User:Hanifkhandurrani

Early Life and Education:

Siddique Durrani, the son of Dilber Durrani, born on 16th April 1978 in Kabul, Khair Khana. During the early days of communist regime in 1980 his family left Kabul and migrated to Quetta, Pakistan. Obtaining his basic Islamic studies at age of seven, he was admitted to an English Medium School in 1985, where he finished his schooling till 1995. Siddique Durrani pursued his education in Quetta and finished his Intermediate within two years from 1997 to 1999, and Graduation in Economics from 1999 to 2002. Upon graduation, he got his Master Degree in History from 2003 to 2004, he also did and Executive MBA in 2006. In his last days, he was pursuing online studies of MBA, and was in the final semester of the course.

Professional Life:

In year of 2000 to 2002 he started his career as Coordinator of an Educational program of Mercy Corps International in Quetta, Pakistan, and then in Mercy Corps, Afghanistan from 2002 to 2005, he started a new career in Financial Management & Accounting, as Country Finance Manager. From 2006 to 2009, he joined a newly established Microfinance Sector, started with PARWAZ Microfinance Institution as Manager of Finance & Administration, two years later; he was promoted to the position of Managing Director. He joined a new Microfinance Institution, FINCA International as a Deputy Chief Operations Officer, and before coming in to MRRD he performed his duties as a Chief Executive of OXUS Afghanistan. He came in to MRRD to its newly formed Afghanistan Rural Enterprise Development Program as Head of Support Unit; he remained on the post till his shocking death on 9th July 2010. In his professional life he had made many exposure visits to Indonesia, Italy, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Nepal and Netherlands.

Not known to many yet, apart of his professional life, he was a brilliant political analyst, prose writer, poet and critic. He was an active member of Quetta Pashto academy. He in his student life had established a public library.

Personal Life:

Siddique Durrani not having any sister was the fourth of five brothers, his father is alive, staying with his grand sons in Pakistan, but mother had died seven years back in 2003. He had a spouse with three kids; Ahmad Rohail 5 Saba 3 and Lama 1 and half years old. The couple had got just married in November, 2004.