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* The main activities performed under the supervision of SPRU headed by Chief, Strategic Planning and Reform unit and Directorate of Land Reclamation are * Monitoring of Spatio-Temporal changes in groundwater quality through GIS techniques. * Monitoring of Groundwater level and time rate changes. * Development of GIS contour maps to demarcate the saline and fresh groundwater zones. * Digitization and database development for ready reference on depth to water table and groundwater quality. * Capacity building of groundwater monitoring organization(DLR) * Piloting ground water management critical areas prone to abnormal groundwater lowering and quality deterioration.

* E Services to Citizens of Food, Agriculture & Livestock Sector" Project * To help develop and maintain Geographical Information Systems as required by different departments / ministries of Federal Government of Pakistan. * To provide technical input to the senior management regarding existing and newly proposed GIS-enabled applications, their performance and usability, and training requirements for agricultural experts from varying sectors and domains. * Help provide workflows support to end products and applications in data transfer, loading and implementation through spatial data from varying data sources. * To provide technical help during preliminary analysis and preparation of the project plans for the upcoming projects.

* GIS based maps for Gojra City, under Water & Sewerage Project * Tameer-e-Karachi Program – Sewerage & Drainage Project in Lyari& Old areas of Karachi.Used a quickbirdSattelitte Imagery data for the development of vector layers in GIS and for accuracy. * Developed GIS data bsae and maps for Airforce Housing Walton, Lahore * Complete a GIS project for water supply scheme in Toba Tek Singh and Kasur Cities by using the QUICK BIRD Satellite Imagery. * Misc.Jobs

* Punjab Private Sector Groundwater Development Consultant (A Consortium of NESPAK, Euro Consult, Halcrow and NDC) * Development of GIS based Maps for Location of SCARP Tube wells, Community Tube wells, Piezometrs etc. * GIS based maps for ground water quality of different areas of Punjab * Development of subsurface structural maps of tube wells data by using GIS techniques. * To Control the water Logging and Salinity problem in Punjab * Canal Lining * To reduce government role in groundwater Development and provide assistance to Farmers’ Organization(FOs) * Improve Surface Irrigation and establish a base for participation in management of the canal system * Measurement of seepage losses in different areas of Punjab * Installation of new SCARP tube wells in water log areas * Study of groundwater quality in different areas of Punjab * Improvement of drainage facilities in existing SGW areas by rehabilitation of the tube wells.

* Saindak Copper Gold Project, District Chagai Balochistan * Responsible for grade control of Copper, Gold & Silver during the production. * Ore Reserves estimation, preparation of cut-off maps and bench plans of the mine * Planning for diamond core drilling, Trenches & collection of samples for mineralogical and geological studies. * Preparation of geological cross-sections their correlations with drill hole data and calculation of mineral inventories at different cut-off grades. * Surface geotechnical Sampling. * Core logging and core sample preparation for chemical analysis and other studies. * Collection of blast hole samples and trench samples for grade control purpose. * Preparation of blast hole maps * Demarcation of Ore & Waste boundaries in Open pit Mine. * Exploration & Evaluation of new Ore deposits. * Production of Maps for Each bench plan * Surface Geological Mapping * Report Writing.

* Bunji Hydropower Project Gilgit" * Identification of Human Settlement and other potentially affected areas for Environmental Impact Assessment and Human Rehabilitation and to mark Route Corridor for the 765 KV Transmission line, taking into consideration of the topographic conditions of the terrain with the help of Remote sensing and GIS. * Supervision of Geotechnical Investigations of the Dam site area. * Preparation of Geological cross-sections of damsite, Tailrace, Power house, etc. * Invove in Planning and designing of bore holes for geotechnical investigations. * Interpretation of borehole Scanning data through a WellCAD software. * Preparation Geological Sections with details of boreholes,SPT and Lugeon Values plot. * Assist to Geoglogical Expert Mr. Wasif Ahmed Siddiqui and supervise all kind of Geotechnical activities.

* Development of GIS and GIS based Maps for Punjab Irrigation and Drainage System, A project of PIDA. * Development of GIS and Interpretation of LandSat7+ ETM Image for mineral exploration in Keil and Kotli Area. A project of AKMIDC. * Interpretation and Classification of Nara Canal through LandSat ETM7 Image. * Development of Road network of Lahore for “StarTechnologies” * Geotechnical / Geophysical Projects * Geotechnical investigations for Underpasses in Lahore. * The Punjab Bank , Anarkali Lahore * Parco Building Lahore * GHQ Islamabad * State Life Tower Islamabad * Istaqlal Dam Kalarkahar * D.G.CementKalarKahar * Seismic and Electrical resistivity at Taunsa Barrage. * Gravity and Electrical Resistivity at Sukkur Barrage * Electrical Resistivity at Head Sulaimanki. * Misc.Jobs

A Water Supply Scheme From Khanpur Dam to RawalPindi and Islamabad Soil Investigation for Water Supply Scheme Project

* A Project of "Strategic/Sectoral Environmental and Social Assessment of Indus Basin" funded by World Bank and Clint was WCAB Pakistan * Provide the Technical support in terms of GIS, Geodatabase, Meta data etc. to all Technical experts on the project. * Using Arc Hydro tools Calculate the flow Accumulation, Flow direction and Watershed of different catchment areas of Rivers. * Protected areas , Ramsar site areas and different environmental related map productions and analysis.

I am responsible for all main job GIS Related activities as well as other official responsibilities assigned by my superiors. Working as GIS Specialist in "River Ravifront Urban Development Project" providing the technical support in terms of GIS to various Sections e.g in Hydrology Delineated the watershed and calculate the areas, Use of GIS in waste water/Storm water, Transportation and urbanization. Development of GIS based maps for all disciplines and perform Spatial analyst if required etc..

The Project is Funded by USAID. The Municipal Services Program (MSP) provides planning and engineering services for developing a Master Plan for Peshawar Towns-I, II, III and IV, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to improve the infrastructure and the level of service of the existing drinking water, sanitation/storm water and solid waste management systems. The overall goal of the Master Plan is to identify improvements that will provide a clean and healthy environment within Peshawar that will foster the development of positive social and economic activities among its residents.It includes the master Planning of Water supply, Sewage, Solid Waste management etc.