Rooted in Pakistan. Open to possible futures.
Futurist · Academic · Author
Strategic Foresight · Futures Literacy · Responsible AI
Exploring how people, institutions and societies can navigate AI, uncertainty and alternative futures — grounded in Pakistan, South Asia and the Global South.
Memory / Place / Possibility
Thinking from here.Karachi, Pakistan
Research · Learning · Public ideas
What assumptions are shaping the future we expect?
What becomes possible when tomorrow is not treated as inevitable?
Whose knowledge is missing from the future we are designing?
What future becomes visible when we change the question?
Impact at a glance
Selected indicators across research, foresight, international collaboration and public scholarship.
01 / Intellectual compass
Connected ideas. Different starting points.
Choose a question worth exploring.
Recognising how our assumptions about tomorrow shape what we see and do today.
It creates room for alternatives, helping learners and institutions move beyond a single expected future.
What changes when we imagine more than one tomorrow?Explore Futures Literacy
Related reading: Pakistan 2035
Exploring change, uncertainty and alternative futures to inform decisions in the present.
Horizon scanning, scenarios and backcasting help institutions test plans before circumstances test them.
Which assumption would make our current strategy fragile?Explore Strategic Foresight
Related reading: Beyond AI Literacy
Considering the consequences, limits and responsibilities of how artificial intelligence is designed and used.
AI choices affect people, institutions and opportunities. Human judgment and governance belong in those decisions.
Whose perspective is missing from this AI decision?Explore Responsible AI
Related reading: The AI Skills Race
Understanding, evaluating and using AI with an awareness of its capabilities and limitations.
Tool familiarity is only a starting point. Critical judgment and the ability to keep learning matter as tools change.
What should we understand before we trust this output?Explore AI Literacy
Related reading: Beyond AI Literacy
Learning that combines human judgment, AI literacy and the ability to explore uncertain futures.
Education can help people participate in shaping change, connecting local experience with wider possibilities.
What should learning make possible for the next generation?Explore Future-Ready Education
Related reading: Pakistan 2035
Looking at changing livelihoods and institutions? Explore the Future of Work.
02 / Thinking from place
Futures thinking is not placeless. Pakistan's histories, cities and lived realities are part of the intellectual starting point.
Mohenjo-daro offers a point of departure for thinking about inheritance, public life and the choices societies leave to future generations. The illustration is contemporary and speculative, not a historical reconstruction.
What would future generations learn from the world we leave behind?Explore the Futures Practice Lab
03 / Selected ideas & writing
Why Strategic Foresight is a missing capability for the AI age.
Read on MediumWhy we need Futures Literacy before the future arrives.
Read on SubstackA practical agenda for finance leaders on AI governance, controls, accountability and human judgment.
Open DOIEssays and commentary · Original sources linked. Explore the insights directory.
International portfolio
Dr. Khatani’s international record spans funded university partnerships, paid foresight and research assignments, global jury service, international network leadership and the convening of futurists across 19 countries. Recent work includes expert contribution to SOIF’s Playing with Time, research consultancy with 4CF in Poland, NGFP–Young Voices judging, and collaborations linking Iqra University with international partners.
Selected independent signals and source-linked records:
04 / Current research
Research connects intellectual exploration with the institutions and people who live with change.
Explore the research archiveHow can we study people’s and institutions’ readiness for AI and uncertain futures in Pakistan’s higher education?
Study Protocol in Development · Version 0.1. The instrument separates People Readiness from Institutional Readiness. No national results have been collected.
Protocol Version 0.1 · Source copy from Fiker Futures Academy, 26 September 2026. View research status and references.
05 / Work, with a public record
Academic records, published work and independent sources. Authority through traceable evidence.
Explore the Young Futurist Society of Pakistan, student community projects and teaching and practice.
06 / Work with me
Selected collaborations where research, facilitation and future-focused thinking can create practical value.
Keynotes, panels and public conversations on futures, AI, education and social change.
Explore speaking & media →Horizon scanning, scenarios, Futures Literacy Labs and facilitated strategic conversations.
Explore foresight →Responsible AI, AI literacy and future-readiness for universities, schools and learning organizations.
Explore education work →International and interdisciplinary collaboration across foresight, AI, organizations and education.
Explore research →For speaking, research and strategic collaboration: connect directly with Dr. Salman Ahmed Khatani. For training programmes and institutional delivery, explore Fiker Futures Academy.