Dr. Rizwan Naseer, initiated the emergency services reforms in Pakistan and is the Founder of Rescue 1122 – Emergency Management System, which is a model for the SAARC countries. He also established and is serving as the Director General/ CEO of the first modern Emergency Ambulance,
Rescue & Fire services, Disaster Response Teams and Community Safety Program functional in all 36 Districts of Punjab province with a population of over 110 million. He also established the Emergency Services Academy to ensure sustainable human resource development of long neglected emergency services in Pakistan.
He was able to achieve all this due to his vast experience in the field of Emergency Management, Organizational Development & Reforms in Pakistan. He initiated the Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Management Program in Punjab in 1999,
and then finalized the Emergency Services Reforms in Pakistan in 2002, while working as the Representative of the National Task Force for Revamping of Civil Defence for the Interior Ministry of Pakistan. He has also served as the UNDP Consultant and then National Coordinator for Emergency Preparedness & Humanitarian Action Program of WHO & Health Ministry of Pakistan and the Secretary General, Pakistan Red Crescent.
