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August 2026
Our paper, “Deepfake Detection in South Asia,” is in the final stages of write-up ahead of submission to ACM.
Our paper, “Deepfake Detection in South Asia,” is in the final stages of write-up ahead of submission to ACM.
July 2026
I began working with Dr. Subhayan Mukherjee, Dr. Dilrukshi Gamage, and the Data4Transparency (D4T) community on a mixed-methods study of deepfake discourse across Reddit and public Telegram channels, targeted for submission to ICWSM.
I began working with Dr. Subhayan Mukherjee, Dr. Dilrukshi Gamage, and the Data4Transparency (D4T) community on a mixed-methods study of deepfake discourse across Reddit and public Telegram channels, targeted for submission to ICWSM.
June 2026
I concluded my role as a Senior Technical Support Engineer at Motive after resolving more than 200 production incidents across cloud services, firmware, APIs, and AI-powered telematics.
I concluded my role as a Senior Technical Support Engineer at Motive after resolving more than 200 production incidents across cloud services, firmware, APIs, and AI-powered telematics.
December 2025
I joined Motive as a Senior Technical Support Engineer.
I joined Motive as a Senior Technical Support Engineer.
December 2025
Joined the Colombo HCI Lab as a Research Assistant under Dr. Dilrukshi Gamage, researching deepfake detection and media literacy for the Global South.
Joined the Colombo HCI Lab as a Research Assistant under Dr. Dilrukshi Gamage, researching deepfake detection and media literacy for the Global South.
November 2025
Inducted into the core team of Deeptrace: South Asia Deepfake Detection Challenge as Pakistan's representative, researching deepfake detection across South Asia.
Inducted into the core team of Deeptrace: South Asia Deepfake Detection Challenge as Pakistan's representative, researching deepfake detection across South Asia.
2025
Our paper, “Double-Layered Authentication Door-Lock System Utilizing Hybrid RFID-PIN Technology for Enhanced Security”, was published in Materials Proceedings.
Our paper, “Double-Layered Authentication Door-Lock System Utilizing Hybrid RFID-PIN Technology for Enhanced Security”, was published in Materials Proceedings.
June 2025
I graduated from GIKI with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.
I graduated from GIKI with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.
May 2025
My mammogram-preprocessing survey — synthesising evidence from more than 70 peer-reviewed studies to understand how preprocessing affects downstream breast-cancer detection — has moved into the manuscript writeup stage, supervised by Dr. Omer Bin Saeed and Dr. Shahab Uddin Ansari.
My mammogram-preprocessing survey — synthesising evidence from more than 70 peer-reviewed studies to understand how preprocessing affects downstream breast-cancer detection — has moved into the manuscript writeup stage, supervised by Dr. Omer Bin Saeed and Dr. Shahab Uddin Ansari.
April 2025
I joined Farmdar as an Automations Engineer, building production data pipelines for agricultural analytics.
I joined Farmdar as an Automations Engineer, building production data pipelines for agricultural analytics.
December 2024
I began a structured review of mammogram preprocessing methods for breast-cancer detection under the supervision of Dr. Omer Bin Saeed and Dr. Shahab Uddin Ansari.
I began a structured review of mammogram preprocessing methods for breast-cancer detection under the supervision of Dr. Omer Bin Saeed and Dr. Shahab Uddin Ansari.
September 2024
Our preprint, “The Socio-Political Implications of Deepfakes in Developing Countries”, was posted publicly and has since been cited more than 100 times.
Our preprint, “The Socio-Political Implications of Deepfakes in Developing Countries”, was posted publicly and has since been cited more than 100 times.
September 2024
I concluded my internship at Procter & Gamble, having delivered data-dashboarding systems for Gulf and Pakistani stakeholders with 100% accuracy, automating quarterly fiscal reporting and enabling live connections across multiple databases.
I concluded my internship at Procter & Gamble, having delivered data-dashboarding systems for Gulf and Pakistani stakeholders with 100% accuracy, automating quarterly fiscal reporting and enabling live connections across multiple databases.
July 2024
I joined Procter & Gamble as a Summer Intern in Data Engineering and DevOps after being selected among 20 interns from approximately 6,500 applicants.
I joined Procter & Gamble as a Summer Intern in Data Engineering and DevOps after being selected among 20 interns from approximately 6,500 applicants.
February 2024
Our team — Itba Malahat, Haya Noor, and Lailoma Noor — began work on AVIA, our undergraduate thesis and multimodal deepfake-detection framework, under the supervision of Dr. Khurram Khan Jadoon.
Our team — Itba Malahat, Haya Noor, and Lailoma Noor — began work on AVIA, our undergraduate thesis and multimodal deepfake-detection framework, under the supervision of Dr. Khurram Khan Jadoon.
June 2023–August 2023
I completed a paid summer internship in the IT department at the Bank of Khyber, Peshawar.
I completed a paid summer internship in the IT department at the Bank of Khyber, Peshawar.