Maria Aslam is Founder and Chief Editor of the premier magazine ADA- Architecture Design Art from Pakistan; which highlights, promotes and spreads the creativity of Pakistan in the field of architecture, design and art. Ms. Asla, serves as Director and Principal Architect of ARCHWORKS Karachi Pakistan; a design studio involved in small to medium sized projects of private developments all over Pakistan. She is a speaker, juror and critic in a number of architectural platforms; with a passionate agenda of promoting Pakistan and its creativity in a positive stance to the world rooted to vernacular, context and local methodology and crafts. She is a part-time faculty, assessor and adviser to a number of Architectural Institutes in Pakistan and an active member of the Institute of Architects Pakistan, (IAP) Chairperson Karachi Chapter (2007-09).