1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Address : Rahim House, Salim Omar Rd. Banigala, Islamabad
Tel : Off: 9251 – 2077400, Res:9251 – 2612682, Fax: 09251 – 2612472
Email: saroshr@southerntravels.net , sarosh.rahim@gmail.com
Cell : 0321 – 8503513, 0300 – 8232310
NAME : SAROSH RAHIM
MARITAL STATUS : Married
PROFESSION : Business
NATIONALITY : Pakistani/British
EDUCATION :
B.A. (HONOURS IN ENGLISH) : FIRST CLASS :
M.A. (Sociology) : FIRST CLASS FIRST
Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan:
ASSU & FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR : Stanford University, California, U.S.A.
DIPLOMA Interior Design : Inchbald School of Design, Eaton Place,
& Landscaping London, S.W.1, England U.K.

2. Qualified for M.Phil. in : School of Oriental & African Studies, London, U.K.
Social Anthropology
POSITIONS HELD:
: Member Youth Wing: APWA, Lahore( 1959-62)
: President ( Punjab University Dept of Sociology
student body 1962)
: Senior Student ( Head Girl, Kinnaird College
for Women, Lahore: 1960 )
CAREER:
1965-1966 : Editor, “Pakistan Review”, Lahore, Pakistan
1973-1976 : Design Consultant, Jamilah Interiors, Abu Dhabi, UAE
1978-1989 : Design Consultant, Texon Corporation, Hertfordshire, U.K.
1989-1991 : Managing Director, Rahim Contracts, U.K.
1991.1992 : General Manager,Z.S.W. Darakshan-Fashion andInteriors, Karachi,
Pakistan
1992-1994 : Partner, M.R. Design, U.K/Karachi, Pakistan
1994-2000 : Design Consultant to the Private Department of
H.H Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi.

3. 1994 - Current : Proprietor – EXL Interiors, Karachi
2001 - 2005 : Director Administration, Southern Travel Network, Islamabad
2005 - 2012 : Executive Director, Sonya Southern Travel Network, based in
Corporate Head Office, Banigala, Islamabad
2012 – Current : Senior Advisor, Sonya Southern Travel Network, based in Corporate
Head Office , Banigala, Islamabad.
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT (in Interiors):
Projects undertaken include all aspects of planning, budgeting, labour induction and management,
executing design concepts, layouts, colour schemes, selection, purchase and supervision of placement
of furniture, soft furnishings, fittings from telecommunications to kitchen and laundry equipment-Final
verification of contractors, payments and drawing-up of inventories for clients.
Detailed meetings with clients to discuss all aspects of the brief are undertaken and once a contract is
awarded there is complete coordination, management and direction of the project from preparation of
tender documents and award of sub-contracts through to supervision and final handover to
client/client’s appointed representative.
Experience in preparing schemes for leisure projects. Also, sourcing for Hotel projects in the U.K,
U.A.E and Pakistan.

4. PROJECTS:
1973-1976 U.A.E. 4 villas: Mr. Abdul Jalil
44 Flats: A.D.M.A.
Flat and Office: Gulf Trading Co.
3 Flats: American Oil Co.
1978-1989 U.K. North Mymms Park-Hertfordshire.
Grade 1 17C listed building with a total covered area
Of 38,500 sq.ft. Two years complete refurbishment
Project from rewiring, replumbing through to final finishes.
Creating 17 bedrooms, 17 bathrooms 5 receptions, 2 kitchens.
20, Hill Street Mayfair London, W.1
13,700 sq.ft. Total refurbishment to include plumbing, heating,
wiring, renewal of lift, kitchen and bathroom fittings, fixtures
and marble-work, gypsum plaster-work, computerized
dimming, gilding in 24 carat gold leaf, special paint finishes,
burglar alarm, walk-in freezer room-15 bedrooms, 4 staff
room, 3 kitchen, 5 reception rooms.
Flat 70, Albert Hall Mansions, London SW7
Flat 1, Albert Hall Mansion, London
Flat 1, Albert Court, London SW 7
Flat 58, Albert Hall Mansion, London SW7
Flat1 30 Hans Crescent, London SW1
Flat 12 60 Duke St. London W1
Flat 1 28 Hill St. London W1
Flat 100 Chiltern Court, London W1
Ayot Place, Ayot St. Peter, Welwyn, Herts
Office Block, 4000sq.ft. Ayot Place, Ayot St. Peter, Welwyn
Hertfordshire, U.K.
Office-39, Charles St. Mayfair London W1
Flat 37 Sandringham Court London W9
Flat 57 Bryanston Court London W1

5. Flat 44 Park Mansions London SW1
Flat 6 12 Vicarage Gate London W8
25, The High Street, Whitwell, Herts U.K.
117 Bearstow Road, Hitchin, Herts U.K.
Flat 59 Avenue Close, Avenue Rd. London NW8 P1
Flat 4 Portland ace London W1
“The White House” Biship’s Avenue, Hampstead, London
U.S.A. : Flat 54C, Trump Towers, 5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York
1989-1991:
United Kingdom: Flat 113 26 Porchester Place, London W2
Flat 28 Castleacre Hyde Park Crescent London W2
Flat 6 Oakwood Court London W11 6,Wylo Drive Arkley,
Barnes
Flat 9 Colebrook Court London SW3
Flat 17 Eyre Court London NW8
Flat 11 Windsor Court London W2
Flat 44 Hamilton House London NW8
Flat 69 Hall Court, London NW8
1992– 1999 : Consultant Interior Designer for the Palaces of:
His Highness, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, Ruler of
Abu Dhabi, at :
Rahim Yar Khan, Lahore and Mirpur Sakro,
1998 – 0nwards: 102 Margalla Road, Islamabad (private residence)
Office Southern Electric Powser Co. 6th Flr,Razia Sharif Plaza,
Islamabad
Office Southern Travels (Pvt) Ltd, 5th Flr, Razia Sharif Plaza,
Islamabad
72 Khayaban-e-Sehr D.H.S. Karachi
47/1 25th St. PHV D.H.S. Karachi
15 Mary Road Bath Island, Karachi
Lahore and Islamabad Offices for Saudi Arabian Airlines
Villa in Madinah Zayed, Abu Dhabi
Summer House, Doongagali – Dewan Group
Residence in Banigala-Islamabad
Penthouse Maisonette, Marine Heights, Karachi
Office for Integrated Dynamics, CTC, Clifton, Karachi

6. Governor House, Sindh, Karachi
Office for Southern Travels (Pvt) Ltd Peshawar
Office for Southern Travels (Pvt) Ltd, Rawalpindi
2003 : Offices for Southern Networks Ltd.
- (Sun TV) Saima Towers, Karachi
- Regency Plaza Hotel Karachi
2004 : Offices and Studios for INTV, (Arab Venture Corporation),
Dubai Media City.
2005-current: Offices for Sonya Southern Travel Network in Peshawar,
Rawalpindi, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Lahore, Multan ,
Kharian, and Karachi.