Mehwar uses interest-free microfinance and fee-free education as tools for poverty alleviation.
Allma Muhammad Asif Hussaini
Founder & Chairman
Through its programs, Mehwar Foundation envisions a poverty-free society built on the principles of compassion and equity.
Learn more about our work through our blogs, videos, stories, and updated reports.
A development practitioner, philanthropist and founder of Mehwar. Having graduated from King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Allma Asif started his career by joining the esteemed civil services of Pakistan in 1985.
"Poverty is not just about lack of resources; it's about deprivation – of a social network, justice, and morality. But poverty, in its worst form, is poverty of hope."
Allma Asif Hussaini, (SI, HI)
Founder, Chairman Mehwar Foundation