Yahya Shah, Assistant Director

Yahya Shah

Assistant Director

NADRA

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
17 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 5 Months

Assistant Director at NADRA
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since October 2010

Ministry of Interior - Government of Pakistan
As an employee of the ministry of Interior I was assigned many functional roles within the various agencies under the ministry outlined below.

Assistant Director - Provincial OCT 2010 - Present
NADRA - National Database Registration Authority - Government of Pakistan.
Government of Pakistan implemented a national database using bio-metrics for issuing National ID cards, e-Passport system.
* Responsible for setup of new cell to address public complaints and anti-corruption related notifications
* Conducted inquiries and collaborated with government agencies related anti-corruption charges.
* The project received extensive media coverage and national publicity due to its success.
* Maintained Record of all Complaints and followed up from various offices

Assistant Director - Lahore City NADRA - National Database Registration Authority - Government of Pakistan
* Accountable for all agency related functions (Operations, Finance, IT, PR etc.)
* After the success of Public Complaints and anti-corruption, I was made the head of Lahore
* Was accountable for satellite offices within the Lahore city
* Responsible for biometric registrations of voters for the Lahore region during the 2008 elections year and accountable to the Elections commission of Pakistan.

Deputy Director - Punjab JUL 2011 - DEC 2011 Immigration and Passport (Punjab Zone)
* Directed a task force under directives from Ministry of interior with collaboration with other agencies (FIA, INTERPOL, CIA & ISI) to survey and deport foreigners conducting illegal (Terrorism, Drug and human trafficking, money laundering, prostitution) activities in Pakistan
* Was the head of all the offices in Punjab in all matters from Finance, Transfers and Operations etc.
* The technical staff of my zone was also answerable to me
* Apart from Public dealing and protocol to the Ministers, Prime Minister etc. I was also responsible for issuing extensions of all Visa types to all the foreigners in Pakistan

Manager HR - Islamabad DEC 2011- FEB 2013 Immigration and Passport (Regional)
* I was sent on deputation as manager HR on the request of Ministry of Interior and DG Passport after obtaining NOC from Chairman NADRA
* Started the HR set up as Machine Readable Passports were introduced and new staff mostly from the technical side was being hired
* Maintained the staff files and managed the recruitment process with the Project Director

Relationship Manager at Various BANKS
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • December 2006 to October 2010

ABN Amro, Citi Bank Standard Chartered
* Managed the portfolio of a few high net worth individuals
* Aligned client requirements with banking services

Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at University of Punjab
  • May 2005

Secured 70 percentage marks and was placed in second division Cumulative Grade Point Average (C.G.P.A) 3.1 The examination was passed as a whole

Bachelor's degree, business administraton
  • at University of punjab
  • June 2003

Secured 76 percentage marks and was placed in first division Cumulative Grade Point Average (C.G.P.A) 3.6 The examination was passed as a whole

Specialties & Skills

Customer Service
Marketing
Management
Public Administration
Administration
Microsoft Office
can work under extreme pressure
Problem Solver
Team Player
Marketing
communication

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Hobbies

  • Current Affairs, Socializing , Public Relations, hosting dinners and cooking myself, gym