B.Pharm.,Pharm.D.
Vice President
Day and Midnight Stores,Inc.
Former Director Interfaith Coordination
(Coordination of Christian, Muslim & Jewish Faiths)
Canaan Baptist Church,Corona
(Baptist Convention of New York).
EDUCATION:
B. Pharmacy (University of Karachi). She stood second in position as an honor roll student in the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi in 1975. She disputed the placement of first position, and sent a note of dissent about the discrepancy concerning the award of the Gold Medal. She was a first class student throughout her educational career.
She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Oxford College of Pharmacy in 1997.
She also passed the New York State Licensing exam on her first attempt in 1981. She was amongst the very few Pakistani graduates at that time to receive a New York State license.
SPECIALIZATION & INTERESTS:
She has been a community-oriented pharmacist, motivated to help the neighborhood to the best of her expertise and knowledge. She is held in very high esteem amongst her neighbors. She believes in committed and dedicated service to humanity beyond caste, creed and religion. This gives her significant distinction in the Corona community of Queens, New York.
She was born in Pakistan at 37 Beaumont Road, PIDC, Karachi. She is the niece of the Founding Prime Minister of Pakistan, the late Liaqat Ali Khan. Her maternal grandfather, Chaudhary Ghulam Fareed, was the Nawab of Karnal. Her father, the late Dr. Abdul Majeed Khan Rao, had a medical practice in Karachi. Her first cousin, General Rao Farman Ali Khan, was a renowned leader within Pakistan Army. Her maternal uncle, Ghulam Rasheed, was first Commissioner of Karachi, while the younger uncle, Professor Dr. Ghulam Bheek, served as the first Secretary Health Government of West Pakistan. The former Defense Minister of Pakistan, Rao Sikander Iqbal, is her first cousin. She hails from a preeminent family in Pakistan, individuals who helped write many of the golden chapters in the foundation of Pakistan.
Kulsum married Dr. Mujtaba (http://mujtaba.us) in the early 1980s and has six children from that marriage. She has four sons: Athar, Assad, Ahsan and Hyder, and two daughters: Tarannum and Ayesha. She also has two grandsons: Hammad, Hamdan and two grandaughters: Elina and Leviza.
Athar and Assad, as well as their spouses Heena and Mehjabeen, are Medical Doctors. Daughters Tarannum and Ayesha are both in the process of completing their MDs.
The two younger sons, Ahsan and Hyder, are in college in Atlanta.
The eldest son, Dr. Athar, is married within a family of Indian descent settled in Tanzania. His father-in-law is a respected businessman in that country and is a close aide to the President of the Republic, and a member of parliament.
The second son, Dr.Assad, is married as well. His father-in-law is a former Advisor to the Central Bank of Oman.
The eldest daughter, Tarannum, is married within an Omani family of Pakistani origin.
The youngest daughter,Ayesha is engaged with Dr.Mansoor Anwar, the son of Mr. Anwar Shaikh former Advisor to the Central Bank of Oman.
SCHOOLS ATTENDED: PECHS Girls College, University of Karachi and Oxford College of Pharmacy.
She has traveled widely to locations including Canada,Guyana,Egypt,Korea,Malaysia,Mauritius,Oman,Pakistan,Saudi Arabia,Seychelles,Sri Lanka, Tanzania,UAE, UK,and the USA.
