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Dr Rashida Qureshi teaches In-service teachers at Masters and PhD levels. Prior to becoming teacher-educator she was working as community development practitioner. She has worked with the World Food Program, Asian Development Bank, SUNGI Development Foundation, Pakistan Academy for RuralDevelopment Peshawar and Pakistan Manpower Institute Islamabad. She has extensive experience of working directly with rural women in the remotest regions of the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Fauzia Shamim has received an Award for Scholarship of Teaching, Aga Khan University, Institutefor Educational Development, Karachi, Pakistan, 2004; Ph. D (TESOL), School of Education, University of Leeds, UK, 1993; M.A (Linguistics for ELT), University of Lancaster, UK, 1986; M.A. (English Literature) University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan, 1978. January 2000-January 2006 Dr. Shamim wasAssociate Professor at the Institute for Educational Development at Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan and February 2006-July 2007 Associate Professor at the Institute for Educational Development at Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (part time).