Marium Mazhar, our language coordinator for exams, is responsible for managing every aspect of the Goethe-Institut's exams from scratch i.e. attending exam related queries, giving appointment & registering exam participants, maintaining their database and record. She is in direct contact with the Goethe-Institut related to exam correspondence.
Noor ul Ain is responsible for organising our extensive language programme. She is the person who registers the students for our language classes as well as for our monthly examinations. She also works closely together with the director in our PASCH language programme.
He is responsible for managing all financial transactions and procedures, reconciling bank statements and calculating tax payments & returns.
Since 2011, Shehnaz Adnan has been working at the Annemarie-Schimmel-Haus as an administrator and head of the cultural department. Additionally, she manages the institute's digital operations, including social media, website, and emails, and is responsible for handling press-related matters. She is the main point of contact for ensuring the smooth functioning of the institute and acts as our primary liaison officer with the Alliance Française de Lahore.
Naurin Ahmad-Zaki who heads the Annemarie-Schimmel-Haus (ASH), set up the Haus in 2003. As its director she is a permanent member of the Pak-German Society Lahore (PGSL). She also works and liaisons closely with our most valued partners, the Goethe-Institut Pakistan, the German Embassy, the German Consulate in Karachi, the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and ASH’s cohabitants, the Alliance Francaise de Lahore.
Farid Ahmad has been teaching German at the ASH since 2007. He spent many years in Germany where he studied business administration. Furthermore he has participated in a correspondence course in “German as a foreign language (DaF) in methodology & didactics”. A few years ago he successfully completed all basic units of the teachers’ training programme “DLL” (German language instructors’ training) of the Goethe- Institut.At the Annemarie-Schimmel-Haus he mainly teaches the advanced level language courses B1 and B2.
His motto as a teacher: Learning is fun!
Tayyaba Anwaar Ahmad has been teaching German since 2014 at the Annemarie-Schimmel-Haus. With a deep passion for her work, she feels that culture and its nuances are reflected in the intricacies of a language. No wonder she is fluent in many languages including Urdu in which she completed her Masters, as well as Farsi and German. Currently she is busy completing her studies in the teachers’ training programme DLL of the Goethe- Institut.
Her motto: A new life is a gift of a new language!
Mudasar Nazeer has been teaching at the ASH for almost 4 years. He mainly leads the A2 and B1 courses. He has also taken part in many national and international workshops. He is also a member of PakDaF. His motto: Learning German without having fun? No! That's not possible for me.
Rida Amjad has been working at the ASH since 2017. As a native speaker who mainly conducts A1 courses, she attaches a lot of importance to interactive teaching and conveying the German culture to her students.
Currently she is busy in participating in the “DLL - Deutsch Lehren Lernen” teachers’ training programme of the Goethe- Institut.
Her motto is: German doesn't have to be difficult! It can be fun too!
Since her return from Germany three years ago, Ammara Fayyaz has been teaching German as a foreign language at the ASH where she mainly conducts the A1, A2 and A1-exam preparation courses. She has taken part in different national and international trainings and seminars.
Her motto: Don't be afraid of your mistakes. Be afraid of never having tried!
