It starts in the village
Young educators start IAS to meet the urgent needs of their own villages.
Since 1996
Started by young teachers. Still here for our villages.
For 30 years, Ilam-O-Adab Society has worked with the poorest families of rural Multan, so their children can learn and their young people can earn.
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New in 2026
10 primary schools. About 1,800 children in Khanewal.
The Punjab Education Foundation has trusted IAS to run 10 government primary schools under PSRP Phase 2.
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Chak 18 MR
Safe drinking water for 7,516 people.
Two solar-powered filtration plants and five school washrooms, still run today by a committee from the village.
How we built itIlam-O-Adab Society is a registered, independent non-profit in rural District Multan. We work with the poorest families of Union Council 18 MR and nearby villages to improve education, skills, incomes, health and basic services, especially for women, young people and children.
Founded in 1996 by Muhammad Jamil Anjum and a group of young educators · Registered with the Social Welfare Department, Punjab, in 2003
Get to know IAS30 yearsServing rural Multan, 1996–2026
2,500Students in IAS-run schools
7,516People with safe drinking water
200Young people trained in IT and skills
Figures for 2025-26 from the audited IAS Annual Report
Our journey
From a few young teachers to 30 years of service
IAS began in 1996, when educated young people from our villages decided not to wait for help, and to start the work themselves.
Registered and accountable
Registered with the Social Welfare Department, Punjab, on 19 August 2003.
A voice for UC 18 MR
With UK Aid and SPO's AAWAZ programme: school upgrades, new classrooms and 22 km of road maintenance.
Peace-makers and earners
150 students trained as peace-makers, and 30 young women trained in stitching and small business with USAID.
Computers come to Bilal Town
The IT Courses Computer Academy opens with Punjab Bait-ul-Maal, and Leads School and College opens its doors.
Clean water, solar power
With WHH and FDO: two solar water filtration plants and five school washrooms for 7,516 people.
Skills for a new economy
A Vocational & IT Training Centre in Rasheed Abad with solar computer labs, a beauty training room and an e-commerce office.
The next chapter
10 primary schools in Khanewal, a stronger management team, and plans for the Digital Hunar Centre.
Our work in the field
Schools, skills and services that last
Every project starts with meetings in the village, and the community helps plan, run and check it.
New 2026Ongoing
PSRP Phase 2: 10 primary schools
Khanewal district1,800children in 10 government primary schools under IAS management
Ongoing
Quaid-e-Millat Public Girls High School
Hussaina Chowk, Multan1,200students and 40 staff in IAS's flagship school for girls
Ongoing
Vocational & IT Training Centre
Rasheed Abad, Multan100trainees in 2025-26: 2 solar computer labs, beauty training, e-commerce
Since 2021
IT Courses Computer Academy
Bilal Town, Chak 12 MR10–20young people in short computer courses every quarter
Completed 2024
Safe water and washrooms (CSOs' BRIDGE)
Govt. Higher Secondary School, Chak 18 MR7,516people served by 2 solar water plants and 5 washrooms
Since 2021
Leads School and College
Chak 18/12 MR~50new admissions a year, from early years to higher secondary
2024–2026
FDO community programmes
MultanPKR 165kspent on medical treatment for needy people in 2025-26, alongside community activities
Message from the President
“Serving our villages since 1996”
In 2025-26 Ilm-O-Adab Society continued to serve the families of Union Council 18 MR and nearby villages, as it has done since a group of young educators founded it in 1996.
This year also prepared IAS for its next stage. We strengthened our management team, began weekly progress reviews, won a new award from the Punjab Education Foundation to manage 10 primary schools in Khanewal, and designed a solar-powered IT skills centre to give rural young women and men a way to earn online. We thank our members, volunteers, partners and the communities who trust us.
Muhammad Jamil AnjumPresident / Chief Executive · IAS Annual Report 2025-26
The next chapter
Digital Hunar Centre: digital skills that pay, in the village
Planned · proposal submitted to the TEEEM FoundationEducated young women in our villages are almost completely shut out of paid work. Families do not allow travel to the city, there is no women-only space to learn, and power cuts stop computer classes. Courses elsewhere end with a certificate, not a first client.
- 180 young people a year, half of them women, aged 18–30, from 19 villages around Chak 12 MR
- A Women's Lab with a female trainer, family orientation and shared transport
- IT, e-commerce and AI, then a one-month Earning Lab to win a first client
- Solar-powered, so classes never stop for load-shedding
Transparency and accountability
Every rupee recorded. Audited every year.
Two signatures on every payment, three quotations for every purchase, a separate ledger for each project, and an independent audit with a clean opinion every year. IAS has no loans or liabilities.
Finances, reports and policiesDOSW(MN)/359Social Welfare Dept., Punjab, since 2003
Charity CommissionRegistered with the Punjab Charity Commission
NTN 4945344Registered with FBR
SafeguardingPSEA and complaints policy for all staff and volunteers
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See our work as it happens
Photos and news from our schools, training centres and community projects, posted by the IAS team.
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Trusted by national and international partners
Past and present donors and partners of IAS
USAIDUK AidWelthungerhilfe (WHH)Farmers Development Organization (FDO)SPOPunjab Education FoundationSocial Welfare Dept., PunjabPunjab Bait-ul-MaalMinistry of Human Rights
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Be part of the next 30 years
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Donors, companies and NGOs: work with a team with 30 years of community trust, written policies and audited accounts.
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