About Us
Saving 9 works to ensure the physical and mental safety of Pakistani citizens by enabling them with the tools, resources, and knowledge needed to save a life. Through extensive medical training, consultancy, and sustainable emergency medical response systems, we aim to empower communities with inadequate access to healthcare services
Prevention is better than a cure. That is why our efforts are centered around providing first aid and basic physical and mental health education. It is also why we work closely with schools and teachers to create nurturing environments for students.
By providing communities with the capacity to better take care of themselves from within, we are mitigating current and future generations from the damage being caused by decades of neglect in health and education in Pakistan.
Our interdisciplinary team includes Fulbright scholars, as well as first responders, doctors, counsellors, curriculum and teaching experts, teacher educators and urban planners.
Message from CEO
Saving 9’s Principle Founder, Usama Javed Mirza, was inspired to start Saving 9 during his time at studying Physics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. The university has a student-run Emergency Medical Services department, where students are trained as emergency First Responders.
Regardless of whether you are from a medical background, or the humanities or janitor or a faculty member, LUMS EMS trains you to be able to serve your community by saving lives. Usama dealt with over 250 emergencies on LUMS campus, and eventually became Head of Training & Development of EMS.
It was the experience of mobilising a community together. Of weaving together people on campus from all walks of life. Of seeing the good they could do, and the vision they gained for serving humanity in the process, that is at the core of Saving 9.
Core Team
Usama Javed Mirza
Principal
Founder
Abdullah Bin Abbas
Chief Executive
Officer
Saima
Sayyed
Director
Training
Faizan
Tirmizi
Director Strategy & Partnerships
Nameer
Aurangzeb
Director Community Relations
Aaminah
Tirmizi
Director Mental Health Initiatives
Ibrahim
Ghatila
Director
Marketing
Norin
Yasin
Director Grants & International Operations
Our Advisors
Bhrigu Pankaj Prashar
Dr. Mohsin Ali Mustafa
Dr. Carolyn Riehl
Timothy Todd Shea
Fahd Kakakhel
Sayyed Ahmad Masud
Dr. Farah Qadir
Shaiza Rizavi
