It was started in 2001 with a paltry sum of Pak Rs. 10,000 (donated by wife Tahira Shamsher Ranjha then equivalent to US $ 170) and has up till now disbursed around Pak Rs. 60 billion (US$ 550 Million) with a recovery rate of 99.94% to more than 2.5 Million families through 770 plus branches in 400 plus cities and towns of Pakistan. It is projected that by December 2019, Akhuwat will be able to disburse around Rs. 100 Billion (US 950 Million) to more than 4 million families, In Shaa Allah. Also part of the team which is setting up Akhuwat University which will be the first tuition fee free university in the region and running 300 plus Akhuwat Schools providing quality education, E-Health, E-Learning and E-Skills to more than seventy thousands boys and girls in Central Punjab and Karachi. He is also Vice President and also on the Executive Board of Lahore Mental Health Society which runs one of the largest facilities for mental care and transgender support in the region including 600 plus beds Fountain Houses at Lahore, Sheikhupura and Sargodha. www.fountainhouse.com.pk Ranjha is on the board of Baluchistan’s largest school system in Public Private Partnership, Taaleem Foundation www.taaleem.pk providing English Medium Co-Education, E-Health, E-Learning and E-Skills to more than four thousands boys and girls in tribal Baluchistan & KPK provinces. From 2008-2010 he also worked with University of Management and Technology www.umt.edu.pk on sabbatical and helped start Masters and BSc Programs in Agro-Business. Also one of the Founding Patrons of Medibank Trust, www.medibank.pk which plans to set up more than 500 clinics of free medicines and 10,000 clinics for medicines on cost basis to the poor across the country. Ranjha supports the Global Advisory Board, World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists www.thewcmp.org a global group of leading Muslim donors around the world. They have arranged many such global forums in Istanbul, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur, Washington DC and next one is scheduled for London May 2018 www.globaldonorsforum.org and they have just initiated a campaign to take more than one million out of schools children (OSC) to schools. He is also on the International Advisory Board of London based publications on Islamic Finance, Global Islamic Finance Report www.gifr.net Islamic Finance Review www.islamicfinancereview.co. and advisory board of Global Islamic Finance Award. He has also been on the Global Board of Istanbul based International Business Forum, a group of Muslim businessmen in more than seventy countries. www.musiad.org.tr He is also on the Board of Lahore Chapter of OPEN (Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs). He also represents Pakistan on Global Entrepreneurship Network http://www.wearegen.co He is also worked as advisor to Taba Foundation, www.taba-foundation.com consortium of more than hundred Pakistani NGOs and trusts. He joined Central Superior Services in 1984 and has served in Pakistan Inland Revenue Service, Pakistan Customs www.fbr.gov.pk, Ministry of Commerce www.commerce.gov.pk, Trade Development Authority of Pakistan www.tdap.gov.pk, National Vocational and Technical Training Commission NAVTTC www.navttc.gov.pk, Civil Services Academy www.csa.edu.pk Managing Director Pakistan Software Export Board www.pseb.org.pk and the Prime Minister’s Secretariat since 2006 initially in NAVTTC, Joint Secretary Implementation and more recently as Executive Director General Board of Investment www.boi.gov.pk helping Pakistan improve her Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Ranking from 147th in the world and setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) along the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) He also served as Secretary (CEO) of Benazir Income Support Programme www.bisp.gov.pk one of the largest Social safety net of the world which provides cash stipends
