Background
Shaikh, Qamar A. was born on July 3, 1940 in Pakistan. Came to the United States, 1973, naturalized United States citizen.
Shaikh, Qamar A. was born on July 3, 1940 in Pakistan. Came to the United States, 1973, naturalized United States citizen.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering with 1st class honors, University Karachi, Pakistan, 1963. Postgraduate diploma, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Graduate School Engineering, 1964. Master Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 1968.
Civil engineer Associate Consultant Engineers, Karachi, 1963-1966, Testing Service Corporation, Chicago, 1974-1975. Soil and material engineer Cogefar Astaldi, Bangkok, 1968-1969. Assistant executive engineer Karachi Port Trust, 1969-1973.
Soils engineer Dames & Moore, consultant engineers, Chicago, 1973-1974. Chief resident engineer Nigeria Federal Ministry Works, Sokoto-Katsina Ala, 1975-1979. Material engineer, pavement inspector Heriot-Watt University Lochner, Inc., consultant engineers, Chicago, 1979.
Deputy city engineer Bloomington (Indiana) Engineering Department, 1979-1983. Chief rural roads engineer United States Agency for International Development, Lesotho, 1983-1986. Principal highway engineer, project manager Engineering Consultant, Karachi, 1986-1987.
Head highway division, chief engineer, project manager Associate Consultant Engineers Ace (Private) Ltd., 1987-1992, head transportation divisions, chief engineer for highways, 1994-1997. Expert, engineering advisor International Labor Organization, Geneva, 1992-1994. Rural infrastructure development specialist and adviser United Nations Development Program, Quetta, Pakistan, since 1997.
Fellow Institution highways and Transportation (London). Member American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute Transportation Engineers, Pakistan Engineering Council (life), Institution Engineers (Australia), Engineering Institute Canada, Institution Engineers Pakistan (life), National Geography Society.
Married Shamim Habib Khan, February 20, 1971. Children: Jawadd Q., Tahreem Q., Moniza Q.