The practice
Consulting engineers and architects, Karachi, since 1982
ATIF NAZAR (Pvt.) Ltd. plans, designs and supervises institutional buildings, teaching hospitals, university campuses, naval and security-force facilities, for public-sector clients in Pakistan and abroad. In 2025 the practice won the FIDIC Asia Pacific Project Award for the Gambat teaching hospital, built for the Government of Sindh.
Who we are
One office, one contract
The firm was established in Karachi by Engr. Nazar Siddiqui as Atif Nazar Associates, and entered on the Pakistan Engineering Council register on 4 June 1982. It practises today as ATIF NAZAR (Pvt.) Ltd., led by his sons, Engr. Atif Nazar Siddiqui, Chief Executive, and Engr. Wasif Nazar Siddiqui, Managing Director.
It is registered with the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) as a consulting engineering firm, and is a member of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) and the Association of Consulting Engineers, Pakistan (ACEP).
Project management, planning, architecture and the engineering disciplines are held in the same office. On the Pir Abdul Qadir Shah Jeelani Institute of Medical Sciences at Gambat and on PNS Shifa, Karachi, a single contract covers master planning, architecture, structural and MEP engineering, road and infrastructure engineering, and project management, the client co-ordinates one consultant, not a separate firm for each discipline.
Where the work is
- Healthcare
- PAQSJIMS, Gambat; PNS Hafeez, Islamabad; PNS Shifa, Karachi
- Education
- KEMU campus, Muridke; SZABUL, Karachi; MNU medical school, Maldives
- Defence
- ASF Academy, Karachi; naval facilities, for the Pakistan Navy
- Infrastructure
- Munawar Chowrangi underpass and Karachi road schemes, for the KDA
Government of Sindh / 37 acres, Khairpur
Pir Abdul Qadir Shah Jeelani Institute of Medical Sciences, Gambat
The measure of the practice
PAQSJIMS, Gambat
Winner of the FIDIC Asia Pacific Project Award 2025, for the Government of Sindh.
On the PEC register
Entered on 4 June 1982 and practising continuously since.
ASF Academy, Karachi
Master planned, designed and supervised on a 70-acre site.
KEMU campus, Muridke
Master plan and building designs for King Edward Medical University.
Disciplines
What the practice covers
Every service line is held in-house, so one contract can cover several of them at once, as at Gambat and at PNS Shifa, Karachi.
Project management
Planning, cost management, contract administration and construction supervision from brief to handover.
02Architecture
Concept through detailed design, feasibility studies, regulatory compliance, space planning and 3D visualisation.
03Master planning
Land use and master planning, site analysis, urban design, regulatory approvals and stakeholder co-ordination.
04Structural engineering
Structural design and analysis, reinforcement design, seismic design, retrofit and structural assessment.
05MEP engineering
Mechanical, electrical and plumbing design, systems integration, energy efficiency, compliance and performance testing.
06Infrastructure engineering
Utilities design for water, wastewater and stormwater, infrastructure assessment and regulatory compliance.
07Construction supervision
Supervision against the drawings and the specification, with the inspection and testing regime agreed before work starts.
08Dredging & marine works
Dredging, hydrographic survey, coastal protection, reclamation and shoreline works.
09Highways & bridge engineering
Highway and bridge design, traffic engineering, geotechnical investigation and construction supervision.
Method
How a project runs
From the first survey to handover, under one contract. The stages below are the ones the practice is retained for, in the order they run.
- 01
Feasibility and survey
Site levels, constraints and access; topographic, geotechnical and hydrological survey; technical and financial feasibility; and the regulatory clearances a scheme needs before it can proceed.
- 02
Master planning
Land use, levels, circulation, phasing and the position of every block, settled before any building is drawn, from an 8.47-acre law campus at Korangi to the 203.77-acre King Edward Medical University campus at Muridke.
- 03
Design, coordinated in one office
Architecture, structural, MEP, road and infrastructure engineering carried by one firm rather than split between consultants. At Gambat that ran from the campus master plan to a trauma centre, a burns centre and three transplant centres, liver, kidney and bone marrow, inside one complex.
- 04
Tender documentation and contract conditions
Bid documents and evaluation, and the conditions of contract the works are let under, FIDIC, GCC-standard, MDB Harmonised or bespoke, which is what a donor-funded project turns on.
- 05
Construction supervision and quality assurance
The drawings checked against what is actually built. On the SZABUL Korangi campus and the ASF Academy, supervision and quality assurance sit inside the same contract rather than in a separate one.
- 06
Phasing around a working facility
Where a building has to stay in service, the programme is planned around it. The PNS Shifa upgrade was phased around vacant parts of the 60-acre site so the Pakistan Navy's principal hospital in Karachi kept working throughout.
Credentials
Registrations, licences and memberships
What a procurement officer can check. Licence and registration details are available on request.
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
Registered consulting engineering firm. The practice has been on the PEC register since 4 June 1982.
International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)
Member of the global federation representing the consulting engineering industry. Winner of the FIDIC Asia Pacific Project Award 2025, in the outstanding-infrastructure-project category, for the Pir Abdul Qadir Shah Jeelani Institute of Medical Sciences at Gambat.
Association of Consulting Engineers, Pakistan (ACEP)
Member. The Managing Director serves as Honorary Secretary.
Engineering-in-Chief (E in-C)
Approved consultant for military and defence infrastructure projects.
Capital Development Authority (CDA)
Authorised consultant for projects in the federal capital territory.
Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)
Registered and compliant for professional services.
Sindh Revenue Board (SRB)
Registered consultant for professional services in Sindh.
Balochistan Revenue Authority (BRA)
Authorised consultant for projects in Balochistan.
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