is on the third floor. The building has no elevator. And I thought that if he can come to the university to attend classes everyday despite the difficulty, then what excuse do I have? So yes I think I need to thank him for sensitizing me to this issue.”

AMBREEN AND KAZIM

These two used to hang out with each other so much that some of us (including me – yes! Very guilty) thought that they were a thing. Meet the extremely sweet Ambreen who can remain calm in every situation and Kazim, ummm well we all know how annoying he can be. With their calendars in almost perfect sync, these two have remained inseparable. From parhaai to parties, they have tagged along with each other and made Habib a more memorable place. Read their story and inki baton ko dil ke andar le lo. ; ) Tumhaari wajah se, you idiot! Ambreen: “The Senate. That was a torture for one whole year. He convinced me to do that. But that’s just one thing. He has made me do so many things. I don’t like doing things, he makes me do things. He just signs me up for things and then I find out. Our calendars are completely in sync.” Kazim: “We were doing the math minor together. We dropped out of the math minor together. Also, if you want to see pictures of half-naked men from our batch just check her phone.” Ambreen: “That’s only because he takes those pictures ughhh” Kazim: “She’s helped me with emotional things. Stabilized me.” Ambreen: “Wow! This is the first time I am getting to hear nice things about myself.” Kazim: “Even now she wants to go on some trip with the whole group.” Ambreen: “Hmmmm but I don’t have absences left. We’re always out of class.” Kazim: “Araayyyyy that’s because we know someone will be there to mark us present.” Ambreen: “He’s so motivated at the start of the semester, goes to sit a t the front but then later he’s always outside the class.” One for all, All for one! Kazim: “I think the best thing about our group is that even though we might be extremely pissed off at each other at times, to the point that we’re not talking, I am confident that if I ask for help even the person who’s upset with me will come to help me without even thinking.” Ambreen: “That’s only because he is also always there to help people.”

Kuch to chal raha hae: Kazim: “By the third semester, we got really close, we even became Physics lab partners. There was an experiment which involved taking pictures of the experiment but instead we took pictures of each other. But we were always very clear that we’re not going to cling to each other all the time. We just knew that we were together” Ambreen: “Hahahahah! God! You sound like we were a thing but yes, we are not the kind of people who just have to hang out with each other all the time, we’re very cool with the other person hanging out with other people.” Ambreen: “We work on projects together. We’re even working on our FYP together.” Kazim: “Tbhi tou kuchh hou nhi rha ab tk [that is why we haven’t done anything yet]. Dumbo because she’s dumb.” Ambreen: “Excuse me? I am not dumb. And what about your nickname, charsi?” Kazim: “Excuse me?” Ambreen: “Yeah because he always looks so drunk.” Ambreen: “We used to laugh at people thinking that we are a thing, actually. People were like kuchh chal rha hai [there’s something going on]. And they used to think that we are a couple hahahaha!” Kazim: “We started hanging out in the third semester and people used to think that it was something else but they realized later. We always found that very funny.” Ab aagay? Kazim: “We were actually thinking of going to the same university for Masters.’ Ambreen: “Yeah that’s what we have planned but yeah we know that’s not happening. Will probably do CSS.” Kazim: “Yeah the plan is to work for the next year and prepare for CSS and GRE.”

KUMAYL AND HUSSAIN Asif sahib playing KUMAYL: The first time we met was, actually not the first but second or third. It’s actually the fondest memory I have… HUSSAIN: The first fondest memory KUMAYL: The first fondest memory I have of Hussain, obviously I have better memories. He picked me up from my house for a mushaira we were going to for Jahan- e -Urdu HUSSAIN: No, for rhetcom, Asif sahib invited me and Kumayl for a mushaira happening near our house KUMAYL: We use to live nearby so Hussain was picking me up Kumayl: Before sitting, I saw Hussain in the passenger seat with a driver, so I sat at the backseat. Par mainay agay sir kya na tou I saw 2 Hussains (I sat and saw 2 Hussains) and I was like… ughh like in complete shock for one one and a half minute. And then Hussain was like ya this is my twin brother. Buhat weird tha (so weird). Hasan was in the driving seat and Hussian was in the passenger seat. HUSSAIN: Issay phelay we were not friends bus hi hello thi (We were not really friends before this, just random hi, hello) Asif sahib invited us to this mushaira and then he invited us to this qawalli at Marriot. We became friends after these two out of university meetings KUMAYL: Asif Sahab is the actual match maker The billion-dollar idea HUSSAIN: We have had several stupid business ideas. You remember “café 1857” KUMAYL: Hahahahahha we had a colonizer and a colonized menu. HUSSAIN: So the colonizer menu would be like fried chicken, with all fancy names such as, General Cornwallis corn soup or something like that and on the colonized menu we would have sopoye daal KUMAYL: Good idea but we couldn’t pull it off KUMAYL: Hum nay samnay dukaan bhi daikhi thi aur Istikhara bhi nikal waya tha. Itna acha istikhara aya tha! (We located one shop opposite campus and even did Istikhara, which actually gave such good results). HUSSAIN: We even talked to the shop owner KUMAYL: Also gave a real estate agent an advance of Rs. 14,000 HUSSAIN: Really? KUMAYL: Yaa, token money na

Sindh, spirituality and travel KUMAYL: My favorite trip has to be Sukkur HUSSAIN: Larkana KUMAYL: Sukkur HUSSAIN: It’s larkana for me KUMAYL: So basically what happed was that I wanted to go Sukkur for some personal reasons HUSSAIN: This was sophomore year. And Kumayl being Kumayl didn’t want to go alone KUMAYL: Yaa I didn’t wanna go alone and it would have been weird too. We gathered some friends, Taha, Hussain HUSSAIN: Safi KUMAYL: Safi is my very random friend and we got him because he had car and there was Sana and Unzila. We all went to Sukkur but before Sukkur there is a gao, goth di ji gar so we stayed there and it was pretty cool HUSSAIN: It was a very weird spiritual phase for all of us. We used to go Sehwan a lot and all of us were wearing those dhagas (thread) KUMAYL: Habib does that to everyone. There is a weird 6- 8-month period where everyone gets really spiritual HUSSAIN: So all 4 of us guys are wearing those dhagay (thread) and we are moving around goth di ji, at 02 am. Itna andhere mainay zindagi mai kabhi nae daikha jitna us waqt tha (I haven’t seen a darker night). It was a bit cold and we all were walking and the city ends and we were now in the fields. Then there were dogs barking and we were like this is normal and then Safi for some weird reasons starts hearing kids crying. Us ko bachon ki awazain arahi hain (he’s hearing kids all around) and all of us are shit scared and we ran back grasping our dhagay very tightly. KUMAYL: We have been to Sehwan a lot na, like 5-6 times KUMAYL: And then we went to larkana Graduation feels? KUMAYL: Great! Amazing actually HUSSAIN: Actually bitter sweet for me. Kumayl ****** hai. I’ll miss it KUMAYL: Obviously I’ll miss it too. I have a good reason to keep coming back also HUSSAIN: I found a lot of… No, a lot of reasons found me. I just told those reasons that, please!

SARA, FARWA, HAREEM AND MISHA There’s nothing cooler than a gang of women who are super cute, take no one’s shit, love to dance, party a lot and hate the same people. Allah miyaan! Please mere friends bhi aise hi houn [Dear God! Please let my friends be the same way]. Meet Sara, Farwa, Hareem and Misha or participants of the elite Whatsapp group named “Girls! Hold your horses!” If you have even one of them added on any of their social media accounts you probably know the other three too! Let me tell you there was a lot of censoring involved while transcribing this piece but there’s still thhora masaala in there. Enjoy! Kaise humein tum mil gaye? Farwa: “So I remember sitting with Sara during our orientation and I was already so awkward because Hareem and I were not in the same group. Sara achhi bandi lagi [seemed nice] and we talked and all but next day when I met her she was like ‘Hi! I am Sara’ and I said that we met yesterday and she started laughing and apologizing ‘Achha hum mil chukey hain kal? Mjhe tou yaad bhi nhi’ [Oh we have met yesterday? I don’t even recall].” Sara: “Hahahah! I’m really bad at remembering faces but yes I remember all of us had met and become friends by my first birthday.” Hareem: “Yeah at first it was these two and one other friend but I also used to hang out with these two at times. I didn’t like Sara, she was always so rude to me. She came to my place on chaand raat and that’s when I liked her. Before that we were like two people who held grudges but mun pr ache bantay hai na [nice to you on your face].” Meesha: “I remember being friends with Farwa but then becoming friends with Hareem over lunch. We ate nihaari together. Actually Farwa suggested that ‘You know you should eat with Hareem, she’s also hungry right now.’ I used to think that Hareem is extremely bossy but later I started liking her. And Farwa, I really liked her. She never said no to people and was just genuinely so nice” Sara: “Hareem was very annoying. And she used to comment on all my photos. I think she likes to annoy people. Farwa and I met on the first day of orientation but I forgot about that lol.” Farwa: “I used to think that Misha was too ‘saru’ but then we actually talked and I said to myself, ‘Yaar yeh tou achhi larki hai’ [Oh she’s a nice girl].”

The desi Mean girls? Misha: “So there’s a thing with us. If one of us dislikes someone, the rest will automatically dislike them. Except for Sara, she says Nhi yaar itne burey tou nhi hain.’ [No, they’re not that bad] which we don’t like. Otherwise all of us dislike the same people. And we walk past them like those girls in Mean Girls.” Hareem: “I think our image is also like this you know. Since these girls hang out together they gossip about people and all. Although that’s not true but you know people feel that way and they think that we’d already have knowledge about all the controversial things so they come and share (laughs) but haha we have different sources so yeah interesting things happen.”

My annoying idiots Sara: “Misha is always late. Always! At least half an hour late.” Farwa: “These people say that you come and talk to us but when I actually talk about something serious they don’t really even listen. Misha is busy with Instagram and Sara goes like ‘hmmmm interesting’.” Misha: “Yes, these people don’t listen, especially Hareem. She doesn’t even bother. Even our car rides are so interesting. Hareem lives near Samama but doesn’t even know the way to the university from the Jauhar moure especially if we’re coming from some other direction.” Good byes? Farwa: “I think we’re still in denial about these four years ending.” Hareem: “I know that we’ll still stay in touch. Sara might ditch us but I know we’ll stay in touch.” Sara: “Why would I ditch you bhaee?” Misha: “I actually only come to the university to meet all of them so yeah I know this is going to last. We’ll stay together.”

SHAHEERA AND NEHA

Jab They Met: NEHA: So I remember it was orientation week SHAHEERA: Nooo its was way before that NEHA: Shutup, it was orientation week and we were wearing our blue shirts and it was break time and I went to the cafeteria. So at that time, I was with Sakina, she was my friend from Aga Khan and I used to hang out with her. I went to the cafeteria, the one that is now power lab and there she was, eating a sandwich from her lunchbox as usual. And I don’t know what came over me but I just went up to her and sat there. I asked her name and which school she was from. She said South Shore and that’s how we got talking. I don’t even remember if she was eating a sandwich but that’s the image in my mind. SHAHEERA: Ye event orientation nae tha, 14th August ka celebration tha (It wasn’t orientation but 14th August celebrations). I came directly from an internship and I didn’t know anybody. Everybody had friends and were sitting in groups. There was only one long table available and I sat there alone and all, but thank God for Neha and Sakina SHAHEERA: I would have never done that!! I was so thankful that this person decided and came to sit on my table SHAHEERA: We were also in the same orientation group

The mutual friend NEHA: The class I remember taking together is ethics and method of research. It was not really fun, it’s just that a lot of things were happening at that time. Like every friendship, we went through a tough times and things got bad due to a 3rd person, a mutual friend. During that course, there was a time when we weren’t talking. Like not all. Silent treatment like for a good 3-4 weeks SHAHEERA: AND I AM S GOOD AT IT NEHA: She is so good at it! Something got over me in one class and we wrote chits to each other

I’ll be there for you NEHA: The university trip to Northern areas was terrible trip for me because of some personal reasons and we were coming back when I found out something that really broke my heart. SHAHEERA: We were on a train NEHA: It was 02 am and she was sleeping on her bunk and I had the bunk beneath her. I discovered something, I was crying and my first instinct was to wake her. I woke her up and told her to come outside. We went to the other compartment and crossed the very scary bumpy part which connects the two parts. We sat on the chairs near the window, we didn’t talk and I just cried. SHAHEERA: This has never happened to me before na. Like I have had friendship but I never had a deep sort of bond with anyone. Not any wake me up in the middle of the night friendship. SHAHEERA: shuru mai tou I woke up like kay masla kya hai (I woke up irritated wondering what’s wrong with her) but stopped after seeing her face NEHA: We are not the kind of friends who talk to each other all day, or text or call. We don’t see each other for two whole days and we’re totally disconnected but it’s okay. We know that when we meet after a week or when something major happens than we will be there for each other. So like when she wants to book a hotel then she’ll text me because she knows that I have travelled a lot. And if an ex of her texts here unexpectedly then she will message me! Two totally insignificant and unrelated things but in some ways significant too. It’s a very peculiar kind of friendship. We don’t have expectations, we really don’t What awaits us NEHA: I think she will fly out as soon as she graduates SHAHEERA: I think it’s hard to say but I think the way we both are progressing, I’m sure we will end up somewhere. We will make something good. Ideally travel together. One last trip before graduation NEHA: Like she’s in NYC and I’m in London and we’ll be like heyyy I’m presenting a paper here, lets catch up! Extend our flights and travel together SHAHEERA: Totally see that happening! NEHA: I see ourselves as ambitious woman doing great things hopefully *finishing the interview* NEHA: I was in my shower and thinking about all our stories for this interview SHAHEERA: It’s funny how Neha thinks of me in the bathroom!

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WAQAR SALEEM Founding Faculty and Program Director, Computer Science “The Class of 2018 is special. I joined Habib University in 2012 and waited and planned for students for 2 full years! I remember my excitement when they finally arrived and we held Habib University’s first ever class (CT-I) in W-243. I have had the closest interactions with students from this class - some will remember our summer and winter projects! We have tried many things together and have grown together. Like all fledglings, they are now leaving their nest. The campus will forever seem incomplete without them and I feel sorry for the day when I will just have gotten used to their absence.”

MUHAMMAD SHUMAIL Founding Faculty, Electrical Engineering “Dear First Graduating Batch, You are like our first child - the one who is privileged to enjoy the parental love and care without sharing for quite some time and the one who is the subject of parental experiments. Both we and you learnt a lot through this process. I could not wish for a better group of students to start my teaching career with. I congratulate you on your graduation and remind you that this is not the end rather the start of the race. I am confident that you will make us proud. Wish you the best of both worlds.”

TIM SPRACKLEN FOUNDING FACULTY, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING “The Class of 2018. How brave. How motivated. How inspirational. Had I been a parent thinking of sending my son or daughter to university and I had the choice between a well-established university with a distinguished history and this new arrogant upstart – Habib University – I’m not sure what I’d have chosen. And what is this ‘Liberal Arts’ anyway?! But they were the trailblazers – they came, they worked hard and they conquered – and they will continue to conquer. They will be the industrial and political leaders of the future and will ensure the future of a prosperous and peaceful Pakistan.”

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ABdul Wahid Khan social development & policy Class of 2018

The hardest thing in life is to take the first step towards any goal, and as a co-founders of Habib University; I am privileged to be a part of the very first step of the institution. Going through the thick and thin during the four years, I do not have any regrets but a lot of memories to cherish and learning to reflect on. People obviously change over time, but I have seen tremendous difference in my though process during the experience at Habib as I challenged myself every day and unlearned so many things that I had firmly believed in. This place has the ability to change lives through thoughtful self-cultivation and it will definitely show in the wider society in few years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Know that whatever you have learned and believed in is not absolute. Always be open to new ideas and if any predominant thought does not let you think or question the very same thought, then get rid of it. Act like a flowing river and flow like the morning breeze, live like the red rose and serve like a shady treeâ&#x20AC;?. 73

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Aiman Ashraf The story my life would be incomplete without the story of my four years I spent at Habib University. It's beyond words to explain! HU is a world on its own, a madness of its own kind. There was compassion alongside competition in the course of four years. I met amazing and irreplaceable people; the bonds that were formed stronger than blood, learnt some life-long lessons, realized the value of time and hard work most importantly I realized how privileged I am with such great faculty that goes way beyond to assist you with anything. It gave me memories of lifetime and losing what it has given me feels like a nightmare. Every moment that I spent here, either hard or joyful had something to offer that helped me find my own path within the beautiful complexities. Studying abroad for one semester actually made me realize the value of Habib’s core philosophy of YOHSIN! HU is home, HU is life!

A A II SS H HA A MUSLIM MUSLIM R RA AN NA A

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT & POLICY CLASS OF 2018

AMBREEN ABIDI ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CLASS OF 2018

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

AMBREEN ASLAM CLASS OF 2018

Cannot imagine what four years would have been like without them all. From missing class for nashta to Â all nighter for exams to beaches and our little adventures on roads, these have been the four most amazing years of my life.

AMIN SHIRAZ GILANI Computer Science | Class of 2018

BADCHODIYAN: S o m e o n e Exaggerating an utterly simple event? Hah, it has to be Amin!

MATHEMATICS: Never got it completely yet never tired of trying!

FRIENDS: Made many - different story with each of them- each sufficient for an episode!

Anabia Alam Computer Science Class of 2018

Why Habib? Don’t even remember how

What I am gonna miss Habib for …err too many times I was asked this question hard to think, lol kidding: throughout these four years. Unlike all those times where I responded with + Sleeping on Ehsas’s purple sofas amazing, magnificent, remarkable, and fabulous and out of the world remarks for + Raheem bhai kai fries this place, I will be honest now. No, Habib wasn’t my first choice. It wasn’t even there on the list. But somehow things happened, and it became a second home for four freaking years! Now, after going through roller coaster ride here at Habib, I wouldn’t say I regret my decision of choosing this place. And I mean it. I can’t even count things Habib taught me, be it as a regret or as a lively memory. I grew so much as a person and for that I will always hold this place close to my heart. Now turning a page of life, I remember the times when I cried writing the story and when I was brimming with happiness, but all in all, they challenged me and made me what I am today and I wouldn’t exchange this for world.

+ My ability to be invisible here + Few people who made life fun (you know who you are) My presence on campus was in the form of: + Old soul wondering on campus + Weird laughs(when I am not busy sulking) + Brutally honest replies Oh yes, some people think I am funny, in reality I am not. I am just mean and people think I am joking. Hah gotcha!

NEUROSCIENCE

COMPUTER SCIENCE

ANAS

VISION - AMBITION - ADVENTURE ABILITY

PRESIDENCY

RESEARCH

Habib University Student Governance was lead to produce good governance practices and ideas for the student body and for the university. Good governance is embodied by the steps we take to uphold the values of our population, research on their effects, and creating processes which empower those with ambition for change.

I am interested in the underlying circuits in behaviour and neuroscience. I hope to model the intricate network of proteiomic, genetic, biochemical, and electrical signals which generate thoughts and cognition in the human mind. My Bachelor's Thesis consists of predicting protein structures using Neural Networks. PHOTOGRAPHED BY UMRAT KHAN

TAKING OVER THE WORLD I hope to take over the world with my discoveries in neuroscience leading us to accurately model the human brain. I hope to create technologies which would allow us to communicate our emotions and feelings with each other, without using screens, mobile phones or any physical devices.Â

My Mantra for Life “When life give you lemons, make lemonade, ﬁll a tall glass, hold it up and say cheers.”

Favourite Lyrics “Walking gets too boring when you learn how to ﬂy” ANUSHA AIJAZ

Gypsy, Shakira

COMMUNICATION & DESIGN CLASS OF 2018

Fun Facts about Me Although I do not judge people, when I do, I do not discriminate I am allergic to bees, some medicine, and bullshit. I swear I don't love the drama, it loves me I am a cold-blooded homosapien, because my hands are always cold.

Plans for Future

Movies that I have watched with my better-half (Hira) on Campus

Well the ﬁrst is to ‘plan for future’

Frozen Annabelle

Find a job which would involve lots of travelling

Conjuring 2 Dear Zindagi

Will adopt puppies and kittens

The Omen

Dance at my friend’s (Hira) wedding

The Intern And tons of other movies

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Anusha Fatima

Computer Science, Class of 2018

DON'T BE SURPRISED IF I END UP GOING TO PLACES AND DOING WONDERS!!

I AM A DREAMER I have learnt to be comfortable with taking risks! Time ticks away, worries sway by, Jump of the bridge coz thats where the thrill lies.

SPARKLING WITH THE SMILE ON

LOST IN WONDER I am taking with me memories that I will cherish for life, lessons on self-love, and the courage to simply be my kinda BEST.

Electical Engineering: Class'18

MAY 2018 A LIBERAL ENGINEER

ASHIR WAHID Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened

Never be afraid of being afraid Do What makes you great

You cannot let a fear of failure or fear of judgement stop you from doing whats gonna make you great. You can not succeed without the risk of failure. You can not have a voice without the risk of criticism You can not love without the risk of loss. You must go out and take these risks. Fail, pick yourself up and fail again, because without this struggle what's is your success anyway. You have to trust your own voice, your ideas, your vulnerability, your honesty and through this you will find your way. You do not have to be fearless just don't let fear stops you.

“Adventure is worthwhile” — Aesop

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SYED MUHAMMAD BAQAR NAQVI E L E C T R I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G do Something! CLASS OF 2018 THE IDEA IS NOT TO LIVE

FOREVER, IT IS TO CREATE

Love for something that you fear eats your sanity, but look at the satisfaction, yes, it's worth it. Tag line: Kuch tuo hai tujhse raab'ta...

May it be dark or bright, we blazed. Ghazal R

SOMETHING THAT WILL. ANDY WARHOL

From same clothes to same art. Princess

Somewhere at the suburbs of Balochistan.

I don't care if I sing g off-key, y I found myself in my melodies, I sing g for love, I sing for me, I shout it out like a bird set free.. Saira

Ashir

Papaaa

Hey hey Paapii Al Laiba Bariraa

4 years? Anna

Dumbs

Rabbit

Kazim C

Raza

Dhakan

Lala

It's funny at the beginning I didn't want to stay here, yet here at the end I don't want to leave. Fortunately, throughout the years I learnt that I and people at Habib are very blessed to be here, the outside world is very different and strange. The moment you step into Habib's gate, the atmosphere changes, this place has given the opportunity to grow and evolve in quite a many aspects of life. Although nothing's perfect and there are always glitches but this place is like a safe haven.

F.R R.II.E E.N.D D.S S It's happiness and sadness both at the same time. Happy for the future endeavors of life but sad to leave this place, the place which changed me... the people I found here, the routine with them. From having breakfast to having dinner together.. Uhh, I don't want this to end.. I'm happy with my friends and my University... please don't let us go...

Don't worry I've got tissues, right? :) Follow me on insta https://www.instagram.com/baqarnaqvii/

My experience at Habib University has been quite a roller-coaster ride. The best part of this journey was that it helped me grow and change in ways I never thought of before. Life's been tough here but I wouldn't want it any other way!

BUSHRA SHAKIL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CLASS OF 2018

ALL GOOD THINGS THAT CAME TO AN END? THAT ONE UNGRADED SEMESTER CORE COURSES SANGAT WINTER TRIP 2017 FAVORITE PROFESSORS TIM, DR. SHUMAIL, BASIT, DR. SALEHA AND AARON FAVORITE PLACES ON CAMPUS LIBRARY. YEP, I'M A NERD! ZEN GARDEN - FOR PEACE AND QUIET ENGINEERING WORKSHOP PLAYGROUND BEST MOMENTS

A young leader open to opportunities requiring strong analytical and complex problem solving skills in a challenging environment. An ambitious and result-driven individual.

YOU MAY KNOW ME AS THE GUY WITH THE UNIQUE LAYERED HAIR BUT LIKE MOST PEOPLE I RUN DEEPER THAN WHAT APPEARS ON THE SURFACE. I’M A 22 YEAR OLD GUY WHO LOVES INVESTING HIS TIME AND EFFORT IN THINGS THAT PROMISE A GOOD TIME. AS FAR AS MY LIFE DECISIONS ARE CONCERNED, I BELIEVE THAT GOING WITH THE FLOW IS THE BEST OPTION SINCE THERE IS NO GAIN FROM FRETTING OVER THE PAST OR STRESSING ABOUT THE UPCOMING. THERE WILL BE DAYS WHERE YOU’LL BE UNPRODUCTIVE AND SULK IN THE EMPATHETIC ABYSS OF PATHETIC-NESS (I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT PHRASE MEANS MYSELF BUT BEAR WITH ME CAUSE I LOVE USING FANCY WORDS) BUT THERE WILL BE GOOD DAYS TOO WHERE YOU’LL BE FILLED WITH MIRTH AND LIFE WHICH MOSTLY IN THIS TIME FRAME PUTS YOU IN AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS MIGHT SEEM WORTH LIVING.

LET US GO FARTHER STILL TO THE EXTREME END OF THE BALTIC; OR FARTHER STILL FROM LIFE, IF THAT IS POSSIBLE… AT LAST MY SOUL EXPLODES, AND WISELY CRIES OUT TO ME: “NO MATTER WHERE! NO MATTER WHERE! AS LONG AS IT’S OUT OF THE WORLD!” -BAUDELAIRE

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I made many memories, I made many friends, I found love, I learned to be everything that I am today and I could not ask for more.

FARWA NAQVI

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT & POLICY | CLASS OF 2018 Four years at Habib went by really fast but I am more than glad to be leaving this place with Hareem, Misha, Sara, Ali, Kumail, Taha, Husain and so many others by my side. Just to end things on a bollywood note suno haso gao muskurao... kya pata Kal ho na ho

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...in spite of the dark and twisting path he saw stretching ahead for himself, inspite of the final meeting with Voldemort he knew must come whether in a month in a year or ten, he felt his heart lift at the thought that there was still one last golden day of peace left to enjoy with Ron and Hermoine. - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling.

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This is what I like about photographs. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re proof that once even if just for a heartbeat, everything was perfect. Mohammad Hamza Alam. Communication and Design - Class of 2018

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HAREEM SALMAN

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT & POLICY | CLASS OF 2018

Andy Bernard, from The Office, said, “‘I

wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” I, for one, do know that I am in the good old days right now and it will hurt like hell when I leave. But I also know that there is no way I can stop time. The HU family has given me so much love, care and encouragement that it has made me never ever want to leave it. I have found some of the most amazing friends in the world here. During these four years, I have come to realize that no matter what you achieve in life or where you go in the world, everything is meaningless if you do not have people who love you and accept you for who you are. I am grateful for every laugh, every hug, every hardship, every stressful day, every idiotic move, and every beautiful moment that I have shared with my HU family. At the end of it all, I can say with certainty that I have spent four of the best years of my life here.

THINGS I’LL MISS: + Seeing Farwa, Sara, Misha and Ali everyday + My Habib family, complete with an adorable baby + Inspiring, encouraging, wonderful professors + HU Student’s Forum + Long, deep essays + Noman Baig’s abstract and random comments + Library, pool, baithak, dhaba. #WhatAGreatCampus + Literally every single day I have spent here

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THINGS I WON’T MISS: + Deadlines + The Finance Office + Self-important people who talk over others + The administrative red tape + Long, deep essays

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Favourite Quote “Never Forget Who You Are” “The Past Can Hurt But The Way I See It You Can Either Run From It Or Learn From It” -Lion King Hira Wasim Communication and Design Class of 2018

All Time Favourite Movies

I Love To Paint Something I Love To Say

Friends I Can Count On

My Super Amazing Future Plans Getting Married Soon (YAY) I wish to step in the right direction

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S. M. HusAin ZAidi The past 4 years have been full of ups and down, I could say a lot here that would talk about my time at Habib, but instead of tat I want to give a shout out to the friends who made it the best 4 years of my life. Specifically I want to give a shout out to Kumail, Farwa and Taha. Guys if hadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nt been for you this would have been a very boring experience. I hope we stay a part of each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives forever.

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SYED JAHANZEB IBRAR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CLASS OF 2018

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Kazim R. Rizvi

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KOMAL FATIMA ZULFIQAR COMMUNICATION & DESIGN CLASS OF 2018

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LAIBA ZAHID

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LALARUKH ABBAS

COMPUTER SCIENCE CLASS OF 2018 119

"NEVER LET ANYONE DULL YOUR SPARKLE"

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MEHER MALIK C&D CLASS OF 2018

WHAT IM GONNA MISS THE MOST: THE MASALA FRIES FROM THE FRIES WALA , THE YUMMY NUTELLA BROWNIE YUMMM. WILL MISS ALL THE HELPFULNESS AND HOSPITALITY FROM EVERYONE AROUND, THE FEELING OF HOME, OF THE LAUGHTER FROM ALL MY PEERS AND FACULTY - SPECIALLY MS SAIMA ZAIDI AND MARKUS, THANKS FOR BELIEVING IN ME AND FOR ALWAYS SHOWING US A GOOD TIME.

MISBAH AZHAR Communication & Design Class of 2018 MMS FOREVER

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RAN MISHA IMNT & POLICY

VELOPME SOCIAL DE 18 CLASS OF 20

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Mohammad Ahsan Social Development & Policy Class of 2018

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MOIZZA'S 4-YEAR CELEBRATIONS

Gorakh trip'16 (camping almost frozen, bonfire, Rija's biryani order while we ate dry chicken; hafsah, shobi kulsoom talha hasan [oh & kazim's ugly 3am prank])

i will absolutely miss: -long sessions in Dr Naqvi's office -noting Dr Noman Baig's jokes in my coursepack so i can come back and tell em to ami xD -Hafsah and myself in Ehsas </3 -BFFs beside BFFs: Arham & Ramsha Meing <3 </3 -pool with hafsah -rija ki gaalian + everyday unpredictability lulz <3 -basically everything.

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Wall of Mom -Neha and m ents: yself cutting the 14th Aug wala cake on behalf of the first eve r batch -My first clas s with Dr Aar on & wonderi ng if there w ca ere m e ra s around lulz -kemari trip via Urban Exp erience (had -Nihari for h crab 4 1st eve im as a class r time!!) gift (Tabish -his 'Jane Aus + A b du llah + Myself ten' 'purple p ) rose' hammeri n g (& proud thesis comeback *sh ades on*) -'qk issay lam bay sajde karn -that moment a acha lagta hai' when all facu lty and no studen mulaqat sessio t came to my n on Stanford 's Office of subtly hinting Sustainability (a at my perpetu lso myself al b re akdowns relate -dil garden g arden wala m d to SS lulz) oment: scoring 49.5/50 in Eth Methods (dum ics & b fo un de d w -When Dr N ala monkey fa aqvi took me ce) to HU Dukan to buy me a book :') (p recious) -going to Brian & Magdalen's after OL we ek ended + super emo w being ihen Brian le ft -Stanford wal i khushi :')

*fav class: -kabhi pani kabhi pyas -all of liberal core OBVIOUSLY *dunno-what-i-was-doing wali class: -scientific methods (?) *:regret not taking: -all of prof gulraiz's classes :'((( transdesign, urban transit, cartography -roller coaster semester: #7th [getting hooked ya know (blushes)]

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Nazish Rizwan

Curious, Caring & Crazy!

My 4 years reading the arts and humanities at Habib University encapsulated brilliantly by Ghalib in this couplet

bas-ki dushvār hai har kaam kā āsāñ honā aadmī ko bhī mayassar nahīñ insāñ honā Tis difficult that every goal be easily complete For a man, too, to be human, is no easy feat -Mirza Ghalib BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT Anxiety overpowered me in some of the most opportune moments. It is a profound emotion, and I now thank my mentors for teaching me how to gear it positively. Remember, you have all the control. So don't believe every worried thought you have, worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate. Befriend your inner critic, it has good intentions. Giving it a name helps, I gave mine light-bulb; because every time I am anxious and stressed, I know it lights up to show me, i got this! Let it go. Something beautiful wants to grow in its place.

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NEHA PANJWANI fondly known as NAROO (the explorer)

chai-loving and wanderlusting in the name of academics... After graduation, you'll either find me at a chai dhabba sipping doodh patti or bag-packing solo across Europe, after presenting at a really cool academic conference.. depending on where life takes me.

A FEW PECULIAR THINGS I'LL MISS:

- the sight & sound of airplanes taking off and landing in the distance - walking to the nearby quetta hotel for a chai fix - my bunch of beautiful (quite literally, too) friends that helped me stay saneÂ Â - the hidden terraces and balconies on campus that served as perfect & much-needed get away spaces

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OSAMA BIN RIZWAN Habib has been a home, a home with a big, beautiful family. The relationships built here are as strong as the building itself since they are embedded in every square inch of the entire campus. Be open to the challenges you're presented with. Keep good people close. Smile just a bit more.

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RABEEA SALEEM Electrical Engineering Batch of 2018 Step out for

EXPERIENCES, because

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SAADIA ASAD PATHAN CLASS OF 2018 | COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN STUDIES | ENGLISH & COMPARATIVE LITERATURE (MINOR) I’m eternally grateful to Habib University for giving me the chance to meet some of the most amazing and inspirational people I know – especially all my professors. Their undying passion, dedication and – most importantly – kindness have helped me become the best I can be. Not only that, they’ve helped me be happy to be me and I think that’s the most important thing you can teach someone. Thank you so much – this whole page and even book would never be enough to express how great you all have made these last four years for me. FUN PROJECTS Turning this...

into this.

To the Lighthouse: an Animated Adaptation

‘The Fourth Estate’ with Osamah Mahmood

2D Animation with Muqeem Khan

Runes to Bytes II with Markus Heidingsfelder

From Karachi to Ranikot

Communication Design II with Saima Zaidi Mrs Ramsay in To the Lighthouse

Virgina Woolf with Sarah Humayun

CND Class of 2018

THINGS I LIKE TO DO

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS LIFE-CHANGING CLASSES

LIFE-CHANGING CLASSES

Read & sing Play video games

City of Thieves The Princess Bride

Listen to and play music Magic! Pick a card...any card...

The Name of the Wind The Bear and the Nightingale

Jehan -e- Urdu Virginia Woolf DIY City Karachi-Manchester Anthropologies of Possibility Enlightenment & Romanticism

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SAKINA MASKAWALA

My journey at Habib University has been nothing less than a roller coaster ride. Looking back, I realize how much I have grown intellectually and emotionally! I cannot express my gratitude towards my friends, peers, professors, and everyone who made this 4 year long journey so beautiful. The memories, the friendships, the bonds, the fun, the tears, the laughter, and all the big and little experiences will remain embossed on my heart forever.

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SAMEEL HARIS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT & POLICY CLASS OF 2018

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Sameer Nizamuddin Social Development & Policy Class of 2018

I came i saw i became sassy, salty, and smart and i also smiled.

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SANA R. GONDAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY - 2018

thank you for the rage. thank you for the peace.

" HERE’S THIS EMPEROR,, "T AND HE ASKS K THEE KS SHEPHERD’S BOY HOW MANY SECONDS IN E ERNITY ET TY TY. Y. AND THE SHEPHERD’S BOY SAY A S,, AY ‘THERE’S THIS MOUNTA T IN TA N OF PURE DIAMOND. IT TA T KES AN HOUR TO CLIMB IT AND AN HOUR TO GO AROUND IT,, AND EV E ERY RY R HUNDRED YEA E RS EA S A LITT T LE BIRD COMES AND TT SHARPENS ITS BEA EA E K ON THE DIAMOND MOUNTA T IN. AND TA WHEN THE ENTIRE MOUNTA T IN IS CHISELED TA AW AWA WAY AY, THE FIRST S SECOND ST OF ET ETERNITY T WILL HAV TY A E AV PA P SSED.’ YOU MAY A THINK AY THAT A ’S A HELL OF A LONG AT TIME. PERSONALLY LY L , I THINK THAT A ’S A HELL OF A BIRD." AT sg00876 signing out.

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“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?” -Dumbledore

A huge shout out to my support system- without whom I'd be a sad lonely girl..but with a relatively higher cgpa

You might know me as: The girl who's always laughing #amiright

THINGS

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Dr. Aaron & Dr. Fahd's classes The pool The campus which was more of a second home

These 4 years wouldn’t have been this amazing without these idiots! Thanks for always being there and making even the dullest moments worth it

Officially signing off-

Valar Morghulis

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SAVAIRA B AT O O L

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S H A FA AT K H OWA J A SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT & POLICY | CLASS OF 2018

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S hahab u smani

social development and policy

Class of 2018

‘Do what I do. Hold tight and pretend it’s a plan!’ The Doctor.

Life is always going to throw lemons right in our faces; I just learned how to catch and stuff my pockets with them. If I want to teach a life lesson it is this. Respect the tough times, but do not let them overpower you. Do not let them break you. Make tons of friends where ever you go. Not all of them are gonna stick by you, but those who do are special. I know that mine are. Never think that it is too cheesy to love someone intensely. Smile. Smile a lot.

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"‫"بس یادیں رہ جاتی ہیں۔۔۔‬

SHAHEERA PESNANI SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY Class of 2018

TRAVEL - This de fi ne d my 4 y e ars at Habib. #He y Success!

Habi b Univ e rsi ty St ude nt Gove rnme nt

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

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S H A H Z A I B Z A FA R

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SHARIQ A L I S H A H A N I

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CLASS OF 2018 149

SIDRA DARA SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT & POLICY CLASS OF 2018

These four years might not have been easy but they have taught me a lot about how nothing is permanent. I might not have been able to grow as much as I would have wanted to, or as much as others, but I hope that few years from now I learn to accept that I am not competing with anyone and that I always gave my best. There have been too many lows, but all the highs of these fours years are memorable and beautiful, cannot be thankful enough to certain people for that. Learn to be happy in the future and be accepting of the sadness. Life will not be flowers and sunshine and it is fine. Just stop hurting over it. Everything shall indeed pass like these four years did. You are the best version of yourself and learn to lower your own expectations

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Sumair Nizamuddin Social Development & Policy | Class of 2018

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Sumbul Zehra CS-2018

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!' - Dr Seuss

No regrets. I won't let the experiences of my past limit the vision for my future. and I won't look back because I am not headed that way.

How soon our days spent together have turned into memories I will cherish. From adventures in Stanford and Geneva, to an overnight beach trip with my friends on new-year, to playing in the garden area at van time, to random Taboo games with CS fam in info-commons, to playing hide and seek in Yohsin hall in the very first semester: these are times I will remember

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SYED KUMAIL RAZA S O C IA L D E V E LO P M E N T & P OLICY | C LASS

2018

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SYED SHARIQ ALI

COMPU T ER SCIENCE | CLASS OF 2018

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S Y E D A SAMAN FATIMA

DEVELOPMENT & POLICY CLASS OF 2018

My four years of graduation was not a period that can be defined in words, but I can still try. I started my journey as a student but ended as a mother student. It was not easy at all but I made my way because I believed in myself. My graduation is not just a matter of degree for me but a written proof of my hard work and dedication. The four years I spent is not just any time period but a period that made me strong, tough and ready to fight this world. I saw politics, hatred, love, support, encouragements and God knows what..... all these add a lot of value in my life. In these four years I have lived a major part of my practical life. I fell and stood up, i almost drowned but survived and was broken several times but learned to pick myself up. They say, till now we were living in a pampered environment but my practical life started way back. Even then, I agree that a lot more toughness is waiting for me, for which I am surely ready. BRING IT ON! This is what i have learned in my life. BE PREPARED FOR EVERYTHING. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. NO ONE CAN BREAK ME UNTIL I LET MYSELF BREAK. STAY STRONG AND THE WORLD WILL BE YOURS.

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TABISH AZAM COMPUTER SCIENCE | CLASS OF 2018

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AHMED

CommunicAtion & Design ClAss of 2018

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One of the founder of the Music Society - “Mouseequi” along with Kumayl, Omer, Rehan, Vivian, and Anis. I am eternally grateful to all those folks who loved and appreciated my music, kudos to those who bore with the pitfalls in my musical journey and helped me along the way. I’m excited to not only be graduating with an engineering degree but also taking home 4 top guitar solos that I learned to play during my tenure here – Comfortably Numb, November Rain, Stairway to Heaven and Bohemian Rhapsody. Furthermore, I owe the achievement of pulling through this incredibly bumpy ride, that is, these 4 years in engineering, to my friend Jahanzeb Ibrar. Thanks alot man for helping!

Class of 2018

TEHAMI SIRAJ BSc in Electrical Engineering “I’m just like you except I can play Pink Floyd’s and Led Zeppelin’s guitar solos”

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"Darling, so it goes o be" be - Elvis Presley Presleyy Some things are meant to

Ukasha Rafiq CS, 2018

Waiting for the new adventure to begin :)

If I were to sum up my 4 year experience at Habib, it comes to this;

I GREW UP

I fell down, I fought back, I learnt and found who I am during this journey.

Like every experience, this wasn’t perfect either but in the midst of all the bad times these are some of the moments with people who made it bearable.

Something to remember me by:

My signature Tunak Tunak step

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Always up for adventurous activities

Crazy dancing and singing skills

Tennis

UMER KHAN

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT & POLICY CLASS OF 2018 163

UNZILA BILAL

C O M M U N I C AT I O N & D E S I G N CLASS OF 2018 164

U SA M A YO U N U S

E L EC T R I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G CLASS OF 2018

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“IT IS OUR CHOICES … THAT SHOW WHAT WE TRULY ARE, FAR MORE THAN OUR ABILITIES” — J. K. Rowling

“HERE’S TO TAKING THE ROAD NOT TAKEN”

UZAIR IBRAHIM

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She had a face straight outta magazine Â - The 1975

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Zohaib Ashraf Electrical Engineering

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“KEEP IN TOUCH!”

Yo u k n o w , i n c a s e y o u r p h o n e c r a s h e s a n d y o u l o s e e v e r y o n e ’ s n u m b e r s . . . o r i n c a s e s o m e o n e g e t s f a m o u s , w h i c h w e know all of you will :)

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