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National Rural Support Programme - January 2019

We would like to thank Muhammad Irshad Khan, Syeda Farheen Javed, and Soman ul Haq from GIZ for their support during the workshop and in preparing this report. We would also like to thank Dr. Irfan Yousaf, Director-AEDB, Maha Arshad, Manager Sector Development Department-PMIC and all representatives of the companies for their participation.

Inception Workshop Report - Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (REEE) Project

Authored by: Sarah Hayat Malik (Programme Officer - MER)Reviewed and Supervised by: Muhammad Tahir Waqar (Senior Programme Manager - MER) Design & Layout: Mansoor Abid

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary 1

Introduction and Background 3

Objectives of the workshop 4

Workshop Proceedings 5

Session 1: Results-based Financing for Off-Grid Electrification in Pakistan 5

Session 2: Role of NRSP 6

Session 3: RBF Incentive Structure 7

Session 4: Third-party Validation 8

Session 5: Introduction of Companies 8

Session 6: Gender Mainstreaming through Rural Electrification 11

Session 7: Field Monitoring, Verification Tools and Reporting 11

Conclusion 13

Annexures Annex 1: RBF Approach 14

Annex 2: Agenda 15

Annex 3: List of Participants: 16

Annex 4: Photo Gallery 17

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List of Acronyms

AEDB Alternative Energy Development BoardAGAHE Association of Gender Awareness and Human EmpowermentCEO Chief Executive OfficerFMFB First MicroFinance BankGIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale ZusammenarbeitHRD Human Resource DevelopmentIFC International Finance CorporationKPK Khyber PakhtunkhwaMEDP Microfinance and Enterprise Development ProgrammeMER Monitoring, Evaluation & ResearchMFBs Microfinance BanksMFIs Microfinance institutionsNRSP National Rural Support ProgrammePAYGO Pay As You GOPC Project CoordinatorPM Programme ManagerPMIC Pakistan Microfinance Investment Company LimitedPO Programme OfficerPV PhotovoltaicQ&A Questions and AnswersRBF Results Based FinancingREEE Renewable Energy & Energy EfficiencySHP Social & Human ProtectionSHS Solar Home SystemSO Social OrganizerSPM Senior Programme ManagerSPO Senior Programme Officer

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Executive Summary

The inception workshop for the project “Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency – Result-based

Financing for Off-Grid Electrification in Pakistan” was held on 24th January 2019, in Islamabad.

The workshop kick started a one year initiative aimed at developing sustainable markets for

affordable and quality Solar Home System (SHS) products in off-grid rural areas.

Project activities include the sale of

good quality Solar Home Systems

to off-grid areas of district Badin,

Thatta and Muzaffargarh, through

eight vendors of SHS, who will receive

incentives based on their sales to

off-grid communities. These eight

vendors have been selected through a

competitive bidding process, based on

their proposals. One of the outcomes

of the project will be the use of energy efficient electric appliances for off-grid areas, while

testing the RBF model, for the first time in Pakistan.

The 35 participants of the workshop included representatives from eight SHS-based companies,

Team Lead, Technical Advisors and Junior Advisor of REEE-GIZ, Team lead and support staff of

REEE-NRSP, as well as local support staff from district teams. The workshop was also attended

by representatives from PMIC, IFC and the government.

The inception workshop began with the description of the workshop agenda, followed by a

presentation on the RBF Approach by Muhammad Irshad Khan from GIZ. The workshop was

divided into 7 sessions, including one session for presentations from each vendor, which

introduced all attendees to the company profile, its setup in the project districts and its rollout

plan. The workshop also included constructive timely discussions between sessions which

helped all attendees clarify their queries.

The participants mainly discussed the Service Level Agreement, signed by all companies, and

how the project would benefit the consumers through the implementation of these agreements.

The discussions covered project aims and objectives, as well as operational procedures. Details

regarding the Android Application, vendors’ claims processing and data management were also

discussed.

The main points raised in the discussions included clarifications of the term “off-grid” to ensure

that all the stakeholders, especially the vendors, understood their targeted areas. Another point

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discussed was the strategies, risks, and benefits of involving Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) as

part of the payment process between the vendor and the end-consumer.

Since the RBF Approach is being implemented in Pakistan for the first time, participants also

raised the question of whether this would work well in the country. Muhammad Tahir Waqar

(Senior Programme Manager, MER - NRSP) appreciated the REEE Project Approach, in terms of

raising awareness among off-grid communities about quality SHSs and linking them with the

market. Moreover the project would provide a platform to increase a dialogue between the SHS

vendors and the target consumers thereby improving their understanding of the solar energy

market in Pakistan.

Overall, the Inception Workshop reconfirmed the high interest and commitment to the project

by all project partners and stressed the importance to adhere to project objectives, ensuring

sustainable market development for renewable energy supply to off-grid communities.

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Introduction and Background

Pakistan is one of the countries struck

with energy poverty in the South Asian

region. Most of the areas in Pakistan are

grid connected, however, the generation of

electricity in Pakistan is not enough even to

fulfil the needs of the consumers connected

to the grid. According to an IFC report

published in 2016, approximately 36%

population of Pakistan, 67 million out of 185

million, does not have access to electricity.

The cost of extending the grid to these scattered off-grid communities and villages is very high

and would further increase the losses of the overall transmission of electricity.

After thoroughly studying the market and failure of grant-based interventions and microfinance-

based lending mechanisms for alternative energy sources, especially solar energy, efforts were

put in to look for successful market mechanisms around the globe.

Based on the aforementioned research, GIZ came up with a hybrid model which combines the

provision of microfinance for customers, with an incentive system for the vendors of Solar Home

Solutions (SHS). This model called Result-based Finance is being tested for the first time in

Pakistan through the REEE Project. The salient features of this model are:

» Payment of incentives subject to delivery of pre-defined results » Market-based model; additional incentives to continue the business as usual practice » Sustainable development of market in the areas of operation; subsidies to the end-

consumers are not allowed » Large scale implementation with relatively smaller amount of development budget

A representation of the model is shown in Annex 1.

National Rural Support Programme (NRSP) is well known for its outreach in rural areas and

connections with the poor and the targeted project communities i.e. people residing in Off-Grid

areas. NRSP has also worked in various sectors to enable these communities to access a variety

of services through social marketing, such as sale of Insecticide Treated Bednets, Business in

a Box etc. NRSP has also enabled these communities to access microfinance from NRSP’s own

sources as well as from other MFIs/MFBs to meet their needs for home appliances such as

washing machines and solar-based appliances. NRSP’s Procurement Department possesses vast

experience of selecting vendors and monitoring their work.

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A brief of project functions among GIZ, NRSP and the vendors, is as follows:

GIZ: Responsible for funding the incentives

NRSP: Responsible for successful implementation of the project; managing funds, releasing

incentives after sample-based verification; training and consumer awareness raising at the

district level; reporting to GIZ

Vendors: Continue business as usual while fulfilling the eligibility criteria for claiming the

incentives under the RBF scheme

Consumers: Buy quality verified Lighting Global certified solar home solutions on installments

Inception Workshop Objectives:

The Inception Workshop aimed to:

» Orient the participants about project objectives; » Explain how the Result-based Financing Approach would work; » Application process and usage of the Android App and web portal; » Ensuring ways for inclusion of women; » Presentation by vendors on their company profiles, their setup in the project districts

and rollout plans; » Q&A session on for queries of all stakeholders

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Workshop Proceedings

Session 1: Results-based Financing for Off-Grid Electrification in Pakistan:

Muhammad Irshad Khan, Chief Technical Advisor and Deputy Team Lead for REEE project, GIZ,

presented the main elements of the project, and explained the RBF approach as well as the

targeted objectives.

There are 50 million people in Pakistan,

without access to electricity and 75 million

people suffering from load shedding.

Irshad Khan explained that Solar PV has

high potential in Off-grid areas, however,

the market in those areas is saturated with

substandard quality products. Since the

consumers in rural communities do not have

enough knowledge and information on solar

products and also lack access to financial capital they are either not able to buy solar products or

buy low quality products. To remove these bottlenecks in demand and supply of quality verified

solar home systems, the RBF model has been introduced. This model provides an incentive for

vendors, as well as connects MFIs to consumers of solar products. Irshad Khan also explained

that the project aims to develop sustainable markets for affordable and quality Solar Home

Systems in Off-Grid rural communities. The aim is to target 10,000 households in District Thatta,

Badin and Muzaffargarh.

Regarding the Result-based Financing approach, incentives are linked to achievement and

verification of pre-defined results. Since the project is targeting the delivery of quality products

to off-grid communities, as a pre-requisite all products must be certified by Lighting Global.

The vendors are also required to provide after-sales service to the end-users. The RBF aims to

incentivize, and does not allow the incentives to be used as subsidies for reducing prices. Irshad

Khan emphasized that the aim is not to distort the market but to develop it, thereby ensuring

stability in prices.

During the presentation, it was also explained why GIZ will involve a third-party verifier. The need

of a third-party verifier exists since NRSP would conduct the disbursement of funds to vendors

and therefore, the third-party verifier would look over all the process to further ensure that

project implementation is being conducted as per design.

The project time-frame of implementation is from January 2019 to December 2019.

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Session 2: Role of NRSP:

Senior Programme Manager - Monitoring, Evaluation and Research, Muhammad Tahir Waqar,

explained the role of NRSP in the REEE project.

While explaining the background of NRSP,

and its work in the REEE project districts –

Thatta, Badin and Muzaffargarh – Tahir Waqar

explained that NRSP already has worked on

the energy component in projects such as

Tribal Area Development Project in DG Khan,

Rajanpur and Sindh Coastal Community

Development project in Thatta and Badin.

However, all these projects provided grant

support for the provision of solar systems to the target poor communities, while the REEE project

aims at increasing access to solar energy through a business model which recognizes the need

for providing incentives and resources to develop infrastructure, and to increase demand and

supply of quality-certified SHS in off-grid rural communities.

The goal of the project is to give access to high quality SHS in off-grid areas. The outcome of

the project is to give access to off-grid communities through flexible financing mechanisms. The

output would be measured according to the number of SHS that are provided to households.

Tahir Waqar also emphasized that the workshop is being conducted to brief the private sector

suppliers on the expected quality, service delivery, market development and financing mechanism,

to ensure smooth implementation of the project.

Presenting on the role of NRSP, he explained that NRSP’s role for the REEE project is of a verifier

and fund manager. After installing Lighting Global certified products, vendors can claim their

incentives, by filling out an RBF Results form, and submitting it to NRSP.

With the claims that are received by NRSP, a percentage of them would be shared with the third-

party verifiers. The third-party would then verify the authenticity of claims and henceforth, NRSP

would pay the due incentives to the companies. With this, NRSP would also extend its support

to the third-party verifier, in terms of data sharing, monitoring reports, financial reports and

facilitation in the field.

NRSP has also designed a comprehensive integrated computerized database application, which

will be used by companies to enter data for all the users. For easy access, a web portal has also

been designed for data entry. This application will collect information on items provided, quality

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of the items provided (i.e. whether they are Lighting Global certified and correspond to the claim

submitted by the vendor), working status, after-sales service, customer satisfaction etc. All this

will be Oracle based.

The online information of all the customers of SHS in these targeted off-grid areas will be shared

with NRSP by their respective suppliers. This information would be used by NRSP for verification.

Only 50% of the total customers would be verified, with 25% physical verification and 25% over

mobile phones. After verification, NRSP will submit the approved claims to GIZ, seeking approval

for the release of payments.

Session 3: RBF Incentive Structure:

Syeda Farheen Javed, Technical Advisor GIZ-

REEE, presented on the RBF Incentive structure

to make sure that all companies have the

required information on what the incentives

are based on, how they are calculated and the

maximum amount of incentives that may be

received by a company.

Syeda Farheen introduced this session by an

overview of the incentive structure, saying that the aim of this incentive is to empower private

sector stakeholders in off-grid areas to overcome, to a small degree, the lack of capital obstacle

and provide them with an opportunity to invest in the network and infrastructure development

in new off-grid areas.

For the purpose of this project, the vendors

will be provided with a pre-decided cash

incentive, based on different performance

and cost factors. The list of products and

their incentives is available on NRSP’s

website. The companies may use this

incentive to invest in remote monitoring

technologies, such as PAYGO models to

improve customer service and to ensure the

payments of customers on time, thereby improving their business models.

With the discussions held between sessions, Syeda Farheen clarified the queries of the vendors

saying that the factors such as currency exchange rates may be revised depending on the

situation, as well as the changes in prices of products may be discussed on a case-to-case basis.

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Session 4: Third-party Validation:

Following the 3rd session, Soman ul Haq,

Junior Advisor GIZ-REEE, presented on the

third party validation mechanism, as well as

the dos and dont’s that the vendors must keep

in mind for the course of this project.

He emphasized that it is important for the

vendors to provide the right information,

strictly avoid using the incentive as subsidies

and ensure there is no unverifiable result, non-functioning device, or incomplete claims.

Session 5: Introduction of Companies:

This session was an introduction of all the companies, who have formed partnerships with NRSP

and GIZ for the course of this project. Each of the companies presented on its company profile,

setup in the project districts and rollout plans. A brief introduction of each partner company is

given below:

1. Adaptive Technologies:

Adaptive technologies has its offices in

Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. The company

will partner with MFIs to provide financing to

end-users. They have already signed an MoU

with First Microfinance Bank, and will use

support of the bank’s 189 branches to reach

out to consumers. Sharjeel Sulehri, Manager

Sales of Adaptive technologies, presented the

company’s rollout plan, saying that there will

be technical teams posted in District Thatta, Badin and Muzaffargarh, with support staff available

within 100km radius of the offices. However, later the company will establish its own unit.

Currently, the company only works through dealers, and plans to pay the dealers a percentage

of the incentive. For capturing the data, the dealers would initially do it on their own, and the task

would later be taken up by the company when their own unit is established.

2. Allied Solar:

Allied Solar works under multiple sectors, such as rural and off-grid sector, agricultural,

residential and commercial sector etc. Allied Solar has developed partnerships with Microfinance

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Institutions such as Khushali Bank, FMFB,

and Thardeep Microfinance Foundation. For

the off-grid sector, the company would be

providing ‘D.light’ products to consumers.

Haseeb Saadat, CEO Allied Solar, says that the

company would be providing bundled loans

and individual loans to consumers so they

may have a variety of options for funding. The

company plans to operate in District Thatta,

Badin and Muzaffargarh for this project. For this, the company will have units established in all

three districts and the required team would be hired for all the tasks.

3. Asian Kings Association:

Asian Kings Association uses products by

Greenlight Planet, a US based manufacturer

of off-grid products. Asian Kings works with

multiple ministries, retail outlets and MFIs.

They deal with retail and sole distributions,

supply plug and play systems, and also have

a strong standing with the pay-as-you-go

model. Tariq Zaman from Greenlight Planet

and Tahir Siddiq, representative of Asian Kings

Association, said that the company would be operating in all three targeted districts.

4. EcoEnergy Pakistan:

EcoEnergy Pakistan has conducted a micro

level research in 44000 households in off-

grid communities of Pakistan. This research

has helped EcoEnergy to understand the

needs of the off-grid rural communities, and

thereby, help them provide economical energy

solutions. EcoEnergy is backed by pay-as-

you-go technology. Jeremy Higgs explained

that their strategy, previously, and for this

project is to have local staff communicate with customers, and provide products according to

the customer needs. EcoEnergy would be operating in District Thatta and Badin, for this project,

and it already has established small shops in District Badin and adjoining districts within the

Sindh province.

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5. Harness Energy:

Harness Energy has been working in the

off-grid sector for the past 3 years. The

company has focused its approach to lighting,

ventilation and mobile charging, currently.

Harness Energy works by importing products

from Lighting Global - certified companies,

and other suppliers based in China. It provides

these products to end-users through sales

agents, MFIs and MFBs, and retailers. For this

project, Muhammad Sheharyar, said that they plan to focus on District Thatta and Muzaffargarh.

Their rollout plan includes marketing their products to MFI clients, provide samples, organize

field visits and give demonstrations. It also plans to target other clients through pop-up stores

in markets and partnerships with retailers. The products would ultimately be installed and sold

at the client premises.

6. SABCO Solutions:

SABCO Solutions was established in 2017.

The company provides products through 2-3

vendors. SABCO Solutions plans to appoint

Local Sales Agents / Community Mobilizers to

generate local demand, and act as after-sales

contact points. Through Local Sales Agents,

SABCO Solutions will approach financial

partners as well as local sales channels. With

financial partners, SABCO Solutions plans to

have revenue-sharing for sustainability and with the local sales channels, there will be point-

of-sale marketing. Fareed Shahid said that for this project, SABCO Solutions will only focus on

off-grid rural communities within District Muzaffargarh.

7. Solar Sigma:

Solar Sigma is based in Malaysia and has its

offices located in Islamabad, Sialkot, Lahore,

and Swat. Solar Sigma has conducted several

solar installation projects in KPK, Sindh

and Punjab, as well as numerous projects

in Malaysia. Solar Sigma’s manufacturing

partner is Poly Solar technologies, China. For

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REEE project, Solar Sigma will operate in all 3 districts – Badin, Thatta and Muzaffargarh. Nisar

A. Latif said that the company plans to import the required amount of products, and with its

existing MFI partner AGAHE, and other MFIs, it will finalize agreements, and market its products

in the targeted areas, consequently.

8. Zeus Energy:

Zeus Energy operates in the off-grid sector,

along with other sectors, for alternative

energy provision. The company has a number

of projects running throughout the four

provinces of Pakistan. The supplier of all

products for Zeus Energy is Omnivoltic. Zeus

Energy plans to focus on all three targeted

districts, with its local office to be situated in

District Muzaffargarh and representatives to

be present in District Badin and Thatta. Faheem Ashraf explained that the rollout plan includes

financing of the products through FMFB, engaging the company’s staff as well as youth and

local communities, and establishing connections with the agricultural community of the targeted

areas. The company will then establish POS and shops in the targeted areas.

Session 6: Gender Mainstreaming through Rural Electrification

Delivered by Salma Khalid, Programme

Manager - Gender and Communication-NRSP,

this session helped to engage the audience

on the Gender component of the REEE-

GIZ. As part of the project, at least 10% of

the end-users must be women, to ensure

their participation. The discussion allowed

everyone to provide their insights on how

women may be incorporated in the project,

as well as what benefit they may be able to derive from this initiative.

Session 7: Field Monitoring, Verification Tools and Reporting:

This session was conducted by Muhammad Ayub Zafar to give a demonstration of the Android

application to the attendees and involved a discussion on data entry, and possible modifications.

Ayub Zafar introduced the application by showing its interface, during the presentation. The

vendors were guided on how they would be required to enter the information and about checks

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and restraints on data entry. The application,

prepared by NRSP, can be used off line and

the data can be uploaded, from a location

that has internet access. This application will

also allow NRSP to generate reports, which

could be used for monitoring, and during the

finalization stages of the project, to measure

the overall impact.

Further modifications of the application were thoroughly discussed, and the modified version of

the application would henceforth be provided to the vendors.

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Conclusion

The REEE Inception Workshop was concluded by a few remarks from Tahir Waqar, who further

answered queries of the representatives of solar companies, and discussed the time-frame.

He also introduced local staff to the companies for their facilitation during the work in the

targeted districts. He also invited all representatives of solar companies to take part in the

awareness raising workshops, which will be held in District Thatta, Badin and Muzaffargarh,

to interact with the local communities, especially women. Sajjad Ashraf, Project Coordinator -

District Muzaffargarh based in Muzaffargarh is incharge for REEE Project activities in the district

and Khalid Noor, Project Coordinator - District Badin & Thatta based in District Hyderabad is

responsible for REEE project activities in District Thatta and Badin.

The Inception Workshop reconfirmed the high interest and commitment to the project by all

project partners.

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Annex 1: RBF Approach

Annexures

GIZ

3rd Party

NRSP

Vendors

Off Grid Customer

Reporting, auditing, payments

Reporting

Incentives Reporting

Verification

Verification

Products Payment

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Annex 2: Agenda

Time Session Responsibility 0900 Registration, Introduction and Objectives Imran Alvi (NRSP)

0930 GIZ’s Result Based Financing for Off-grid Electrification in Paki-stan M. Irshad Khan (GIZ)

0945 Role of NRSP Waqar (NRSP)

1000RBF Incentive Structure• Sharing Result and Lesson Learnt – NRSP &

CompaniesFarheen (NRSP)

1020 Third Party Validation Soman ul Haq (GiZ)1035 Tea Break

1100

Introduction of Companies• Company Business Profile• Company Setup in the Project District• How will Company Roll it out?• Adaptive Technologies Private Ltd• Allied Solar Private Ltd• Asian Kings Associates Private Ltd.• Eco Energy Solutions Ltd• Harness Energy Private Ltd• SABCO Solutions (SMC-PVT) Ltd• Solar Sigma Ltd• Zeus Energy Private Ltd

Ten minutes for each presentation

Selected Companies

1230 Gender Mainstreaming through Rural Electrification Salma Khalid / Imran (NRSP)

1315 Lunch Break1400 Field Monitoring, Verification Tools and Reporting Ayub Zafar (NRSP)

1430 Operational Procedure for reporting, invoicing and payments Waqar (NRSP)

1500 Questions & Feedback from participants GIZ / NRSP

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Annex 3: List of Participants

Sr# Name Designation Organization/ Company1 Muhammad Irshad Khan Chief Technical Advisor GIZ2 Syeda Farheen Javed Technical Advisor GIZ

3 Soman ul Haq Junior Advisor – Renewable Energy Implementation GIZ

4 Syed Mehdi Mustafa Technical Advisor – Financial Instruments GIZ

5 Ibrar Khattak Consultant – IFC Lighting Pakistan IFC

6 Dr. Irfan Yousaf- Director SolarAlternative Energy Development Board (AEDB)

7 Maha Arshad Manager PMIC

8 Sharjeel Sulehari Manager Adaptive Technologies Private Ltd

9 Irfan ul Haq Allied Solar Private Ltd10 Muhammad Haseeb Saadat CEO Allied Solar Private Ltd11 Tariq Zaman Global Partnership Green Light

12 Tahir Siddiq  General Manager Sales Asian Kings Associates Private Ltd.

13 Osama Manager Asian Kings Associates Private Ltd.

14 Jeremy Higgs Executive Director Eco Energy Solution Pvt. Ltd

15 Muhammad Shehryar Founder & Managing Director Harnes Energy Private Ltd

16 Fareed Shahid Director Commercial SABCO Solutions (SMC-PVT) Ltd

17 Nisar A. Latif CEO Solar Sigma Ltd18 Sobia Nisar CIO Solar Sigma Ltd19 Muhammad Faheem Ashraf CEO Zeus Energy Private Ltd20 Muhammad Tahir Waqar SPM –MER NRSP21 Sohail Manzoor PM - HRD/SHP NRSP22 Salma Khalid PM – Gender NRSP23 Tallat Mehmood PM – MEDP NRSP24 Khalid Noor PC -Thatta and Badin NRSP25 Muhammad Sajjad Ashraf PC – Muzaffargarh NRSP26 Abid Qayyum SPO – Procurement NRSP27 Muhammad Aamir Miraj SPO -HRD/SHP NRSP28 Muhammad Ayub Zafar Software Developer NRSP

29 Zeeshan Khan Communication and Documentation Officer NRSP

30 Sami-ullah SO – Muzaffargarh NRSP31 Shamusdin Mangrio SO – Hyderabad NRSP32 Raja Zulfiqar Ali Media Officer NRSP33 Muhammad Imran Alvi SPO - HRD/SHP NRSP34 Sarah Hayat Malik PO – MER NRSP35 Umar Idrees SPO – MEDP NRSP

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Dr. Irfan Yousaf

Sobia Nisar and Nisar A. Latif

Syeda Farheen Javed

Muhammad Irshad Khan

Ibrar Khattak

Maha Arshad

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Presentation by a participant

Sajjad Ashraf with workshop participants

Sohail Manzoor, Programme Manager HRD & SHP (NRSP)

Muhammad Tahir Waqar addressing the participants

Group Photo

Jeremy Higgs, Muhammad Shaharyar and Fareed Shahid

Abid Qayyum, Procurement Officer (NRSP)

Muhammad Aamir Miraj PO - HRD & SHP (NRSP) with other participants

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