Khadija Mushtaq

Khadija Mushtaq
Born	23 August 1958, Pakistan
Residence	Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Education	Master of Economics
Known for	Business
Title	Executive director of Roots School System, Pakistan; patron of Environment Pakistan
Predecessor	Post established
Political party	PMLN
Board member of	Roots School System
Parent(s)	Riffat Mushtaq
Website	khadijamushtaq.com

Khadija Mushtaq is a Pakistani educationist and entrepreneur who serves as executive director of Roots School System and principal of its DHA-1 campus. She is the CEO of Roots Ivy International Schools and the chancellor of Roots Ivy International University.

She represented Pakistan at the University of London International Programmes Global Symposium in 2014.

Personal life

Khadija Mushtaq was born on 23 August 1968. Her father was a colonel in the Pakistan Army. In 1988, her mother, Riffat Mushtaq, founded Roots School System on Harley Street in Rawalpindi.

Mushtaq earned her bachelor's degree in economics, statistics, and mathematics from the University of London International Programmes, followed by a Master of Economics degree from Quaid-i-Azam University. She launched and became the head of the University of London International Programme at Roots. She was then named principal of the largest Roots campus, in Defence Housing Authority, Islamabad.

She is married and has two children, both of whom study in the Roots system.

Career

Mushtaq gained popularity because of the high achievement level of her students: In the 2011–2012 academic year, her students received more than 1.6 billion rupees worth of scholarships. She has worked closely with the Ministry of Education of Malaysia and is a female empowerment activist and patron in chief of several NGOs, including Liberating the Girl Child Foundation and Environment Pakistan.

Along with her brothers and parents, she owns Roots School System, the third-largest private school chain in Pakistan. Some of her most notable students are Ali Moeen Nawazish (known for passing 23 A-levels), Samad Khurram, and Danish Shabbir (who received 23 A grades in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education). Hundreds of her students are studying at top global universities, including Oxford University, Duke University, the University of London, the University of British Columbia, New York University, Stanford University, Princeton University, Yale University, Cornell University, Brown University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Mushtaq received the Yale Educator Award in 2009 and the Best Councillor Award from MIT in 2010. She is a member of the National Society of High School Scholars and the Overseas Career Counsellor Association. She is an honorary member of the Cambridge Advisory Council, the top forum for educators in Pakistan. She received the Claus Nobel Educator of Distinction award from the National Society of High School Scholars, and the Counsellor's Award from Richmond University and New York University.

External links

• Official website
• Roots holds award ceremony for high-achievers – thenews.com.pk