A life shaped by service and by the refusal to accept that exclusion is inevitable.
Fajer Rabia Pasha is a Pakistani social entrepreneur, education advocate, writer and founder with more than two decades of experience across the United Kingdom and Pakistan.
Islamabad, Pakistan
Working across: Education, economic empowerment, responsible AI, skills and health
Founder & CEO across Balance 360, Balance AI and Zainab College of Nursing; COO, Dr Sadiq Foundation
Board positions: National Education Foundation; Pakistan Alliance for Early Childhood Education
Fajer’s work began long before it became a career. At 16, volunteering alongside her mother exposed her to the determination of women entrepreneurs and to the barriers that kept talent, income and independence out of reach.
At 18, she founded Inspired Sisters in Manchester: a women-focused social enterprise and resource centre serving women from diverse and ethnic-minority communities. Its work connected education with training, employment, entrepreneurship, mentoring and community participation.
After returning to Pakistan in 2013, Fajer brought that experience into girls’ education at national scale. From 2015 to 2025, she led the Pakistan Alliance for Girls Education, building partnerships with government, communities and international organisations and advancing non-formal education, digital inclusion and leadership opportunities for girls.
Today, her portfolio connects the systems that shape women’s lives: economic opportunity through Balance 360; accessible, responsible technology through Balance AI and Tawazun; healthcare skills through Zainab College of Nursing; and social protection through Dr Sadiq Foundation.
Across every chapter, the principle is the same: listen closely, understand the full system, and build something practical enough to change a life.
Start with dignity.
People are not problems to be solved. Good systems expand agency, choice and voice.
Connect the evidence.
Education, income, safety, health and technology must be understood together.
Build for use.
Ideas matter when they become accessible tools, stronger institutions and real opportunities.
Contributing to the institutions that shape opportunity.
Alongside her executive work, Fajer serves across education, early childhood development, digital inclusion, women’s economic participation and the SDGs.
National Education Foundation
Board Member
Pakistan Alliance for Early Childhood
Board Member
Advisor on Girls’ Education
Office of the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Women Empowerment and Human Rights
Girls’ Education Task Force
Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training
Digital Inclusion Steering Group
Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication
Central Standing Committee on Digital Impact on SDGs
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Committee on Digital Health & AI
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry
SDG Steering Committee
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Women Development Network
Employers’ Federation of Pakistan