Mr. Mehran Wazir is PhD scholar from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Mr. Wazir is leading Centre for Regional Policy & Dialogue (CRPD) as president of the centre. He is a professional researcher and development practitioner for the last 10 years.

Mr. Ilam Khan is an ethnographer who has extensively studied the post-conflict environment in Khyber Pashtunkhwa; including newly merged districts those were known as FATA. He has many research publications over different themes those focusing on civil society, non-violence and rehabilitation.

Dr. Qudrat Ullah Khan Miankhel holds a master's degree in Business Administration with specializations in Finance and Human Resource from the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI). He further pursued a Ph.D. in Management Studies from the Department of Public Administration at the Institute of Political and Administrative Studies (IPAS), Gomal University.