Mr. Shaikh has successfully assumed development management positions of increasing responsibilities from 1993 (Program Coordinator - Trust for Voluntary Organisations - TVO), to his recent positions (Programme Manager at the Technical Assistance Management Agency - TAMA, and the Aga Khan Foundation Pakistan - AKF,P)

During his association with the Aga Khan Development Network, he has headed the portfolio of the Civil Society Programmes and the CIDA funded Social Institutions Development Programme (SIDP) with approximately $2.5 million per year in disbursements. He has managed the Aga Khan Housing Board's Built Environment Programme for multi altitude rural and urban communities in the Northern Areas and Chitral, as well.

In the earlier period of his professional career, he has worked as a consultant for the Orangi Pilot Project, UNICEF, the Urban Resource centre, the Planning and Development Department (GoS) and the Applied Economics Research Centre. He has also been associated as a student architect with the Orangi Pilot Project for many years.

He has been involved in systems development, strategic and operational planning, contracting, performance measurement, proposal development, direct implementation, ensuring gender equality, and management of information systems. He has been a resource person for Organisational Capacity Assessments and Organisational Learning processes. Mr. Shaikh has also acted as a technical and strategic advisor to a variety of organisations and projects.

Facilitating establishment and fostering new initiatives has been part of his jobs. The Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy, the Pakistan Micro Finance Network and the recently formed Human Resource Development Network are some of the many projects that were part of his portfolio.

Besides, he has maintained linkages with the Government of Pakistan and other development organisations at a national level to facilitate and develop a participatory fiscal and regulatory framework for the citizen sector in Pakistan.

Mr. Shaikh has degrees in Social Development, Environment and Architecture and Planning and he has been associated with the academic institutions like the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), the school of Environment, Resources and Development (Thailand) and recently, the Carleton University (Canada) and other training facilities such as the Rockefeller Foundation's Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD).