Mr. Altaf Muhammad Saleem graduated from
University of Karachi and attended Advanced
Management Programs at leading international
universities and management schools
including Harvard Business School and IMD
Switzerland.
He served on the Board of companies both in
private and public sectors. He chaired the
Board of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited,
the main gas distribution utility of
Pakistan and Pakistan Industrial Credit &
Investment Corporation (PICIC).
Mr. Altaf Muhammad Saleem was invited to
join the government in October 1999. He
served as Federal Minister for Privatization
and Chairman Privatization Commission till
November 2002. He was member of government’s
Economic Management Team and served on
important cabinet committees like Economic
Coordination Committee and Cabinet
Committees on Housing, Investment,
Privatization and Revenue. He also chaired
joint ministerial commission with
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Tunisia.
He was appointed Chairman of Earthquake
Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority
(ERRA) after the October 2005 earthquake
with status of Federal Minster. He also
served as founder Chairman of National
Vocational & Technical Education Commission
(NAVTEC) a commission setup to promote
vocational training and technical education
in the country.
He has been working for promotion of
education in Pakistan. He is founder
Governor of National Management Foundation
which runs Lahore University of Management
Sciences. He founded a Trust, which runs a
Teachers Training Institute in rural Punjab.
The Trust has adopted 30 Government Schools
with student enrolment of 8000. The trust
helps in improving infrastructure and
standard of education in rural areas. It
also runs free medical services for the less
privileged and attends to 50,000 patients
every year.
Altaf M. Saleem has keen interest in Nature
Conservation. He has been the President of
World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan and
served on the Board of Trustees of WWF
International, Switzerland. He also served
as Chairman of LEAD Pakistan.
He was decorated with Sitara-e-Essar by the
President of Pakistan for his service for
the earthquake affected people.
