Tasneem Nazli Ashir

Tasneem Nazli Ashir joined The Lyceum in 2014. Previously, she was the Head of the English Department at the C.A.S. School. She has also conducted several workshops on teachers’ training and curriculum development. Nazli did her A-Levels from Karachi Grammar School and went on to get her Masters degree in English Literature from Karachi University. 
Married, with two children, Nazli enjoys reading, writing, and gardening.

Shereen Saeed Khan

Shereen Saeed Khan teaches English General at the Lyceum. She has also served as Principal and Co-Principal of the school. She is a dedicated patron of the Lyceum’s prolific Debating Society which has won many laurels internationally. Earlier she acted as the counselor of the Lyceum yearbook. She loves classical and Sufi music and has a deep desire to foster this genre of music among the young.

Zehra Raza

MA, Journalism (City University, UK); BA, Literature (Vassar College, USA)

Zehra Nabi

BA (Cum Laude), Film & Media Studies, Minor in English, (Mount Holyoke College, USA); MFA, Fiction (Johns Hopkins University, USA)

Yawar Abbas

MSc, Physics (Karachi University)

Syed Tehseen Raza

M.Sc, Chemistry (Karachi University)

Syed Iftikhar Hassan Zaidi

MA, Imperial and Commonwealth History (Kings College, University of London, UK)

Suraiya Ishaque

BA, English /Third World Studies (Oberlin College, USA)

Sumaira Ali

MSc, Physical Chemistry, (Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad)

Shamim Azam

I am the Head of the Mathematics department at The Lyceum since 1992.  I have experience of 47 years which also includes 10 years of teaching experience in Nigeria.

I have a master’s degree (MSc) in Applied Mathematics from the University of Karachi.

Shabnum Haidermota

B.Pharm (Hons),  (University of London, UK)

SANA ALLAHWALA

Sana Allahwala has been a member of the Math Department at the Lyceum for the past 10 years. She has been teaching AS and A Level Mathematics and Further Mechanics. Sana graduated from LUMS majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics and did her masters in Mathematics from the Universite de Montreal (Canada). Her thesis was based on topics in analytical number theory. 
She is passionate about mathematics and hopes to one day go back to studying more mathematics!

Muhammad Rafay Shaikh

Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan

Amra Ali

BA (Hons), Fine Arts (University of Ottawa, Canada)

Sarah Dossul

BA, Sociology (Karachi University)

Lubna Akhtar

MA, Literary Studies (University of Aberdeen, UK)

Nayyer Jamil

BA, Art (Karachi University)

Afshan Latif

MBBS (Dow Medical College, Karachi)

MEHR ZAIDI

Mehr Zaidi has been at The Lyceum now for 20 years. She did her Masters in Genetics from Swansea in Whales UK. She moved back to Pakistan in 1997 and started teaching in 1999. Teaching, to her, is a passion; it brings joy to her to see the twinkle in the eyes of her students when they understand what is being taught. She has always tried to instill in her students a wonder of life rather than them working only for a grade. Today her students, who have become her friends, have spread to every corner of the world and are making her very proud.

Rosina Jan

MBBS (Khyber Medical College, Peshawar)

Asia Niazi

MSc, Organic Chemistry (Karachi University)

Farhan Khan

MSc, Chemistry (Karachi University)

Fatema Noor

Ph.D., Chemistry (University of London, UK)

Huma Imad

Huma Imad has been teaching Computer Science for 18 years.  She is a bronze-medalist (BS) from FAST-National University Lahore. She is also the patron of The Lyceum’s LyTech Society.

Amna Basir

BBA (Hons), (Institute of Business Administration, Karachi University)

Bina Nazar

BA, Economics (Smith College, USA)

Sahar Jatoi

BSc, Economics and Finance, (University of Bristol, UK)

Nudrat Kamal

MA, Comparative Literature,  Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, State University of New York, Stony Brook

Maheen Rashdi

MA,  International Relations  (Karachi University)

Nusrat Khawaja

BA, Anthropology (Mount Holyoke College, USA)

Raaheen Mani

Raaheen Mani teaches English General at The Lyceum. She has a BA Hons in Politics & International Relations from the University of Kent, and an MA in International Peace & Security from King’s College, London. She is Patron of the LyPaws and LyFilm societies, as well as Co-Patron of the Student Council. She loves theatre, traveling & dogs!

Razia Reza

MA, English Literature (Punjab University)

RUKHSANA MASHHADI

Rukhsana Mashhadi has been teaching English General at The Lyceum since September 1998. After receiving an MA degree in English Literature from Karachi University, she worked with Dawn newspaper for eight years, editing and writing for three weekly pages, namely the Women’s, Entertainment and Children’s pages. During this period she also regularly contributed fashion articles to Herald Magazine. Over the years, Ms. Mashhadi has written on social issues and conducted interviews for various publications on a freelance basis.

Nyla Ahsan

Nyla Ahsan has been teaching A level English Literature since 2001. She has a P.G.C.E. from the University of Hong Kong and an MA in Shakespeare and Education from the University of Birmingham. In addition, she has a BA (Hons) in Law from the University of Kent and a BA (Hons) in English Literature from the University of London. She is the patron of the Lyceum’s literary society; Lyterati.

FAHEEM ABBAS

Faheem Abbas teaches AS and A Level Global Perspectives and Research (GPR) at The Lyceum School.  He has been in the teaching profession for the past 12 years prior to which he spent 18 years in the international banking industry. Before focusing exclusively on teaching GPR for the last four years, Faheem taught English Language, English Literature, Critical Thinking and Theory of Knowledge at both A-Level and International Baccalaureate schools, including at a local and international university.  

Faheem has an undergraduate degree in Economics from Bard College, New York, USA and a graduate degree in Creative and Critical Thinking from UMASS Boston, USA. In addition, he has a Certificate in College and Career Readiness Counseling from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a Certificate in Integrative Humanistic Counseling from CPCAB and Therapy Works Pvt. Ltd. He also has a certificate in teaching critical thinking from the Foundation for Critical Thinking in Pomona, CA, USA. 

Outside of school, Faheem enjoys constructing and teaching a variety of learning experiences in the 21^st century, multi-literacy and global citizenship skills to middle and high school students.

SABEEN MUSTAFA

Ms. Sabeen Mustafa is an accomplished academic who has devoted the last decade to teaching ‘A level law’ as well as the ‘UOLIP (LLB)’ modules at various institutions. She completed her LLB(Hons) from the University of London in 2006, after which she immediately started teaching. Sabeen has led numerous mooting competitions/mock trials over the years, for which she trains her students. Her primary aim is to foster an enthusiasm for the study of law amongst her students and mentor them throughout their journey to becoming a lawyer. Sabeen has recently joined ‘The Lyceum’ as ‘A level Law Faculty.’

Mohammad Imran Aslam

MSc, BSc, Physics (Karachi University)

Mohtashimuddin Siddiqui

M.Sc, Applied Mathematics, (Karachi University)

Inam Ahmed

Ph.D., Theoretical Physics (Sindh University)

Muhammad Kaleem

M.Phil. Physics. University of Karachi

Shamsuddin Lalani

Shamsuddin Lalani is The Lyceum’s Physics and Maths teacher.  He has been active in this profession for the past 8 years and has developed an interest in these subjects from a very early age. He studied at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).

AYESHA SAMAD

Ayesha Samad has been a part of the Lyceum faculty for the past 11 years. She initially started teaching English General and is currently teaching both first and second-year Psychology.

Ayesha has a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising and PR and a Masters of Arts in Psychology with a specialization in children and adolescents. She thrives in teaching a subject that she is passionate about especially when she sees her students embracing and enjoying the subject. In her classes, she strives to create an environment that fosters interactive learning and sharing of knowledge.

In her spare time, Ayesha is a sports enthusiast; she enjoys watching football, tennis, and cricket with her sons. She also loves to listen to different genres of music and wishes that, on a daily basis, she would get more time to read.

Mahnoor Fatima

BSc. Economics & Political Science, (Lahore University of Management Sciences)

Nida Khan

Nida Khan has been part of The Lyceum’s Psychology faculty since 2011. As a practicing Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor, she holds a Masters’s degree in working with Children & Adolescents from Rutgers University in the US, and a Diploma in Clinical Supervision from CPPD, a London based program.

With training in Mindfulness Meditation and Expressive Arts Therapy, she also has an avid interest in authentic creative expression and hence is the patron of the Spoken Word Society.