Saima is an international English Language trainer and a trained mentor actively involved with the British Council for standardised language assessment within the Middle East and South Asia regions as per the standards of Cambridge University.

She has developed and delivered extensive language and soft skills enhancement trainings for the Lahore High Court’s Punjab Judicial Academy in Pakistan for whom she designed and delivered customised programmes for judicial and ministerial staff between 2012 and 2018.

Saima has extensive English teaching and training experience at Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), and her alma mater, The University of Warwick in the UK. Her video lectures are currently part of the Virtual University syllabus televised for VU students nationwide and internationally. She has also conducted trainings for Aga Khan University, Sharif Educational Complex, Kashf Foundation, Saif Group of Industries, The Resource Group (TRG, USA) and the British Council’s Education UK and IELTS teams.

She has been the Founding Director of a Development & Internationalisation College in Lahore, where she worked closely with the Vice Chancellor and relevant Deans/Directors to guide on improvements in curricula, assessment techniques and implementation of international standards in the respective faculty/institute by successfully setting up a Faculty Development Centre, an International Resource Centre, and Pakistan’s first university level mandatory Active Citizenship Programme (ACP) in collaboration with the British Council.