ABOUT US

The Sindh Exploration & Adventure Society (SEAS, Pakistan) is registered
with Government of Sindh (Directorate of Social Welfare), under No.847,
DW-(S)-847 of 1991, with special interest in the safeguarding the heritage
of the country. The organization operates on no profit bases, its funds are
generated mostly by the donations from its members; the sources of the
Society are dedicated to the society and its objectives. The affairs are managed
by the Executive Committee of the Society.
The Society organizes trips and activities with in country, designed to expand
frontiers of knowledge in the field on material culture.

CENTRE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
RESEARCH FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMEN
TAL RESEARCH

The Center for Archaeological and Environmental Research is multidisciplinary research institution, focusing on analytical studies of art and archaeological material, improving existing, and developing new conservation methods, for different mediums and objects. It is emphasizing the need of documentation of material culture and developing international liaison in related activities.
Through its collaborative activities the Center aims at developing wider base for assistance, to the similar public sector or privately owned institutions and organizations in related fields.
The national legislations have required and put almost unmanageable burden of protecting and preserving physical heritage, on the public sector management, which has been further hit by financial cuts, as well as lack of human resource development means/program.
The Center for Archaeological and Environmental Research is meant to help in fulfilling some of the pressing needs in management of our rich but often neglected cultural heritage, through its programs in research, conservations, trainings, seminars, exhibitions and publications.
The Center is supported mainly by SEAS, a volunteer citizen organization, which is working since 1989, aiming at and with a moto of ‘preserve heritage’, a much applauded slogan, but very complicated when it comes to practice. As is known to every one, conservation is technical activity involving huge expenditures.
The Center has a Regents Committee, that offers advices for its plans and projects, and it is run by the Board of Directors, two of which are Permanent, responsible for its management and activities

FOUNDERS

Dr. Kaleemullah Lashari
President

Scholar of Applied Archaeology
HAS EXPERIENCE OF ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT
Worked on Administrative, Management, Judicial/Legal, Revenue, and Protocol positions from Junior to
the Senior Levels for 30 years, in Superior Services of Pakistan, in Secretariat and Field Jobs, Government
Liabilities, Institutions & Directorates. Developed extensive Youth Training program (along with the
Investigations and Conservation of Physical Heritage, archives and archival management etc.
Post Doctoral Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, USA
Post Doctoral Studies (DAAD Fellowship), in Islamic Period Archaeology, Statlish Museum fur
IslamicshKunst, Berlin, Germany.
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
Master of Arts, University of Karachi, Pakistan
Bachelor of Arts, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Dr. Asma Ibrahim
General Secretary

Dr.Asma Ibrahim is a senior Archaeologist/ Museulogist & Conservationist. She is the founder, Director of State of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan as Curator/Director for two decades. Her doctorate is in Numismatic, Post doctorate in Archaeological Chemistry with special studies on ancient human remains as a Fulbright scholar. Also a Fellow of the Salzburg Seminar. Her noteworthy achievement is the establishment of the She is into establishment of several museums and conservation projects as Advisor. She is a pioneer member, General Secretary of an NGO, SEAS Pakistan, working on documentation, preservation & Conservation of Heritage,which is awarded third time the AFCP (US Ambassador Fund for Cultural Preservation) grant for the third time
for conservation work. Centre for Archaeological & Environmental Research, Board member of Commonwealth Association of Museums, Chair for ICOMON (International council of money & Banking Museums), member
FIREC (Standing Committee of Finance and Resource Committee) ICOM. Member International Advisors
Committee for upcoming Arts & Sciences Faculty, Aga Khan University. Short term consultant for World Bank,
woman Archaeologist of the Country.
She is serving on several consultative Committees for Government of Sindh, Board of Governors of various
Educational Institutions, an author of several Research articles, Catalogues and Books. Her research projects are
aired repeatedly by BBC (Horizon), Discovery Channel, ZDF, BBC Channel-4, in the form of documentaries.
Collaborative work done for many documentaries with international channels such as BBC, ZDF, CNN, Discovery,
HBO, my work on Persian Mummy was documented by BBC, Horizon,” Mystery of the Persian
Mummy”, & about Indus valley civilization for BBC education channel-4.
Founding member Centre for Archaeological & Environmental Research under NGO Sindh Exploration &
Adventure Society.
Established a foundation “Terracotta, a project under Zohra Ibrahim foundation”, For the revival of dying arts
Founding member Karachi Conference Foundation, for the carry out research on the city of Karachi and work
for its cultural heritage (as founding member)