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FINAL <strong>POWER</strong> 100 <strong>BOOK</strong> 2.59 TUE_Layout 1 14/02/2017 13:54 Page 1<br />
welcome from the chairman<br />
Pakistan faces several urgent challenges today and how these challenges are addressed will have<br />
profound implications on the everyday lives of the people of Pakistan and on<br />
the security and economic stability of the country.<br />
In recent years the once patriotic Pakistani Diaspora, although continuing to demonstrate a level<br />
of patriotism, hasbecome more cynical towards Pakistan. This coupled with the regularity of<br />
damaging news stories about Pakistan has caused great challenges for the country on a national<br />
and international level,and somewhere along the way, we have stopped reaching for the possible<br />
and resignedourselves to that which is most probable in relation to Pakistan’s future.<br />
However, there are still people who believe that this isn’t the way it was supposed to be, that<br />
thingsshould be different in Pakistan. People who believe that if we have a collective<br />
responsibility to look out for one another and if our bond of common mutuality can be<br />
reawakened, then at that point we will all start working together to<br />
usher in a new era of change for Pakistan.<br />
Indeed, there must also be a change in hearts and minds; in cultures and attitudes. Neither<br />
philanthropist, nor scientist; neither government nor industrialists, can solve Pakistan’s<br />
problems on their own – this must be an all for one and one for all effort, and I<br />
for one want to play apart in that, no matter how small, or insignificant my role may be.<br />
The original idea with Pakistan Power 100 was to identify some great people who had achieved<br />
great things and to connect these individuals together so that they could share knowledge,<br />
expertise and resource. The Pakistani Diaspora across the world is a source<br />
of great strength for Pakistan and if we all come together to collectively use<br />
our intellectual and financial capital, we can bring significant<br />
and positive change to the people of Pakistan.<br />
Pakistan Power 100 is not just about PR – its role is to promote Pakistan to the global<br />
community,to showcase our greatest influencers and to work towards changing the<br />
perception of Pakistan through these highest achievers. The world currently sees Pakistan<br />
being overwhelmed by unprecedented displays of fundamentalist, religious<br />
and anti-western feeling. This negative image is very harmful for a country of some<br />
sophistication and Power 100 will allow the world to see that we are well educated,<br />
have a strong collective IQ and have the ability to stand alongside the world’s<br />
greatest intellectuals, industrialists, artists and scientists.<br />
khalid darr<br />
chairman power 100
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prime minSter daVid cameron<br />
I am pleased to offer a message of support for the Pakistan Power 100.<br />
There is little doubt that Britain today is a far more diverse and<br />
tolerant society than it was a generation ago. The many and various communities<br />
that make up Britain today energise our businesses and immeasurably<br />
enrich our cultural and social life.<br />
The Pakistani community is a long standing and welcome presence in our society<br />
and offers us a wealth of examples of the kind of hard work and charity<br />
that lead to real success and lasting achievement.<br />
It therefore gives me great pleasure to send you this greeting message and<br />
to wish you every success in the future.<br />
daVid cameron<br />
prime miniSter
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welcome BY anwar Zaidi<br />
The future belongs to the fearless, the innovative, the entrepreneurial which is why we<br />
welcome all initiatives that portray the best in mankind.<br />
Those Pakistanis who have been chosen by Power100 as recipients of awards deserve<br />
congratulations and recognition as the standard bearers or leaders for others to follow<br />
suit. Personal Leadership essentially is the capacity to lead our own lives in<br />
accordance with principles that are consistent with a right understanding<br />
of the world and of ourselves, so as eventually to live the good life.<br />
To do that, the award winners have had to set a personal mission, which is the project<br />
that defines their identity: who they want to be. The strength of that mission will depend<br />
on its content, credibility and urgency. To fulfil their mission, they must have continually<br />
monitored and corrected their course. The will is the engine of personal change:<br />
it takes sides among rational and spontaneous motivation, orchestrating<br />
changes in their behaviour. The will is, therefore, the centre of our<br />
freedom and, precisely for that reason, the centre of our personal history:<br />
in the end, we become the person we have chosen to be.<br />
I applaud those who have been instrumental in arranging this event<br />
and setting high standards in their selection criteria. It is now<br />
incumbent on the award winners to shine their light on<br />
others to bring harmony amongst all.<br />
anwar Zaidi<br />
ceo hBl Uk
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49<br />
29 65<br />
79<br />
CONTENTS<br />
The Power 100 8<br />
The Women 100 52<br />
The Future Leaders 73<br />
Trailblazers 46<br />
Arts & Literature 30<br />
Business 10<br />
Corporate & Finance 42<br />
Media, Fashion & Music 18<br />
Public Sector 34<br />
Social & Community 24<br />
Aamina Taseer 17<br />
Aaqil Ahmed 19<br />
Abdul Sattar Edhi 27<br />
Abida Parween 18<br />
Afzal & Akmal Khushi 11<br />
Ahmed Rashid 31<br />
Amber Haroon 19<br />
Ameena Saiyid 31<br />
Amin Gulgee 31<br />
Amir Khan 79<br />
Amjad Hussain 40<br />
Aqeel Karim Dhedhi 42<br />
Arif Naqvi 43<br />
Arif Nizami 19<br />
Art Malik 19<br />
Asif Rangoonwala 11<br />
Asma Jahangir 25<br />
Atif Bajwa 43<br />
Ayesha Vardag 54<br />
Baroness Warsi 39<br />
Bilquis Edhi 25<br />
Bunto Kazmi 57<br />
Bushra Nasir 56<br />
Ehsan Malik 43<br />
Farrok Captian 25<br />
Ghouse Akbar 11<br />
Hanif Kureshi 30<br />
Haroon & Farooq Sheikh 11<br />
Hassan Sheheryar Yasin 23<br />
Hina Rabbani Khar 35<br />
Huma Abedin 35<br />
Hussain Dawood 11<br />
Iftikhar Muhammad 34<br />
Imam Qasim 25<br />
Imran Aslam 19<br />
Imran Khan 29<br />
Irfan Mustafa 43<br />
Izzat Majeed 43<br />
Jahangir Siddiqui 43<br />
James Caan 15<br />
Jamil Naqsh 31<br />
Kiswer Falkner 35<br />
Lord Nazir Ahmed 38<br />
Mansoor Karim Shaikh 19<br />
Mian Gohar Ejaz 10<br />
Mian Mansha 11<br />
Michael Nazir Ali 41<br />
Mir Shakil ur Rahman 19<br />
Moazzam Malik 37<br />
Mohammed Adil 16<br />
Mohammed Jawad 37<br />
Monis Rahman 48<br />
Musharaf Hai 43<br />
Naeem Ghauri 16<br />
Nafis Sadik 35<br />
Nigar Ahmed 24
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<strong>PAK</strong>ISTAN <strong>POWER</strong> 100<br />
SPONSORS<br />
67<br />
27 37<br />
Tariq Sohail 36<br />
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan 20<br />
Rashid Rana 32<br />
Rizwan Beyg 18<br />
Roshaneh Zafar 26<br />
Sadruddin Hashwani 14<br />
Salman Ahmed 21<br />
Salman Iqbal 20<br />
Seema Aziz 26<br />
Shabir Hussain 46<br />
Shahid Ali Shah 10<br />
Shahid Azeem 42<br />
Shahid Sheikh 49<br />
Sharmeen O Chinoy 22<br />
Shirin Tahir Kheli 34<br />
www.power100.co.Uk<br />
Shoaib Mansoor 19<br />
Shoaib Sultan Khan 24<br />
Sir Anwar Pervez 11<br />
Souriya Anwar 25<br />
Sultan Ali Allana 13<br />
Surraiya Zia 68<br />
Syed Baber Ali 12<br />
Syed Kauser Kazmi 47<br />
Syed Masoud Ali Naqvi 43<br />
Syra Munir 99<br />
Tariq Ali 31<br />
Tariq Saigol 14<br />
Tehmina Durrani 33<br />
Zakir Mahmood 45<br />
See main Index on inside back page<br />
project directors:<br />
Senior project managers:<br />
hr & team manager:<br />
research director:<br />
project team:<br />
with thanks to lattitude pr lahore:<br />
tahira Shamim, william fisher.<br />
lydia draper, diana marinova, rahul Garhwal.<br />
Saba ibrahim<br />
emma Broome<br />
david edwards, andrea matalin, Giles manningham,<br />
annie James, Sara williams.<br />
nuscie Jamil and omar Jamil<br />
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THE JUDGES<br />
the ethos of pakistan power 100 is both transparent and self-levelling. the nominations for each individual are counted,<br />
verified and collated by the power 100 research team. the ten most nominated individuals within each classification are<br />
then automatically included in the final power 100 list. in addition the individual who has received the most votes within<br />
their classification is honoured with the power 100 excellence award. once all power 100 names have been shortlisted, a<br />
lengthy process of peer group verification follows, thereby ensuring a highly verified source of information. the judging<br />
panel are retained primarily to oversee the process and to judge the future leaders shortlist inorder to identify the winners<br />
of power 100 future leaders award.<br />
Khalid Darr<br />
Chairman Virtual Hospital<br />
khalid darr has been involved in philanthropic<br />
activities since 1999 and is currently involved<br />
in the set up of a Virtual hospital, an<br />
organization which will drastically alter the<br />
healthcare provision for the poor by linking<br />
remote villages in the third world, to doctors<br />
and specialists based across the globe. khalid is<br />
also currently chairman of the international<br />
power 100 Brand which is now in over 23<br />
countries and includes the development of the<br />
Uae power 100, china power 100 and russia<br />
power 100. through power 100 khalid has<br />
developed an effective fast track into the very<br />
highest level of networks and has earned himself<br />
an enviable ‘Black Book’ of contacts both within<br />
the Uk & internationally.<br />
James Caan<br />
Hamilton Bradshaw<br />
James knew from a young age that he<br />
wanted to run his own business. his father<br />
was probably his biggest influence: he<br />
owned a successful leather goods<br />
manufacturing business and hoped James<br />
would one day takeover. James decided not<br />
to pursue a career in the family business and<br />
instead followed his own path to become an<br />
entrepreneur. at sixteen he left school with<br />
no qualifications. despite this in the mid<br />
1980 s, he began a successful career in<br />
recruitment. Just a few years later James<br />
founded alexander mann, a Uk<br />
recruitment business which he successfully<br />
grew to £130m turnover with 30 offices<br />
worldwide.<br />
James has worked on a number of projects<br />
to support the British entrepreneur. he is<br />
currently working with Business Secretary<br />
Vince cable as a member of the<br />
entrepreneurs’ forum to help and advise<br />
government on the new business policies.<br />
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David Smedley<br />
Head of Commercial<br />
Litigation<br />
david is a senior partner in the<br />
practice, head of commercial<br />
litigation, employment, human<br />
resources and diversity. david<br />
has also been and remains a<br />
member of the firm’s<br />
management Board (an elected<br />
post) for over a decade. david<br />
studied law at manchester<br />
University. david qualified into<br />
commercial litigation at walker<br />
morris in 1986. he<br />
subsequently formed one of the<br />
largest and most respected<br />
employment teams in the<br />
region.<br />
Hanif Malik<br />
Chief Executive Hamara<br />
one of the largest and most<br />
influential South asian led third<br />
sector agencies in the country.<br />
Based in leeds he has been<br />
responsible for raising over £3<br />
million worth of capital and<br />
revenue funding to help build,<br />
develop and run the centre.<br />
he was widely praised for his<br />
role in maintaining community<br />
relations following the events of<br />
7/7 and has been instrumental in<br />
multi-faith work for over a<br />
decade. he has represented the<br />
third Sector on a number of key<br />
strategic boards and worked at a<br />
national level on many important<br />
issues.<br />
Nina Amin<br />
Tax partner at KPMG<br />
nina amin is a tax partner at<br />
kpmG, one of the Big four<br />
professional services firms in the<br />
Uk. She joined the firm in<br />
1997 and spent nine months on<br />
secondment with the<br />
confederation of British<br />
industry (cBi) in 2003 where<br />
she was responsible for helping<br />
to draft policy on the long term<br />
vision for Uk pensions. nina has<br />
won a number of awards<br />
including the 2008 professional<br />
of the Year and the 2009 asian<br />
who’s who leadership award.<br />
She is a board member of<br />
kpmG’s advisory council.<br />
Anwar Zaidi<br />
CEO and Director of<br />
Habib Allied<br />
International Bank Plc<br />
(HBL UK).<br />
anwar Zaidi is the ceo and<br />
director of habib allied<br />
international Bank plc (hBl<br />
Uk). he began his banking<br />
career with Grindlays Bank in<br />
1979 and moved on to establish<br />
hSBc in pakistan. he has also<br />
worked in senior roles at;<br />
american express Bank,<br />
mashreq Bank and most recently<br />
headed United Bank in new<br />
York.<br />
Laura Taggart<br />
The Co-operative<br />
laura taggart is an elected<br />
member of the co-operative<br />
Group`s leeds and wakefield<br />
area committee. this is one of<br />
nine committees rep[resenting<br />
members across the north<br />
region. they monitor business<br />
performance, award grants to<br />
organisations, support<br />
community events and are<br />
ambassadors for the co-operative<br />
movement within the area.<br />
laura has worked in education<br />
and community development all<br />
her professional life, as a<br />
teacher, lecturer and researcher.<br />
Mark Cleary<br />
Vice Chancellor<br />
Bardford University<br />
professor mark cleary took up<br />
office as Vice-chancellor of the<br />
University of Bradford in June<br />
2007. he took his<br />
undergraduate and postgraduate<br />
degrees at Jesus college,<br />
cambridge, in Geography.<br />
from 1980-1989 he was a<br />
lecturer at exeter University<br />
before taking up a post at the<br />
University of Brunei darussalam<br />
in 1989 and subsequently<br />
lecturing at the University of<br />
waikato, new Zealand (1992-<br />
1994), he joined the University<br />
of plymouth in 1994.<br />
Shabir Nawab<br />
Shabir Nawab and Co<br />
Shabir nawab is principal and<br />
founder of Shabir nawab and<br />
co. as well as a leading<br />
businessman and philanthropist<br />
Shabir nawab is a highly<br />
respected member of the<br />
business community in the<br />
midlands who has also built a<br />
reputation as a local community<br />
leader and supporter of impact<br />
charitable projects. alongside<br />
being a patron and chairman to<br />
the west midlands region of<br />
mosaic has actively spearheaded<br />
various charitable initiatives and<br />
projects both local and<br />
nationally.<br />
Cllr Rizwan Malik<br />
rizwan has been very active in<br />
voulntary work for various charity<br />
and community causes for the past<br />
10 years and more recently has<br />
developed as one of the lead<br />
volunteers for islamic relief in the<br />
north organising fundraising events.<br />
he spearheaded a volunteer led<br />
national campaign to help the flood<br />
victims of pakistan and raised over<br />
a million pounds within a year<br />
which got highlighted from national<br />
media. he now recently has joined<br />
the power100 team as a volunteer<br />
and is the man responsible for<br />
taking the first ever power 100<br />
event to the north of the country<br />
by organising the power 100 future<br />
leaders gala event.<br />
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the final power 100<br />
power 100 has been integrally involved in the process of publishing,<br />
launch and distribution of the pakistan power 100 publication. the<br />
100 list is an eclectic mix of highly influential individuals, and it would<br />
be too subjective to rank from 1 to 100 by the general criteria<br />
employed. most certainly the list is not exhaustive! rather, the<br />
power 100 simply profiles individuals who are widely regarded as<br />
power Brokers and key influencers within the community.<br />
there are two ways of measuring power and influence. one is by<br />
simply using the range of public & private sector activities, or the<br />
performance of an organisation to calculate its impact, and<br />
nominating whoever runs it. the other is more subtle - to gauge the<br />
contribution made by individuals to the culture and well-being of the<br />
organisation for whom they work, or the region in which they live. we<br />
have used both methods in compiling our list.<br />
the ethos of pakistan power 100 is both transparent and self-levelling.<br />
the nominations for each individual are counted, verified and collated<br />
by the power 100 research team. the ten most nominated individuals<br />
within each classification are then automatically included in the final<br />
power 100 list. in addition the individual who has received the most<br />
votes within their classification is the recipient of the power 100<br />
excellence award. once all power 100 names have been shortlisted,<br />
a lengthy process of peer group verification follows, thereby ensuring<br />
a highly verified source of information.<br />
Aamna Taseer<br />
Pace<br />
Aaqil Ahmed<br />
BBC<br />
Abdul Razzaq Yakub ARY Group<br />
Abdul Sattar<br />
Edhi Welfare<br />
Abida Parween Singer<br />
Aftab Tapal<br />
Tapal Group<br />
Akmal & Afzal Khushi Trespass<br />
Ahmed Rashid<br />
Writer<br />
Amber Haroon Dawn Group<br />
Ameena Saiyid<br />
OUP Pakistan<br />
Amin Guljee<br />
Artist<br />
Amjad Hussain Royal Navy<br />
Anwar Pervez<br />
Bestway<br />
Aqeel Karim Dhedhi AKD Group<br />
Arif Navqi<br />
Abraaj Capital<br />
Arif Nizami<br />
Pakistan Today<br />
Art Malik<br />
Actor<br />
Asif Rangoonwalla Entrepreneur<br />
Asma Jahngir<br />
AGHS<br />
Atif Bajwa<br />
ADG<br />
Bashir Ali Mohammad Gul Ahmad<br />
Ehsan Malik<br />
Unilever<br />
Farrokh Captain LRBT<br />
Fehmida Mirza National Assembly<br />
Fred Hasan<br />
Bausch & Lomb<br />
Ghouse Akbar<br />
Akbar Group<br />
Ghauri Brothers Netsol Technologies<br />
Hameed Haroon Dawn Group<br />
Hanif Kureishi<br />
Playwright<br />
Haroon & Farouq Sheikh Caretech PLC<br />
Hassan Sheheryar Yasin HSY<br />
Hina Rabbani Khar Foreign Minister<br />
Huma Abedin<br />
Politics<br />
Hussain Dawood Dawood Group<br />
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Iftikhar M Chaudhry<br />
Imam Qasim<br />
Imran Aslam<br />
Imran Khan<br />
Irfan Mustafa<br />
Jahangir Siddiqui<br />
James Caan<br />
Jamil Naqsh<br />
Javed Ahmed<br />
Javed Saifullah Khan<br />
Jehangir A. Monnoo<br />
Kiswer Falkner<br />
Lord Nazir Ahmed<br />
Maleeha Lodhi<br />
Mansoor Karim Shaikh<br />
Mian Abdullah<br />
Mian Gohar Ejaz<br />
Mian M Latif<br />
Mian Mansha<br />
Michael Nazir Ali<br />
Mohammad Jawad<br />
Mohammed Raja Adil<br />
Monis Rahman<br />
Mozzam Malik<br />
Muhammad T Sohail<br />
Mukhtar Mai<br />
Musharaf Hai<br />
Naeem Zamindar<br />
Ghauri Brothers<br />
Nafis Sadiq<br />
Namira Salim<br />
Nasreen M Kasuri<br />
Nigar Ahmed<br />
Rafiq Habib<br />
Chief Justice<br />
Al Khair<br />
GEO<br />
Shaukat Khanum<br />
Yum Group<br />
J&S Group<br />
Entrepreneur<br />
Artist<br />
Tate & Lyle<br />
Saif Group<br />
Monnoo Group<br />
House of Lords<br />
House of Lords<br />
Writer<br />
JWT<br />
Sapphire Group<br />
Ejaz Group<br />
Chenab Group<br />
Nishat Group<br />
Bishop<br />
Surgeon<br />
Adil Group<br />
Rozee.pk<br />
DIFID<br />
Surgeon<br />
Human Rights<br />
L’Oreal<br />
Wateen<br />
Netsol<br />
UN<br />
Explorer<br />
Beacon House<br />
Aurat<br />
House of Habib<br />
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Singer<br />
Rashid Rana<br />
Artist<br />
Roshaneh Zafar Kashf<br />
Sadiq Khan<br />
Labour MP<br />
Sadaruddin Hashwani Hashoo Group<br />
Salman Ahmad Junoon<br />
Salman Amin<br />
PepsiCo<br />
Salman Iqbal<br />
ARY<br />
Sarfaraz Alam<br />
Texpo<br />
Sayeeda Warsi<br />
House of Lords<br />
Seema Aziz<br />
Care<br />
Sehyr Saigol<br />
Fashion<br />
Shahid Ali Shah Treats<br />
Shahid Azeem<br />
Arcom IT<br />
Shahid Khan<br />
Flexngate<br />
Shakil ur Rahman Jang Group<br />
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Filmaker<br />
Sheikh Abid Hussain Abid Group<br />
Sherry Rehman Journalist<br />
Shirin Tahir Kheli Politics<br />
Shoaib Sultan Khan RSPN<br />
Souriya Anwar<br />
SOS Villages<br />
Sultana Ali Allana Habib Bank Ltd<br />
Syed Babar Ali<br />
Packages Group<br />
Syed Masoud Ali Naqvi KPMG<br />
Tariq Ali<br />
Historian<br />
Tariq Saigol<br />
Saigol Group<br />
Tehmina Durrani Writer<br />
Zakir Mahmood Habib Bank Ltd<br />
Zamir Alam<br />
UN Ambassador<br />
Zouhair A Khaliq Telecoms<br />
Painting by Afsana Karim<br />
renowned artist afsana karim has been commissioned by power 100 to create a<br />
series of paintings for each global power 100 title. for private commissions from<br />
afsana please contact: andrea@hamptonsmanagement.com<br />
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the power 100<br />
BUSineSS power BrokerS<br />
Mian Gohar Ejaz<br />
Ejaz Group<br />
THE <strong>POWER</strong> BROKERS<br />
aamna taseer<br />
first capital Securities<br />
abdul razzaq Yakub<br />
arY Group<br />
aftab tapal<br />
tapal Group<br />
akmal & afzal khushi<br />
trespass<br />
Sir anwar pervez<br />
Bestway<br />
asif rangoonwalla<br />
entrepreneur<br />
Bashir ali mohammad<br />
Gul ahmed Group<br />
Ghauri Brothers<br />
netsol technologies<br />
Ghouse akbar<br />
akbar Group<br />
haroon & farouq Sheikh caretech plc<br />
hussain dawood<br />
dawood Group<br />
James caan<br />
hamilton Bradshaw<br />
Javed Saifullah khan<br />
Saif Group<br />
Jehangir a. monnoo<br />
monnoo Group<br />
mian abdullah<br />
Sapphire Group<br />
mian Gohar ejaz<br />
ejaz Group<br />
mian muhammad latif<br />
chenab Group<br />
mian muhammad mansha nishat Group<br />
mohammed raja adil<br />
adil Group<br />
Sadaruddin hashwani<br />
hashoo Group<br />
Shahid ali Shah<br />
treats<br />
Shahid khan<br />
flexngate<br />
Sheikh abid hussain<br />
abid Group<br />
Sultana ali allana<br />
habib Bank ltd<br />
Syed Babar ali<br />
packages Group<br />
tariq Saigol<br />
Saigol Group<br />
this establishment owns<br />
country’s largest knitwear-cumdyeing<br />
facility at lahore. more<br />
than half a dozen textile units of<br />
ejaz Group are being run by yet<br />
another chinioti scion mian<br />
Gohar ejaz, son of late Senator<br />
Sheikh ejaz. Gohar held the reins<br />
of this group very much during<br />
his college days when Sheikh ejaz<br />
left for his heavenly abode after<br />
protracted illness that lasted<br />
months. Gohar is now a noted<br />
policy maker at both federal and<br />
provincial textile Boards. he is<br />
one of the Boards of Governors<br />
at the punjab institute of<br />
cardiology lahore. people<br />
started paying a heed to his<br />
leadership abilities in 1997, when<br />
he took on the aptma greyheads<br />
convincingly during the<br />
1997 annual polls and narrowly<br />
lost to his opponent in fight for<br />
the top slot.<br />
Shahid Ali Shah<br />
Treats<br />
Syed Shahid ali serves as a<br />
non-executive director of<br />
packages limited. he also holds<br />
directorship of several other<br />
companies including treet<br />
corporation limited. he inherits<br />
the drive to accept the challenges<br />
created due to changing<br />
enviroments and market<br />
conditions. he has kept himself<br />
abreat of future trends, keeping<br />
the dynamism in the company.<br />
he is also actively involved in<br />
social and cultural activities and<br />
holds senior positions on the<br />
governing boards of severa;<br />
hospitals and philanthropic<br />
organizations including Gulab<br />
devi hospital and liaquat<br />
national hospital.<br />
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Hussain Dawood<br />
Engro<br />
dawood is chairman of engro<br />
Group, dawood hercules<br />
chemicals, pakistan poverty<br />
alleviation fund and karachi<br />
education initiative. he is also<br />
serving as honorary consul of<br />
italy in lahore. he is also<br />
pakistan’s first member in world<br />
economic forum and member of<br />
boards of commonwealth<br />
Business council, Beaconhouse<br />
national University, pakistan<br />
Business council and pakistan<br />
council of philanthropy. he is<br />
also the recipient of italian<br />
republic award.<br />
Sadruddin Hashwani<br />
Hashoo Group<br />
Sadruddin hashwani is the<br />
chairman of hashoo Group, one<br />
of the most diversified industrial<br />
groups in pakistan with interests<br />
across tourism, travel, real-estate<br />
development, pharmaceuticals,<br />
it, and oil and gas. also, the<br />
hashoo Group of companies has<br />
in its fold, as owners and<br />
operators, the pearl continental<br />
hotels and marriott hotels<br />
brands with presence in all major<br />
cities of pakistan. today he is<br />
known to be the leading figures<br />
in hospitality industry around the<br />
world<br />
Ghouse Akbar<br />
Akbar Group<br />
Ghouse akbar a graduate of<br />
Brown University and inSead,<br />
he has successfully introduced<br />
various global brands to pakistan<br />
such as mcdonald’s, nike, UpS,<br />
lVmh, amadeus, etc. the group<br />
is also the largest in the aviation<br />
sector and represents a number<br />
of world renowned airlines in<br />
pakistan such as Singapore<br />
airlines, thai, Jal, austrian. etc.<br />
Ghouse has also set-up in joint<br />
venture with the fauji<br />
foundation, pakistan's only<br />
Grain and fertiliser terminal<br />
handling a throughput of 4<br />
million tons.<br />
Haroon & Farouq Sheikh<br />
Caretech PLC<br />
two of the Uk’s leading<br />
entrepreneurs, philanthropists and<br />
community figureheads. their<br />
business interests encompass<br />
healthcare, private equity,<br />
property investment and<br />
development. Best known as<br />
co-founders of caretech holdings<br />
plc, a respected national<br />
provider of specialist services to<br />
adults and children with learning<br />
or physical disabilities or mental<br />
health problems which now<br />
supports over 1800 service users<br />
and employs around 3500<br />
Afzal and Akmal Khushi<br />
TRESPASS<br />
afzal and akmal khushi are<br />
directors and co-owners of Jacobs<br />
& turner international, probably<br />
better known as treSpaSS. Since<br />
taking over they have transformed<br />
the small manufacturing company<br />
into an international lifestyle<br />
brand now selling and producing<br />
in more than 62 countries.<br />
treSpaSS was awarded the Uk<br />
fashion exports award, three<br />
years in a row. trespass entered<br />
the retail trade at the end of the<br />
1990s and now has more than 70<br />
stores in the Uk and more than<br />
40 franchises worldwide.<br />
Asif Rangoonwala<br />
Entrepreneur<br />
asif’s rangoonwala’s phenomenal<br />
success has led him to become<br />
one of the most prominent asian<br />
businessmen in the Uk. in 1992,<br />
asif identified a gap in the Uk<br />
market in the baked goods sector,<br />
prompting him to launch<br />
eurobuns- a baked goods<br />
company which supplied highstreet<br />
chains, which achieved a<br />
sales turnover of £50 million<br />
within a decade under asif’s<br />
direction and supervision. his<br />
courage and conviction led him<br />
to dominate the baked goods<br />
market.<br />
Mian Muhammad<br />
Mansha<br />
Nishat Group<br />
mian mohammad mansha is the<br />
chairman of “nishat Group” - the<br />
biggest industrial and financial<br />
conglomerate of pakistan. this<br />
group was founded in 1948 by<br />
mansha’s father mian mohammad<br />
and his three brothers. nishat<br />
currently comprises of 21<br />
companies including 13 listed<br />
companies with manufacturing<br />
assets of nearly 27 billion and<br />
three of mansha’s close relatives,<br />
Saigols, Jehangir elahi and S m<br />
Saleem of United Bank among<br />
the top 45 industrial families in<br />
pakistan.<br />
Sir Anwar Pervez<br />
Bestway Group<br />
Sir anwar pervez oBe, hilal-ipakistan,<br />
is a businessman in the<br />
United kingdom. he is the<br />
founder and chairman of Bestway<br />
Group. Sir anwar is also the<br />
deputy chairman of United Bank<br />
limited (UBl); pakistan’s second<br />
largest private bank. he is a<br />
council member of the<br />
federation of wholesale<br />
distributors. he is the chairman<br />
of the Board of trustees of<br />
Bestway foundation Uk, patronin-chief<br />
of Bestway foundation<br />
pakistan, trustee of memorial<br />
Gates trust.<br />
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SYED BABER ALI<br />
Packages Group<br />
and secondary school teachers. he promoted the cause of<br />
the world wide fund for nature where he served in<br />
various capacities, both in pakistan and internationally,<br />
from 1972 to 1996. he was international president of<br />
wwf from 1996 to 1999 succeeding hrh the duke of<br />
edinburgh. he is now Vice president emeritus, wwf<br />
international. he served as pakistan’s minister of<br />
finance, economic affairs & planning in 1993. he<br />
received honours and awards from the Government of<br />
Sweden, the netherlands, an oBe from Britain (1997),<br />
and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree of laws<br />
from mcGill University, montreal, canada (1997).<br />
Syed Babar ali is an entrepreneur and industrialist, Syed<br />
Babar ali envisioned and set up packages limited which<br />
is pakistan’s largest paper & board mill, milkpak limited<br />
which now is nestle milkpak limited which has become<br />
one of the largest food processing companies in pakistan<br />
especially liquid milk in tetra pak containers; tetra pak<br />
pakistan limited, international General insurance<br />
company of pakistan limited, tri-pack films limited,<br />
first international investment Bank and Systems private<br />
limited. he is chairman of aventis pakistan limited,<br />
Bayer cropScience pakistan limited, Siemens. pakistan<br />
engineering company limited, coca-cola Beverages<br />
pakistan limited and director of Unilever pakistan<br />
limited and mitchell’s fruit farms limited. he believes<br />
in the joint venture philosophy and most of his businesses<br />
are joint ventures with major multinationals.<br />
as an educationist, he envisioned and established lahore<br />
University of management Sciences (lUmS) in 1985 of<br />
which he is the first pro-chancellor. lUmS is pakistan’s<br />
premier management education institution. he also<br />
founded ali institute of education for training of primary<br />
ali served as the finance minister of the country in<br />
the caretaker government of moeenuddin ahmad<br />
Qureshi from July 23, 1993 to october 19, 1993. he is<br />
chairman of Sanofi-aventis pakistan limited, Siemens<br />
pakistan engineering company limited, coca-cola<br />
Beverages pakistan limited and director of Unilever<br />
pakistan limited and mitchell’s fruit farms the lahore<br />
University of management Sciences. he is a member of<br />
the board of aitchison college, f.c. college, kinnaird<br />
college, and lahore School of economics and a founding<br />
member of the initiative on Social enterprise of harvard<br />
University. he served as the president of the world<br />
wildlife fund from 1996 to 1999. he also acts as the<br />
honorary consul General of Sweden in lahore.<br />
ali is known for his interest in academics and his vision of<br />
providing quality education to people of all origins within<br />
the country, without any differences of color, creed or<br />
race.<br />
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SULTAN ALI ALLANA<br />
Habib Bank Limited<br />
as chairman of pakistan’s largest<br />
commercial bank, Sultan ali allana is a<br />
leading figure in pakistan’s financial<br />
landscape.<br />
banking ordinance and subsequently<br />
established the first microfinance<br />
Bank limited where he served as<br />
chairman until 2006.<br />
Since 2004, he has led the Board of<br />
hBl as a representative of the aga<br />
khan fund for economic<br />
development of which he is a<br />
director. on behalf of akfed, mr<br />
allana was involved in leading the<br />
successful privatisation bid for hBl.<br />
post privatisation, hBl has made<br />
significant progress in enhancing its<br />
footprint in the country and in the<br />
diversified overseas regions where it<br />
maintains a niche presence. the<br />
domestic growth has been significant<br />
but measured to ensure that the longer<br />
term objectives of the Bank are in sync<br />
with the ethos of the major<br />
shareholders which is to be a key<br />
contributor in the economic welfare<br />
of pakistan. the Bank is well<br />
positioned to be the premier financial<br />
institution of the country.<br />
mr allana is committed to the cause of<br />
financial inclusion in order to reach<br />
out to the unbanked population of<br />
pakistan and it is in this vein that he<br />
has been extensively involved in<br />
promoting sustainable microfinance in<br />
pakistan. in 2000, he was instrumental<br />
in promulgating the microfinance<br />
In recognition of<br />
his services to<br />
the business and<br />
social sector in<br />
Pakistan, the<br />
Government of<br />
Pakistan conferred<br />
the highest civilian<br />
award Sitara-e-Imtiaz<br />
upon him in 2006.<br />
his contribution within pakistan<br />
extends beyond the financial services<br />
sector as he has been engaged in<br />
defining and setting standards of<br />
excellence in the hospitality industry<br />
as well. Since 1997, mr allana has<br />
been involved with the Serena hotels<br />
and in his capacity as the chairman of<br />
the executive committee was<br />
responsible for the execution of their<br />
flagship hotel in islamabad. the<br />
Serena hotels chain is engaged in<br />
promoting tourism in pakistan with<br />
their significant presence in urban as<br />
well as rural areas.<br />
mr allana holds Undergraduate and<br />
post Graduate degrees from mcGill<br />
University and the University of<br />
wisconsin in engineering and<br />
management.<br />
in recognition of his services to the<br />
business and social sector in pakistan,<br />
the Government of pakistan<br />
conferred the highest civilian award<br />
Sitara-e-imtiaz upon him in 2006.<br />
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SADRUDDIN<br />
HASHWANI<br />
Hashoo Group<br />
TARIQ SAIGOL<br />
Kohinoor Textile Mills<br />
Sadruddin hashwani is the chairman of hashoo<br />
Group (established 1960). he is ismaili nizari muslim<br />
(aga khani) by faith. today, ‘hashoo Group’ is one of<br />
the most diversified industrial groups in pakistan with<br />
interests across tourism, travel, real-estate<br />
development, pharmaceuticals, it, and oil and gas.<br />
also, the hashoo Group of companies has in its fold,<br />
as owners and operators, the pearl continental hotels<br />
and marriott hotels brands with presence in all major<br />
cities of pakistan and ocean pakistan limited, a<br />
prestigious oil and Gas exploration and production<br />
company. today he is known to be the leading figures<br />
in hospitality industry around the world and has been<br />
honored with various awards including a gold medal<br />
for distinguished services for hospitality industry in<br />
pakistan at world tourism convention.<br />
tariq Saigol belonging to the eighth most richest family in pakistan, is<br />
a businessman by profession. Son of the pioneer of the renowned<br />
Saigol dynasty, which was established as a shoe shop with the name<br />
kohinoor rubber works. the company became market leaders till<br />
nationalization, when progress was halted and two-thirds of the<br />
company’s wealth was lost. the Saigol family harvested excellent crop<br />
and opened a textile mill under the name of kohinoor textile mills.<br />
this group was the first to open an lc with the State Bank of pakistan.<br />
they bought the United Bank in 1959 and then witnessed five of their<br />
units getting nationalized. they lived in Saudi arabia during the Bhutto<br />
regime. today, cousins tariq and nasim are holding the family’s fort<br />
together and have risen to unprecedented heights in individual<br />
capacities.<br />
tariq serves as the chief executive officer of Zimpex (private)<br />
limited. mr. Saigol serves as chief executive officer of kohinoor<br />
textile mills limited, and maple leaf cement factory ltd. he started<br />
his career in 1968 at kohinoor’s chemical complex at kala Shah<br />
kaku. Upon trifurcation of the Group in 1976, he became chief<br />
executive of kohinoor textile mills limited, rawalpindi. Since 1984,<br />
he has been chairman of the kohinoor maple leaf Group which has<br />
interests in textiles, cement manufacturing and energy. he serves as<br />
the chairman of maple leaf cement factory ltd. and kohinoor<br />
textile mills limited. he has been a director of State Bank of pakistan<br />
since may 2007. he serves as a director of kohinoor mills limited.<br />
he served as the chairman of all pakistan textile mills association<br />
from 1992 to 1994, president of lahore chamber of commerce and<br />
industry from 1995 to 1997 and chairman of all pakistan cement<br />
manufacturers association from 2003 to 2006.<br />
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JAMES CAAN<br />
Hamilton Bradshaw<br />
James caan is one of the Uk’s most<br />
successful and dynamic entrepreneurs.<br />
he made his fortune in the<br />
recruitment industry, which included<br />
the global success of his companies,<br />
alexander mann Group and humana<br />
international, and he has been building<br />
and selling businesses ever since. in<br />
2004 he founded private equity firm<br />
hamilton Bradshaw based in london’s<br />
mayfair. the company specialises in<br />
buyouts, venture capital, real estate<br />
and now manages a portfolio of over<br />
30 companies.<br />
James is best known for joining the<br />
panel of the hit tV show on BBc,<br />
dragons’ den, where he invested in<br />
14 companies and committed over<br />
£1m of investment, over 4 series.<br />
in 2011 James launched a property<br />
venture, hB real estate, to target<br />
investments in prime london<br />
residential and commercial real estate<br />
assets. the new division has raised a<br />
£100m fund and has recently made its<br />
first acquisition, a residential asset in<br />
prime knightsbridge with an<br />
estimated GdV in excess of £30m.<br />
James has received various prestigious<br />
awards including ‘Bt enterprise of the<br />
Year’, pricewaterhousecoopers<br />
‘entrepreneur of the Year’ and<br />
entrepreneur of the Year in the asian<br />
Jewel awards.<br />
James supports a variety of<br />
government initiatives including the<br />
entrepreneur’s forum; James was<br />
selected to join a panel of high profile<br />
business people who meet regularly to<br />
debate their views on enterprise<br />
policy.<br />
James is heavily<br />
involved with charity<br />
and set up The James<br />
Caan Foundation in<br />
2011 to help<br />
underprivileged<br />
children get access to<br />
education.<br />
in may 2012 he was appointed<br />
chairman of StartUp loans, a<br />
government initiative to support<br />
young people with funding to start up<br />
new businesses in the Uk. over £82<br />
million of loans will be offered to 18-<br />
24 year olds over the next 3 years.<br />
James is heavily involved with charity<br />
and set up the James caan<br />
foundation in 2011 to help<br />
underprivileged children get access to<br />
education.<br />
James has written three bestselling<br />
books, the real deal, his<br />
autobiography, Get the Job You really<br />
want, based on his 30 years of<br />
experience in the recruitment<br />
industry (Get the Job reached no. 1<br />
in 3 categories on amazon and was<br />
the best-selling practical business<br />
book of 2011). in his latest book,<br />
Start Your Business in 7 days, James<br />
uses his experience to help the new<br />
generation of entrepreneurs to work<br />
out if their business ideas are<br />
workable and bankable. Start Your<br />
Business reached no. 2 in the amazon<br />
business chart within two weeks of<br />
launching.<br />
James is extremely passionate about<br />
supporting small businesses and<br />
recently launched a free app, James<br />
caan Business Secrets to help other<br />
entrepreneurs on their journey to<br />
success. the app was the fastest<br />
downloaded business app of 2011 and<br />
is regularly ranked in the top 100 apps<br />
ever in apps magazine.<br />
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NAEEM, NAJEEB & SALIM GHAURI<br />
NetSol Technologies<br />
MOHAMMED ADIL<br />
Adil Group of Companies<br />
the Ghauri brothers, naeem, najeeb<br />
and Salim founded netSol in 1996.<br />
from its inception, their vision was to<br />
establish netSol as a global business,<br />
competing with large, established<br />
multi national it companies like Sap<br />
and oracle.<br />
netSol went public via a successful<br />
ipo in 1999 and started trading on<br />
nasdaq. the company still holds the<br />
distinction of the only company ever<br />
from pakistan to have done an ipo<br />
and is listed on nasdaq. within a year<br />
of listing on nasdaq, it achieved a<br />
market cap of $1Billion, during the<br />
dot com boom. Since then, through<br />
many corrections in the financial<br />
markets, netSol has continued to be a<br />
resilient player in a very competetive<br />
landscape.<br />
netSol now operates in 7 countries<br />
and has customers in over 40<br />
countries and large clients such as<br />
mercedes Benz finance and toyota<br />
financila Services, spend multimillion<br />
dollar budgets in licensing the<br />
netSol technology ips to run their<br />
mission critical systems.<br />
netSol is a highly profitable company,<br />
with considerable cost arbitrage in its<br />
business model. it builds the majority<br />
of its ip in lahore, pakistan and its<br />
cost base is in pakistan rupees.<br />
however, its revenue is almost<br />
entirely generated in hard currencies,<br />
such as the dollar, Sterling and the<br />
euro.<br />
the three brothers work in unison<br />
and all three have held the ceo job.<br />
currently, najeeb is the ceo and<br />
Salim and naeem are both presidents<br />
who manage Service delivery and<br />
Global sales respectively.<br />
the founders still own a significant<br />
amount of equity in the company and<br />
have several investments in property<br />
and other ventures.<br />
mohammed adil, born in Gujjar khan, pakistan,<br />
came to the Uk as a teenager in 1963 and became a<br />
millionaire before the age of 40. he started his<br />
career as a bus driver; however in 1969 became the<br />
first asian franchisee of the fast food chain, his first<br />
branch being in willesden. he also created his own<br />
brand “Burger delight”. he progressed to acquire<br />
more restaurants, which he converted to Burger<br />
king franchise over time. he is now a proud<br />
franchisee of the wimpy, Burger king, kfc, and<br />
costa brands, and has in excess of 80 restaurants in<br />
the Uk, employing around 2000 people throughout<br />
the group.<br />
he climbed onto the property ladder at an early<br />
age, unlike other asian colleagues, who acquired<br />
corner shops. currently mr adil holds a huge<br />
commercial and residential property portfolio in<br />
and around london along with the two successfully<br />
operating hotels.<br />
mr adil contributes to the asian community<br />
through donations to reputable charities. he has<br />
been awarded many prestigious honorary awards.<br />
respected for his contribution to the community,<br />
he associates well with high calibre people of the<br />
Uk and pakistan.<br />
his two sons follow in his footsteps: raja Jameel<br />
adil, a qualified and highly successful solicitor<br />
manages the kfc restaurants whilst Zahir adil the<br />
Burger king restaurants and other businesses.<br />
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AAMINA TASEER<br />
First Capital Securities Corporation Limited<br />
Aamna Taseer serves as the<br />
Chairman and Chief Executive<br />
Officer of First Capital Securities<br />
Corporation Limited. She has<br />
been the Chief Executive Officer<br />
of Pace Pakistan Limited since May<br />
2, 2011 and has been the<br />
Chairman of the Board at Media<br />
Times Limited since June 29,<br />
2011.<br />
She is one of the main promoters<br />
who established First Capital<br />
Securities Corporation Limited<br />
(“FCSC”) in Pakistan in 1994, a<br />
full service brokerage house with<br />
equity participation by Smith<br />
Barney Inc USA and HG Asia<br />
Hong Kong.<br />
FCSC ser the tone for investment<br />
banking services and together with<br />
the help of international banks,<br />
Amina Taseer successfully laid the<br />
background for important advisory<br />
and corporate finance transactions.<br />
Since then she has been actively<br />
involved in establishing other<br />
companies in the financial sectors.<br />
As a Director of Pace Pakistan Ltd,<br />
with a listing in Pakistan and<br />
convertible bond listing in<br />
Singapore, the Pace brand is<br />
recognized not only in Pakistan<br />
but by international fund managers<br />
across the globe.<br />
As a Director of Pace<br />
Pakistan Ltd, with a<br />
listing in Pakistan and<br />
convertible bond<br />
listing in Singapore,<br />
she has ensured the<br />
Pace brand is<br />
recognized not only<br />
in Pakistan but by<br />
international fund<br />
managers across<br />
the globe.<br />
Today the group has 6 operational<br />
shopping malls in different cities<br />
and around eight projects under<br />
various phases of development.<br />
First Capital Group also took the<br />
lead by introducing the first<br />
English news channel in Pakistan<br />
Business Plus which was followed<br />
by the first exclusive kids channel,<br />
Zaiqa Channel, Media Times<br />
Limited, a First Capital Group<br />
Company is one of the fastest<br />
growing English newspaper, The<br />
Daily Times and an Urdu daily by<br />
the name of Aaj Kal<br />
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the power 100<br />
media, faShion & mUSic<br />
THE <strong>POWER</strong> BROKERS<br />
Aaqil Ahmed<br />
BBC<br />
Abida Parween<br />
Singer<br />
Amber Haroon<br />
Dawn Group<br />
Arif Nizami<br />
Pakistan Today<br />
Art Malik<br />
Actor<br />
Hameed Haroon<br />
Dawn Group<br />
Hassan Sheheryar Yasin HSY<br />
Imran Aslam<br />
GEO<br />
Mansoor Shaikh<br />
JWT<br />
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Singer<br />
Salman Ahmad<br />
Junoon<br />
Salman Iqbal<br />
ARY<br />
Sehyr Saigol<br />
Libas<br />
Shakil ur Rahman Jang Group<br />
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Filmaker<br />
Shoaib Mansoor<br />
Director<br />
Abida Parween<br />
Singer<br />
abida perveen is one of the most<br />
well known names in the music<br />
industry, both nationally and<br />
internationally. She is of Sindhi<br />
descent and started receiving<br />
musical training from her father<br />
at an early age. She started her<br />
professional career in 1973 and is<br />
now one of the most sought after<br />
singers of this country. her<br />
genres include the Ghazal, kafi<br />
and Qawwali, and she sings in<br />
multiple languages including<br />
Urdu, Sindhi and persian. She has<br />
had numerous international<br />
performances which have led to<br />
an avid international fan<br />
following.<br />
Rizvan Beyg<br />
Fashion<br />
one of the sparkling names in the<br />
list of pakistani fashion designers<br />
is rizwan Beyg. he is no doubt<br />
one of the top class designers of<br />
the pakistani fashion industry.<br />
fashion designer Beyg is<br />
establishing and creating latest<br />
and unique designs on the fabrics<br />
since 1986.<br />
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Aaqil Ahmed<br />
BBC<br />
aaqil ahmed is the first head of<br />
religion and ethics and<br />
commissioning editor of<br />
religion at the BBc. he runs the<br />
in-house department making<br />
radio and tV shows such as<br />
thought for the day and Songs of<br />
praise. he also commissions<br />
content from across the BBc and<br />
independent producers. prior to<br />
this position, aaqil spent six years<br />
at channel 4 as commissioning<br />
editor of religion and the head<br />
of multicultural programming.<br />
he commissioned award winning<br />
projects such as inside the mind<br />
of the Suicide Bomber.<br />
Art Malik<br />
Actor<br />
art malik achieved international<br />
fame in the 1980s through his<br />
starring and subsidiary roles in<br />
assorted British and merchantivory<br />
television serials and films.<br />
he is especially remembered as<br />
the doomed hari kumar in the<br />
Jewel in the crown at the outset<br />
of his career. the success of these<br />
ventures brought malik to<br />
hollywood, where he was an<br />
afghan rebel leader who teams<br />
with James Bond (timothy<br />
dalton) in “the living daylights”<br />
(1987). in roland Joffe’s “city of<br />
Joy” (1992), malik portrayed a<br />
brutal gangster who demands<br />
graft from the local inhabitants of<br />
the area.<br />
Arif Nizami<br />
Nawa-i-Waqa<br />
founder of nawa-i-waqat, arif<br />
nizami is the son of a renowned<br />
journalist hamid nizami. after<br />
being terminated from his<br />
father’s company by his own<br />
uncle, pakistan today was born.<br />
pakistan today uplholds a liberal<br />
and moderate editorial policy<br />
through its editorial and<br />
contents. pakistan today has<br />
among other personalities of high<br />
net worth, the financial support<br />
and backing of the best-known<br />
corporate entity in the country .<br />
post-modern and contemporary<br />
in its outlook, pakistan today<br />
espouses core values of<br />
independence, authenticity and<br />
Mir Shakil ur Rahman<br />
Jang Group<br />
mir Shakil ur rahman is the part<br />
owner of the independent media<br />
corporation and Group chief<br />
executive and Group editor in<br />
chief of Jang Group of<br />
companies in pakistan. this<br />
media group publishes a number<br />
of newspapers and magazines in<br />
Urdu and english. today, around<br />
10 top newspapers and the multibillion-rupee<br />
Geo tV project<br />
are being run by mir Shakeel-urrehman.<br />
independent media<br />
corporation (imc) also owns the<br />
Geo tV network. Business week<br />
magazine selected mir Shakil ur<br />
rahman in its list of 25 Stars of<br />
asia.<br />
Mansoor Karim Shaikh<br />
JWT<br />
currently as Group ceo for<br />
Jwt, contract advertising and<br />
t-media, mansoor leads a team of<br />
200 plus people in karachi and<br />
lahore. an optimist to the core,<br />
he believes that for pakistan the<br />
best is yet to come. with<br />
communication being such a<br />
powerful platform to showcase<br />
pakistan’s potential, mansoor was<br />
also nominated as Vice chairman<br />
the advertising association of<br />
pakistan (aap) in 2011. the aap<br />
serves as the voice of the industry<br />
and represents nearly 200<br />
agencies at various forums and<br />
platforms.<br />
Shoaib Mansoor<br />
Film maker<br />
Shoaib mansoor is among the<br />
most influential and famous<br />
figures in the pakistan showbiz<br />
scene. he has written, produced<br />
and directed hit tV shows such as<br />
ankahi and fifty fifty. he has<br />
also been a successful songwriter<br />
and music composer and, in the<br />
1980s, introduced the then-pop<br />
sensation Vital Signs to the<br />
mainstream. in 2009, he began<br />
directing a big budget film Bol<br />
which had atif aslam, mahira<br />
khan, humaima abbassi and<br />
iman ali playing lead roles.<br />
Amber Haroon<br />
Dawn media group<br />
amber haroon is the<br />
chairperson of dawn Group.<br />
dawn is one of the widest read<br />
english newspapers of pakistan,<br />
with a daily circulation of over<br />
30,000 copies. the dawn media<br />
Group is the trading name of<br />
pakistan herald publications<br />
(pvt.) ltd. the karachi based<br />
group is owned by the powerful<br />
haroon and Saigol families. it’s<br />
ceo is hameed haroon, and its<br />
chairman is amber haroon<br />
Saigol, daughter of the previous<br />
chairman mahmoud haroon and<br />
the 11th richest individual in<br />
pakistan in 1993.<br />
Imran Aslam<br />
GEO<br />
imran aslam is a journalist and<br />
media personality from pakistan.<br />
imran aslam graduated from<br />
Government college lahore, he<br />
began his journalistic career as<br />
the editor of the Star in the<br />
1980s. in the 1990s he was editor<br />
of the news, a karachi english<br />
daily. he is currently the<br />
president of Geo television, a<br />
subsidiary of the Jang Group.<br />
aslam has written political<br />
satirical plays for television, and<br />
for the Gripps theatre, with<br />
translations of dario fo’s plays<br />
for children, localised for<br />
pakistani audiences.<br />
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SALMAN IQBAL<br />
ARY Digital Network<br />
RAHAT FATEH<br />
ALI KHAN<br />
inheriting a passion for excellence and<br />
enterprise from the family, Salman<br />
have been able to become one of the<br />
most dynamic and effective members<br />
of arY Group. within a span of<br />
seventeen years, today Salman is the<br />
head of pakistan’s largest private<br />
Satellite network comprising of a<br />
brilliant team of more than a 2600<br />
professionals across the globe. in<br />
addition to his enthusiasm for success<br />
in business, Salman strives to be a<br />
humble and beneficial human being<br />
and give back to society at large and to<br />
his country to the best of his ability.<br />
Salman took over the business of arY<br />
digital network with the acquisition<br />
of the pakistani channel in london in<br />
early 2000. within less than 3 years of<br />
the takeover, Salman had turned the<br />
12 hour channel from Uk to a global<br />
network of 11 channels –<br />
broadcasting into pakistan, india,<br />
north america, Uk/ europe and the<br />
middle east.<br />
Salman has simply pioneered the<br />
emergence of the private media in<br />
pakistan. he has been responsible for<br />
quite a few firsts. he launched the<br />
first pakistani, Global news and<br />
current affairs channel - arY news<br />
which introduced to pakistan, “free<br />
news”, that had been limited till then<br />
to the information provided by the<br />
State owned channel. Since its<br />
inception arY news has set many<br />
path breaking trends such as the first<br />
pakistani channel, to cover the<br />
situation in afghanistan and afghan<br />
elections in depth. has extensive<br />
team, covering the tribal areas of<br />
pakistan. arY news, was the first<br />
channel from the region to cover the<br />
iraq war from within iraq, the first<br />
and only channel to cover the israeli /<br />
lebanon war from the war zone itself,<br />
including the first ever channel to<br />
broadcast the israeli prerogative as<br />
well to a predominantly muslim<br />
population of viewers, which was a<br />
risky move by Salman, well received<br />
in pakistan.<br />
he has also been credited with placing<br />
pakistan on the map in the world of<br />
entertainment. he engineered and<br />
orchestrated strategic partnerships<br />
with global media organizations such<br />
as hBo and Viacom, endemol,<br />
celador to introduce them to the<br />
country and expand their business<br />
interests and as well representing<br />
them pakistan. Salman has organised<br />
the first and only mega concert by a<br />
western pop star, Bryan adams in<br />
2006 with proceeds donated to a<br />
children’s charity in pakistan.<br />
rahat fateh ali khan is a pakistani singer,<br />
primary singing in the genre Qawwali, a<br />
devotional music of the muslim Sufis. he also<br />
performs ghazals and other light music. he is<br />
popular as a Bollywood playback singer.<br />
rahat fateh ali khan has created his own space in<br />
the music market today from assisting his uncle<br />
nusrat fateh ali khan, collaborating an album<br />
with the famous american rock band pearl Jam.<br />
he has also contributed to the soundtrack of the<br />
1995 hollywood film dead man walking, the<br />
2002 soundtrack of four feathers in<br />
collaboration with american composer of<br />
orchestral and film music, James horner. his<br />
recent hollywood contribution is in mel<br />
Gibson’s apocalypto in 2006.<br />
he has won awards for Best male playback<br />
Singer; filmfare awards 2011, Best male<br />
playback; Screen awards 2011 and 2010 and the<br />
Best international act; Uk asian music awards<br />
2010.<br />
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SALMAN AHMAD<br />
Music and UN Goodwill Ambassador<br />
Salman ahmad, one of South asia’s most<br />
influential cultural figures, is a musician,<br />
physician and United nations goodwill<br />
ambassador. with his wife, Samina, he<br />
launched an nGo called the Salman &<br />
Samina Global wellness initiative, focused<br />
on interfaith and cross-cultural dialogue,<br />
global health and wellness, and music<br />
education.<br />
ahmad popularized a blend of western<br />
rock music and eastern/islamic music that<br />
has been called “Sufi rock” and that has<br />
been hailed as a cultural bridge within<br />
South asia and between the east and west.<br />
Born in lahore, pakistan, ahmad spent his<br />
teenage years in new York before<br />
returning to lahore to train as a medical<br />
doctor.<br />
turning then to his true passion of music,<br />
ahmad founded South asia’s biggest rock<br />
band, Junoon, in 1990. the band faced<br />
death threats and harassment from<br />
religious extremists and government<br />
forces in its early years, but Junoon’s<br />
sweeping melodies, bhangra rock rhythms<br />
and driving guitars led it to become known<br />
as “the U2 of South asia.”<br />
Junoon has sold over 25 million albums<br />
worldwide and has shared the stage with<br />
artists such as melissa etheridge, alicia<br />
keys, Sting, earth wind and fire, and<br />
wyclef Jean. ahmad has recently cowritten<br />
and recorded a song with academy<br />
award winning artist melissa etheridge<br />
called ring the Bells.<br />
ahmad led Junoon in a 2001 performance<br />
at the U.n. General assembly hall, the<br />
first such rock performance in that hall. in<br />
2007 Junoon performed at the nobel<br />
peace prize ceremony in oslo. the group<br />
defied death threats from militants to<br />
perform in 2008 in the valley of kashmir,<br />
the first rock concert to be held in<br />
Srinagar.<br />
Hollywood actress<br />
Susan Sarandon also<br />
presented a<br />
documentary on<br />
Junoon for VH1<br />
titled, ‘Islamabad:<br />
Rock City’.<br />
Jon pareles of the new York times has<br />
described Junoon as “South asia’s answer<br />
to Santana,” and the wall Street Journal<br />
called Junoon’s eclectic music “a powerful<br />
combination of led Zeppelin and<br />
traditional South asian percussion like<br />
tabla and dholak.”<br />
ahmad has written a memoir for Simon<br />
and Schuster titled rock and roll Jihad<br />
(scheduled for publication in early 2010)<br />
and has written commentaries for the<br />
washington post’s “on faith” website. he<br />
is also a member of the Brookings<br />
institute’s US-islamic arts & culture panel<br />
for public diplomacy.<br />
ahmad has appeared on major television<br />
networks such as cnn, foX, aBc, nBc,<br />
al-Jazeera and al-arabiya and has been<br />
the subject of two documentary films:<br />
“the rockstar and the mullahs” and “its<br />
my country too” for pBS/wide angle<br />
and the BBc.<br />
hollywood actress Susan Sarandon also<br />
presented a documentary on Junoon for<br />
Vh1 titled, “islamabad: rock city.”<br />
ahmad is also a professor at Queens<br />
college (cUnY) where he teaches music<br />
and poetry from muslim culture.<br />
he received an honorary doctorate from<br />
the claremont Graduate University in<br />
2009.<br />
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HASSAN SHEHERYAR YASIN<br />
Fashion Designer<br />
a young pakistani fashion designer hassan<br />
Sheheryar Yasin started his career as a fashion<br />
choreographer in 1994. after his success in<br />
choreography, he stepped in to the world of<br />
fashion designing. he mostly made bridal<br />
and formal wear at the beginning of his<br />
fashion designing career. due to his<br />
remarkable work, he achieved an emerging<br />
south asian fashion label ‘hSY’ in 2000. his<br />
early fashion designing success made him to<br />
plan men’s line in 2006 and to introduce the<br />
jewelry line in 2007. he also introduced<br />
different collection of home furniture,<br />
interior accessories and soft furnishing.<br />
he started his bridal and formal wear cot<br />
our house in the most traditional city of<br />
pakistan, lahore. he owns fourteen display<br />
centers at international level including Uk,<br />
Saudi arabia, Uae, USa and pakistan. he has<br />
six stores internationally with the<br />
collaboration of flagship studio in lahore. he<br />
has been planning more furniture show<br />
rooms in toronto and new York. But he has<br />
also organized various fashion shows at<br />
international fashion scenes including dubai,<br />
london, new York city and toronto.<br />
recently, he has displayed both his latest<br />
men’s and women’s wear collection for<br />
winters in pfdc Sunsilk fashion week 2012<br />
karachi. he is working on traditional formal<br />
line, made-to-order line, ready to wear<br />
line and Studio line these days.<br />
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SHARMEEN OBAID CHINOY<br />
Director<br />
Sharmeen obaid chinoy had ambition to<br />
do something for her country; she started<br />
by writing columns in newspapers about<br />
the forlorn and unfortunate events<br />
happening in pakistan. later, she entered<br />
the film making industry just so she could<br />
convey her message to the public.<br />
her career in documentary filmmaking<br />
began when she examined the plight of<br />
arghan refugee children in pakistan for an<br />
article. their situation was so ominous,<br />
and their stories so compelling, that<br />
Sharmeen decided to return to pakistan<br />
and create a film about them. She<br />
petitioned Smith college and new York<br />
times television production division for<br />
the funds that would allow her to<br />
accomplish her goals. intrigued and<br />
interested by her story, both organizations<br />
gave her the finances as well as production<br />
equipment and training.<br />
obaid began her calling with new York<br />
times television in 2002 where she<br />
produced terror’s children, a film<br />
about afghan refugee children, which won<br />
her the overseas press club award, the<br />
american women and radio and<br />
television award, and the South asian<br />
Journalist association award. Since then,<br />
she has produced and reported on more<br />
than twelve films around the world.<br />
obaid produced and accounted on four<br />
multi-award winning documentary films<br />
for new York times television. in<br />
2003, reinventing the taliban was awarded<br />
the Special Jury award at the Banff tV<br />
festival in canada, the cine Golden eagle<br />
award, the american women in radio and<br />
television award, and the livingston<br />
award. in 2005, her film women of the<br />
holy kingdom, which provided an inside<br />
look at the women’s movement in Saudi<br />
arabia, won the South asian Journalist<br />
association award.<br />
Known for<br />
documentaries<br />
focusing on life in<br />
the Muslim world,<br />
Obaid-Chinoy<br />
became the first<br />
non-American<br />
to win the<br />
Livingston Award.<br />
in 2005, obaid began working with<br />
channel 4 in the United kingdom<br />
reporting on four films for their<br />
Unreported world series. pakistan’s<br />
double Game looked at sectarian violence<br />
in pakistan, city of Guilt explored the<br />
catholic church’s pro-life movement in<br />
the philippines, the new<br />
apartheid looked into growing<br />
xenophobia in South africa, and Birth of a<br />
nation delved into the politics of east<br />
timor. in 2007, obaid was named<br />
“journalist of the year” by the one world<br />
media awards for her work in the series.<br />
in 2007, obaid travelled to afghanistan<br />
and reported for channel 4 and cnn.<br />
her film, afghanistan Unveiled/lifting<br />
the Veil, focuses on stalled reconstruction<br />
and the repression of women in the<br />
country.in 2010, she won an emmy<br />
award for her documentary, pakistan:<br />
children of the taliban, which explores<br />
taliban recruitment strategies, their effect<br />
on the youth and their methods to<br />
radicalize the country’s young and often<br />
dejected populace. children of the taliban<br />
premiered filums (2011) - the largest<br />
film festival in pakistan held annually at<br />
the lahore University of management<br />
Sciences.<br />
on february 26, 2012, obaid became the<br />
first pakistani woman to win an oscar for<br />
the co-directed documentary Saving face,<br />
which she made with daniel Junge (who<br />
started the film and titled it before she<br />
came aboard as co-director) and which<br />
chronicles the lives of acid attack<br />
survivors in pakistan. the film also follows<br />
British-pakistani plastic surgeon<br />
mohammad ali Jawad who performs<br />
reconstructive surgeries on survivors of<br />
such terrible attacks. the film was codirected<br />
by american filmmaker daniel<br />
Junge.<br />
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the power 100<br />
Social & commUnitY<br />
THE <strong>POWER</strong> BROKERS<br />
Shoaib Sultan Khan<br />
Rural Support<br />
Programmes (RSPs)<br />
Shoaib Sultan khan (SSk) is<br />
widely renowned as one of the<br />
pioneers of rural<br />
development programmes in<br />
pakistan. he served for 59 years<br />
in a range of development<br />
organizations including aga khan<br />
foundation, Unicef, Undp,<br />
and rural Support programmes<br />
network. as a cSp officer, he<br />
worked with the Government<br />
of pakistan for 25 years, later on<br />
he served Geneva-based aga<br />
khan foundation for 12 years<br />
and Unicef and Undp for 14<br />
years. Since his retirement, he has<br />
been involved with the rural<br />
Support programmes (rSps)<br />
of pakistan full-time, on<br />
voluntary basis.<br />
Abdul Sattar<br />
Asma Jahngir<br />
Bilquis Edhi<br />
Farrokh Captain<br />
Imran Khan<br />
Imam Qasim<br />
Mukhtar Mai<br />
Nigar Ahmed<br />
Roshaneh Zafar<br />
Seema Aziz<br />
Shoaib Sultan Khan<br />
Souriya Anwar<br />
Edhi Welfare<br />
AGHS<br />
Bilquis Edhi Foundation<br />
LRBT<br />
Shaukat Khanum Hospital<br />
Al Khair<br />
Human Rights Fighter<br />
Aurat Foundation<br />
Kashf Foundation<br />
Care Foundation<br />
Rural Support Program<br />
SOS Villages<br />
Nigar Ahmed<br />
Aurat Foundation<br />
an academic and social activist,<br />
the founder of aurat foundation,<br />
nigar ahmad is one of the 1000<br />
women who were proposed for<br />
the nobel peace prize in 2005.<br />
while pursuing a career in<br />
academia she taught economics<br />
for 16 years at the faculty of the<br />
Quaid-e-azam University in<br />
islamabad and was drawn into the<br />
struggle of pakistani women<br />
against the anti-women policies<br />
of the military dictatorship<br />
headed by Zia-ul-haq. it is at this<br />
point in time where she founded<br />
the aurat foundation with the<br />
help of other likeminded women<br />
friends. from then on, under her<br />
leadership, the aurat foundation<br />
has taken up provocative issues,<br />
from mobilizing women<br />
candidates for local government<br />
elections to generating<br />
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Farrok Captian<br />
LRBT<br />
in 1978 farrokh k captain lead a<br />
major US-pakistan joint venture<br />
chemical manufacturing business<br />
in pakistan, namely captain-pQ<br />
chemical industries (private)<br />
limited. he is also a<br />
distinguished member of the<br />
Board of the american Business<br />
council. mr. captain now<br />
devotes much of his time in the<br />
field of social work. he is a<br />
trustee of the layton rehmatulla<br />
Benevolent trust and has served<br />
as chairman of the pakistan<br />
human development fund. he is<br />
currently serving his eighth<br />
three-year term as director of<br />
Shell pakistan ltd.<br />
Seema Aziz<br />
Care Foundation<br />
Seema aziz is an entrepreneur<br />
and social activist who has been<br />
working for the cause of<br />
education in pakistan since 1988.<br />
in 1985, she started a business, to<br />
prove that pakistan could produce<br />
embroidered fabric equal in<br />
quality and design to the best in<br />
world. today, 26 years on,<br />
Bareeze is a symbol of pride for<br />
pakistan. after the flood of<br />
1988, which devastated a large<br />
part of the punjab, Seema<br />
founded care foundation,<br />
which is currently the largest<br />
non-governmental organization in<br />
pakistan, and perhaps the largest<br />
school system in the world.<br />
Bilquis Edhi<br />
Bilquis Edhi Foundation<br />
Bilquis edhi is one of the most<br />
well known names in the field of<br />
public service. She heads the<br />
Bilquis edhi foundation, a<br />
nonprofit organization that<br />
provides 24 hour emergency<br />
services across the country.<br />
Bilquis edhi married her husband<br />
abdul Sattar edhi at an early age<br />
and since then the two have been<br />
of invaluable service to the<br />
people of pakistan. the<br />
Bilquisedhi foundation, better<br />
known as edhi foundation,<br />
provides shelter and free medical<br />
care for the poor, rehabilitation<br />
for drug addicts, relief efforts in<br />
times of national crises.<br />
Asma Jahangir<br />
AGHS<br />
asma Jahangir is currently the<br />
president of the Supreme court<br />
Bar association of pakistan and<br />
has been twice elected as<br />
chairperson of the human rights<br />
commission of pakistan. She is<br />
also a director of the aGhS<br />
legal aid cell, which provides<br />
free legal assistance to the needy.<br />
Jahangir was instrumental in the<br />
formation of the punjab women<br />
lawyers association in 1980 and<br />
the women action forum in<br />
1985. Jahangir has authored two<br />
books and five papers. She has<br />
been the recipient of a number of<br />
international and national awards,<br />
magsaysay award in 1995.<br />
Imam Qasim<br />
Al-Khair<br />
imam Qasim founded al-khair in<br />
2003, Since its establishment, the<br />
foundation has been meticulously<br />
engaged in charitable work<br />
assisting those who are less<br />
fortunate than others. al-khair<br />
has established overseas schools<br />
for orphans and shelters for<br />
widows and vulnerable women.<br />
the foundation also constructs<br />
water-wells making fresh, clean<br />
drinking water accessible to<br />
remote communities.<br />
Roshaneh Zafar<br />
Kashf Foundation<br />
roshaneh Zafar is the founder<br />
and managing director of kashf<br />
foundation, chair kashf holdings<br />
and founder kashf microfinance<br />
Bank limited based in pakistan.<br />
She founded the kashf<br />
foundation the first specialized<br />
microfinance organization in<br />
pakistan in 1996. today, one of<br />
the fastest growing mfis in the<br />
country, kashf foundation was<br />
the first microfinance institute in<br />
pakistan to achieve financial self<br />
sufficiency and demonstrated the<br />
business case for investing in<br />
women’s economic<br />
empowerment.<br />
Souriya Anwar<br />
SOS Villages<br />
Souriya anwar became president<br />
of the international women’s<br />
club, she turned the socialising<br />
club into a service oriented<br />
group, which it steadfastly<br />
remains, to date. along the road<br />
there have been other projects,<br />
each bringing its own brand of<br />
responsibility like office bearing<br />
for the muscular dystrophy<br />
welfare association, the fatima<br />
memorial hospital, the<br />
committee for crimes against<br />
women, the prison reforms<br />
commission, the divisional<br />
Social welfare council, to a fiveyear<br />
tenure as a Justice of the<br />
peace!<br />
Mukhtar Mai<br />
Activist<br />
in June 2002, mukhtar mai was<br />
the victim of a gang rape.<br />
although custom would expect<br />
her to commit suicide after being<br />
raped, mukhtaran spoke up, and<br />
pursued the case, which was<br />
picked up by both domestic and<br />
international media. She started<br />
the mukhtar mai women’s<br />
welfare organization to help<br />
support and educate pakistani<br />
women and girls. in april 2007,<br />
mukhtar mai won the north-<br />
South prize from the council of<br />
europe.<br />
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SEEMA AZIZ<br />
Care Foundation<br />
ROSHANEH ZAFAR<br />
Kashf Foundation<br />
Seema aziz is an entrepreneur and social activist who<br />
has been working for the cause of education in pakistan<br />
since 1988.<br />
in 1985, she started a business, to prove that pakistan<br />
could produce embroidered fabric equal in quality and<br />
design to the best in world. today, 26 years on, Bareeze<br />
is a symbol of pride for pakistan and the most<br />
recognizable pakistani brand both within the country<br />
and abroad. the Bareeze group, which now has 7<br />
brands, sells through over 400 points of sale worldwide<br />
and is pakistan’s largest fashion retailer.<br />
after the flood of 1988, which devastated a large part<br />
of the punjab, Seema founded care foundation,<br />
which is currently the largest non-governmental<br />
organization in pakistan, and perhaps the largest school<br />
system in the world. care educates more than<br />
150,000 students through 225 schools providing them<br />
with a “quality marketable” education which sets them<br />
at par with some of the best schools in the country.<br />
care’s mission is to have 1 million children enrolled<br />
in its schools within the next 5 years.<br />
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roshaneh Zafar is the founder and managing director of kashf<br />
foundation, chair kashf holdings and founder kashf microfinance<br />
Bank limited based in pakistan. She founded the kashf foundation –<br />
the first specialized microfinance organization in pakistan – in 1996<br />
after a chance meeting with professor muhammad Yunus of the<br />
Grameen Bank. today, one of the fastest growing mfis in the country,<br />
kashf foundation was the first microfinance institute in pakistan to<br />
achieve financial self sufficiency and demonstrated the business case for<br />
investing in women’s economic empowerment. in 2002, kashf<br />
foundation was awarded the microfinance excellence award by the<br />
Grameen foundation-USa for its groundbreaking innovations in the<br />
field of microfinance in pakistan, while in 2005 it won the aGfUnd<br />
international prize for microcredit 2005 out of 98 countries. in 2008,<br />
forbes ranked kashf foundation 34th in its top 50 mfis of the world.<br />
ms Zafar has also spearheaded and led the team to establish the kashf<br />
microfinance Bank, the first mfB in pakistan to mobilize deposits from<br />
low income households especially women which received its license in<br />
october 2008.<br />
prior to starting kashf, she worked with the world Bank in islamabad<br />
in the water and Sanitation department for several years. ms. Zafar was<br />
one of the first ashoka fellows in pakistan and was also selected as a<br />
Social entrepreneur by the Schwab foundation in 2002 and the Skoll<br />
foundation in 2007. She represented the Social entrepreneurs at the<br />
world economic forum in January 2004 and spoke at the opening<br />
plenary of the wef along with foreign Secretary Jack Straw, president<br />
obasanjo of nigeria, carly fiorina of hewlett packard and mr.<br />
wolfenson of the world Bank, responding to the theme partnering for<br />
Security and prosperity. ms Zafar has also been awarded the tamgha-iimtiaz,<br />
one of pakistan’s highest civilian awards 2005, by the president<br />
of pakistan for her work in the field of development and women’s<br />
empowerment. in 2009 kashf foundation under the leadership of<br />
roshaneh Zafar was awarded the onewoman initiative award by the<br />
US State department in a ceremony in islamabad by US deputy<br />
Secretary of State mr. Jacob lew. She has also been awarded the Vital<br />
Voices economic empowerment award 2010.
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ABDUL SATTAR EDHI<br />
Edhi foundation<br />
edhi established his first welfare centre<br />
and then the Bilqis edhi trust with a mere<br />
rs. 5000. what started as a one-man show<br />
operating from a single room in karachi is<br />
now the edhi foundation, the largest<br />
welfare organization in pakistan. the<br />
foundation has over 300 centers across the<br />
country, in big cities, small towns and<br />
remote rural areas, providing medical aid,<br />
family planning and emergency assistance.<br />
they own air ambulances, providing quick<br />
access to far-flung areas.<br />
in karachi alone, the edhi foundation runs<br />
8 hospitals providing free medical care, eye<br />
hospitals, diabetic centers, surgical units, a<br />
4- bed cancer hospital and mobile<br />
dispensaries. in addition to these the<br />
foundation also manages two blood banks<br />
in karachi.<br />
edhi is to karachi what mother teresa was<br />
to the poor of calcutta. edhi and wife<br />
Bilquees have spent a lifetime working for<br />
people and their welfare work to date<br />
remains unparalleled in pakistan. they are<br />
both very private people who shun<br />
publicity. they have had little formal<br />
education, and are totally committed to<br />
the cause of helping the poor and needy.<br />
Born in 1928 in Bantwa , Gujarat, india ,<br />
edhi’s family belonged to the industrious<br />
memon community. from a young age his<br />
mother taught edhi to be kind towards<br />
others and to help the poor. in 1947 the<br />
family migrated to pakistan and settled in<br />
karachi. that was a time of great<br />
emotional trauma and social and political<br />
upheaval. edhi became involved in social<br />
work and began working with welfare<br />
organisations and soon started his own<br />
Edhi and Bilquis have<br />
spent a lifetime<br />
working for the poor<br />
and their welfare<br />
work to date<br />
remains<br />
unparalleled<br />
in Pakistan.<br />
dispensary, providing medical aid to the<br />
poor. he bought his first ambulance, an<br />
old van which he called the "poor man’s<br />
van" and went around the city providing<br />
medical help and burying unclaimed<br />
bodies. his van became his advertisement<br />
and soon he came to be known for his<br />
work with the poor. as a consequence,<br />
donations started pouring in and his<br />
operations expanded, employing<br />
additional nurses and staff. it was here that<br />
edhi met his wife Bilquees who was a<br />
trainee nurse at the dispensary. they were<br />
married in 1966. Bilquees became the<br />
ideal wife for edhi, totally committed to<br />
welfare work.<br />
edhi established his first welfare centre<br />
and then the edhi trust with a mere rs.<br />
5000 [$1000]. the edhi foundation grew<br />
as people began to recognize its<br />
humanitarian aims. in 1973 when an old<br />
apartment building collapsed in karachi,<br />
edhi’s ambulances and volunteers were<br />
the first to reach the scene and start<br />
rescue operations. from then, on, through<br />
the troubles in karachi and all over the<br />
country, edhi’s ambulances have been<br />
rescuing and taking the injured to<br />
hospitals and burying unclaimed bodies.<br />
they go to places where even government<br />
agencies hesitate to venture.<br />
the edhi foundation is the first of its kind<br />
in South asia that owns air ambulances,<br />
providing quick access to far-flung areas.<br />
whether it is a train accident or a bomb<br />
blast, edhi ambulances are the first to<br />
arrive. the foundation relies on the<br />
support of its 3, 500 workers and<br />
thousands of volunteers who form the<br />
backbone of the organisation<br />
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VIRTUALHOSPITAL.ORG.UK<br />
Using the internet to deliver 21st<br />
century medical care to the world s<br />
poorest people .<br />
Virtual Hospital seeks to ensure<br />
that the benefits of modern<br />
medicine are available to all people<br />
and that the poor are not deprived<br />
of medical treatment for want of<br />
money, or a lack of access to
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IMRAN KHAN<br />
Politics & welfare<br />
on 13 december 2007, khan<br />
received the humanitarian award at<br />
the asian Sports awards in kuala<br />
lumpur for his efforts in setting up<br />
the first cancer hospital in pakistan. in<br />
2009, at international cricket<br />
council’s centennial year celebration,<br />
khan was one of fifty-five cricketers<br />
inducted into the icc hall of fame.<br />
in 2011 he was given Jinnah award.<br />
on 28 July 2012, imran khan was<br />
awarded an honorary fellowship by<br />
the royal college of physicians of<br />
edinburgh in recognition of his<br />
services for cancer treatment in<br />
pakistan, through the Shaukat<br />
khanum memorial cancer hospital<br />
and research centre.<br />
imran khan niazi is a pakistani<br />
politician, statesman and former<br />
cricketer. he has played international<br />
cricket for two decades in the late<br />
twentieth century. after retiring, he<br />
entered politics, besides his political<br />
activism, khan is also a philanthropist,<br />
cricket commentator, chancellor of<br />
the University of Bradford and<br />
founding chairman Board of<br />
Governors of Shaukat khanum<br />
memorial cancer hospital &<br />
research centre.<br />
he was pakistan’s most successful<br />
cricket captain, and played for the<br />
pakistani cricket team from 1971 to<br />
1992 and served as its captain<br />
intermittently throughout1982–1992<br />
after retiring from cricket at the end<br />
of the 1987 world cup, in 1988 due to<br />
popular public demand he was<br />
requested to come back by the<br />
president of pakistan to lead the team<br />
once again. at 39, khan led his<br />
teammates to pakistan’s first and only<br />
world cup victory in 1992. he has a<br />
record of 3807 runs and 362 wickets<br />
in test cricket, making him one of<br />
eight world cricketers to have<br />
achieved an ‘all-rounder’s triple’ in<br />
test matches. on 14 July 2010, khan<br />
was inducted into the icc cricket<br />
hall of fame.<br />
in april 1996, khan founded and<br />
became the chairman of a political<br />
party pakistan tehreek-e-insaf<br />
(movement for Justice). he<br />
represented mianwali as a member of<br />
the national assembly from nov<br />
2002 to oct 2007. foreign policy<br />
magazine has described him as<br />
“pakistan’s ron paul”. through<br />
worldwide fundraising, he founded<br />
the Shaukat khanum memorial<br />
cancer hospital & research centre<br />
in 1996 and mianwali’s namal<br />
college in 2008.<br />
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the power 100<br />
artS & literatUre<br />
THE <strong>POWER</strong> BROKERS<br />
Ahmed Rashid Writer & Journalist<br />
Ameena Saiyid Oxford University Press<br />
Amin Guljee Artist<br />
Hanif Kureishi English playwright<br />
Jamil Naqsh Artist<br />
Maleeha Lodhi Writer<br />
Rashid Rana Artist<br />
Sherry Rehman Journalist<br />
Tariq Ali<br />
Historian<br />
Tehmina Durrani Writer<br />
Hanif Kureshi<br />
Playwright<br />
hanif kureishi cBe is an english<br />
playwright, screenwriter and<br />
filmmaker, novelist and short<br />
story writer. the themes of his<br />
work have touched on topics of<br />
race, nationalism, immigration,<br />
and sexuality. in 2008, the times<br />
included kureishi in their list of<br />
“the 50 greatest British writers<br />
since 1945”<br />
he wrote my Beautiful<br />
laundrette in 1985, a screenplay<br />
about a gay pakistani-British boy<br />
growing up in 1980s london for<br />
a film directed by Stephen frears.<br />
it won the new York film critics<br />
Best Screenplay award and an<br />
academy award nomination for<br />
Best Screenplay.his book the<br />
Buddha of Suburbia (1990) won<br />
the whitbread award for the best<br />
first novel, and was also made<br />
into a BBc television series with<br />
a soundtrack by david Bowie.the<br />
next year, 1991, saw the release<br />
of the feature film entitled<br />
london kills me; a film written<br />
and directed by kureishi himself.<br />
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Tariq Ali<br />
Writer<br />
tariq ali, is a British pakistani<br />
military historian,novelist,<br />
journalist, filmmaker, public<br />
intellectual, political<br />
campaigner, activist, and<br />
commentator. he has written<br />
more than two dozen books on<br />
world history and politics and<br />
several novels which have been<br />
translated into over a dozen<br />
languages, as well as scripts for<br />
the stage and screen. he is<br />
currently an editor of the new<br />
left review. he is the writer of<br />
several books, including pakistan:<br />
military rule or people’s power<br />
(1970), can pakistan Survive?<br />
Ameena Saiyid<br />
Oxford University Press<br />
ameena Saiyid, managing<br />
director, oxford University press<br />
pakistan, is the first woman in<br />
pakistan to head a multinational,<br />
and to be elected president of the<br />
overseas investors’ chamber of<br />
commerce and industry in its<br />
150 years’ history. She was<br />
awarded the oBe by the British<br />
Queen for the promotion of<br />
anglo-pakistan relations,<br />
democracy, women’s rights,<br />
education, and intellectual<br />
property rights. She developed<br />
oUp pakistan’s publishing<br />
programme to make it the most<br />
successful publisher in pakistan.<br />
Ahmed Rashid<br />
Journalist<br />
ahmed rashid is a pakistani<br />
journalist based in lahore, who<br />
has covered afghanistan, pakistan<br />
and central asia for a variety of<br />
publications since 1979. his<br />
books, ‘taliban’ and ‘descent<br />
into chaos’ are on course lists at<br />
over 200 universities around the<br />
world. he writes for the<br />
financial times, the new York<br />
times, the new York review of<br />
Books, el mundo and BBc<br />
online and pakistani publications.<br />
in 2001 he won the ‘the nisar<br />
osmani courage in Journalism<br />
award,’ given by the human<br />
rights Society of pakistan.<br />
Tehmina Durrani<br />
Writer<br />
tehmina durrani’s controversial<br />
autobiography ‘my feudal lord’<br />
was published in 1991. it is now<br />
translated into 39 languages and<br />
is a european Bestseller. the<br />
book was a pioneer in<br />
surmounting the hitherto<br />
unbroken silence of muslim<br />
women since the 14th century,<br />
reconciling the rights of women<br />
with the paramount principle laid<br />
down for them in islam… and<br />
yet it was a book before its time.<br />
writing was not enough she<br />
searched for other ways to<br />
express. in 1992 she exhibited<br />
her paintings — ‘catharsis’.<br />
Jamil Naqsh<br />
Painter<br />
Jamil naqsh is a pakistani painter<br />
deemed the only living pakistani<br />
modern master artist. he<br />
currently lives a reclusive life in<br />
london. he is best known for his<br />
female nude figures. he was a<br />
student of Shakir ali and briefly<br />
studied at national college of<br />
arts but left before obtaining a<br />
degree. his work is very idealized<br />
and sensual. the artist is known<br />
for his palette knife work and<br />
prominent line work on canvas.<br />
Rashid Rana<br />
Artist<br />
rashid rana is one of the most<br />
important artists of his<br />
generation in pakistan. a leading<br />
name among the younggeneration<br />
artists on the<br />
contemporary art scene. he is<br />
popular with developing a<br />
conceptually driven, wellinformed<br />
art practice, which<br />
consists of a pixilated attention to<br />
formal concerns. his works<br />
revolve around a subtle<br />
simultaneous exploration of<br />
media and identity – both bound<br />
by a sharp political edge as he<br />
satirizes pop culture and looks to<br />
reinterpret varied elements of art<br />
and cultural history. .<br />
Maleeha Lodhi<br />
Writer & Diplomat<br />
maleeha lodhi, is a journalist,<br />
academic and diplomat from<br />
pakistan. She was the high<br />
commissioner of pakistan to the<br />
United kingdom and is a former<br />
pakistani ambassador to the<br />
United States. in the fall of 2008,<br />
she was a resident fellow at the<br />
institute of politics, John f.<br />
kennedy School of Government<br />
at harvard University. She has<br />
also been a member of the<br />
United nations Secretary-<br />
General’s advisory Board on<br />
disarmament.<br />
Amin Gulgee<br />
Artist<br />
amin Gulgee is an innovator of<br />
tradition. Using metal, his<br />
inspiration is the rich spiritual<br />
history of pakistan. wellestablished<br />
in pakistan, the artist<br />
has also exhibited extensively in<br />
the USa, europe and the middle<br />
east. the artist’s forty-odd shows<br />
include open: prima esposizione<br />
di Sculture e installazioni in<br />
Venice, where he showed<br />
alongside cesar and ten other<br />
international sculptors, and a solo<br />
show at the imf Gallery in<br />
washington.<br />
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RASHID RANA<br />
Artist<br />
among artists from pakistan, rashid rana is the<br />
most significant figure today. the recognition he has<br />
received in international art as well as in the region<br />
is unprecedented for any pakistani artist. distinct<br />
for his ideas, imagery and pictorial strategies, his<br />
work has been shown extensively around the world,<br />
especially at some prestigious museums in europe,<br />
north america, australia and asia. he is popular<br />
with developing a conceptually driven, wellinformed<br />
art practice, which consists of a pixilated<br />
attention to formal concerns. his work, in the past<br />
decade and a half, portrays dramatically different<br />
modes such as paintings, stainless steel sculptures,<br />
video installations, photo sculptures, and photo<br />
mosaics, each time finding a freshness of purpose<br />
and a surprising inventiveness of visual language.<br />
his works revolve around a subtle simultaneous<br />
exploration of media and identity – both bound by<br />
a sharp political edge as he satirizes pop culture and<br />
looks to reinterpret varied elements of art<br />
and cultural history. his new media<br />
projects deal with everyday issues ranging<br />
from tradition to faith and from<br />
urbanization to popular culture. Using<br />
photography and video installations he<br />
depicts his commentary and parody of<br />
both social and political scenarios.<br />
through the relationship between the<br />
larger image and its constituent elements,<br />
he leads us to meditations about part and<br />
whole, surface and depth, fragment and<br />
meaning.<br />
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TEHMINA DURRANI<br />
Writer & Artist<br />
tehmina durrani’s controversial<br />
autobiography ‘my feudal lord’ was<br />
published in 1991. it is now translated into<br />
39 languages and is a european Bestseller.<br />
the book was a pioneer in surmounting<br />
the hitherto unbroken silence of muslim<br />
women since the 14th century, reconciling<br />
the rights of women with the paramount<br />
principle laid down for them in islam…<br />
and yet it was a book before its time.<br />
there is a price that comes with all<br />
rebellions and revolts that break the status<br />
quo. tehmina has experienced it.<br />
writing was not enough she searched for<br />
other ways to express. in 1992 she<br />
exhibited her paintings — ‘catharsis’.<br />
one of the paintings became the cover of<br />
her third book ‘Blasphemy’.<br />
observing that no political party since<br />
pakistan’s inception had raised a voice for<br />
the accountability of corrupt public<br />
representatives, and recognizing that the<br />
silent majority of pakistan had neither,<br />
voice, influence nor resources to make the<br />
demand on the affluent, in 1993 she<br />
formed an issues oriented movement,<br />
Jihad for accountability of public Servants.<br />
She went on a hunger strike for seven days.<br />
her demand was meant to create public<br />
awareness towards the core issue facing<br />
pakistan’s progress and prosperity;<br />
through the self- preservation of criminal<br />
activity and its wide spread acceptance<br />
which had shred the moral fabric of the<br />
new generation. today accountability is a<br />
household word.<br />
Believing, those who ruled over our<br />
people knew nothing about the core issues<br />
that confronted the oppressed, deprived<br />
and directionless millions in every corner<br />
of the country, she sought out the only<br />
man who had spent a lifetime in the<br />
service of the downtrodden — abdul<br />
Satar edhi.<br />
“Many forms of<br />
expression are<br />
required to break out<br />
of the multiple<br />
confines that imprison<br />
the soul. Writing<br />
and Painting are<br />
just two of them”,<br />
says Tehmina.<br />
She recorded the thoughts, inspirations,<br />
motives, observations and works of<br />
pakistan’s most revered and renowned<br />
social reformer. it’s a guide towards<br />
making a personal revolution, which in<br />
time would move the collective spirit<br />
towards humanitarian islam. in 1994, ‘a<br />
mirror to the Blind’, mr. edhi’s narrated<br />
autobiography, an official document of the<br />
founder of edhi foundation.<br />
consistent in her attempt to expose<br />
current, social, religious and political<br />
contradictions, in the year 1998, she<br />
published Blasphemy, a novel inspired by a<br />
true story.<br />
as an act of compulsory Universal<br />
compassion, and oneness with human<br />
community, in 2002, she stood up for the<br />
freedom of fakhra Yunas, a victim of acid<br />
terrorism. fakhra’s son is under the<br />
supervision of an italian family and<br />
tehmina durrani.<br />
after a great silence now comes; ‘a love<br />
affair’, oil and water colour paintings<br />
along with a coffee table book,<br />
symbolizing the freedom of the soul from<br />
the bondage expressed in catharsis, as she<br />
says.<br />
‘happy things in Sorrow times’ is a novel<br />
with 38 water colour illustrations done at<br />
afghan refugee camps in kandahar,<br />
turkham and chaman. it is the first part<br />
of a trilogy. a story told from the heart of<br />
a child, Basrabia, in war torn afghanistan<br />
from the time of the Soviet invasion of<br />
afghanistan to the present US war on<br />
terror.<br />
a war, not against soldiers and warriors,<br />
but against innocent children…’they’<br />
need another chance in the interest of<br />
world peace.<br />
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pUBlic Sector<br />
Iftikhar Muhammad<br />
Chaudhry. Chief Justice<br />
THE <strong>POWER</strong> BROKERS<br />
Amjad Hussain<br />
Royal Navy<br />
Fehmida Mirza<br />
National Assembly<br />
Hina Rabbani Khar Foreign Minister<br />
Huma Mahmood Abedin Aide to Hilary Clinton<br />
Iftikhar M Chaudhry Chief Justice<br />
Kiswer Falkner Baroness House of Lords<br />
Lord Nazir Ahmed House of Lords<br />
Michael Nazir Ali<br />
Bishop of Rochester<br />
Mohammad Jawad Surgeon<br />
Mozzam Malik<br />
DIFID<br />
Muhammad Tariq Sohail Surgeon<br />
Nafis Sadiq<br />
UN Special Envoy<br />
Sadiq Khan<br />
Labour MP<br />
Sayeeda Warsi<br />
House of Lords<br />
Shamshad Akhtar<br />
United Nations<br />
Shirin Tahir Kheli<br />
Advisor to Sec of State<br />
Zamir Akram<br />
Ambassador to UN<br />
chief Justice iftikhar muhammad<br />
chaudhry, is the 18th and the<br />
incumbent chief Justice of<br />
pakistan, having been nominated<br />
by former president General<br />
pervez musharraf on 30 June<br />
2005, prior to his suspension on 3<br />
november 2007.<br />
hailing from Quetta, Balochistan<br />
province of pakistan, chaudhry<br />
was educated at the Sindh<br />
University and beginning the<br />
practice as an advocate from the<br />
Sindh high court in 1976, his<br />
lordship was appointed as Judge<br />
Supreme court of pakistan on 4th<br />
february 2000 and as chief Justice<br />
pakistan on 30th June 2005.<br />
Shirin Tahir Kheli<br />
Politics<br />
dr. prof. Shirin r. tahir-kheli is a<br />
pakistani-american<br />
ambassador and political scientist.<br />
in 2008, she was the senior advisor<br />
for women’s empowerment to<br />
the United States Secretary of<br />
State condoleezza rice and was<br />
Senior director for democracy,<br />
human rights and international<br />
operations at the Un Security<br />
council from 2003-2005. She has<br />
served 5 republican presidential<br />
administrations since 1980.<br />
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Kiswer Falkner Baroness<br />
kishwer falkner, Baroness<br />
falkner of margravine is a British<br />
liberal democrat politician and<br />
life peer. She is liberal<br />
democrat Spokesperson for the<br />
ministry of Justice in the house<br />
of lords. prior to her<br />
entitlement as a life peer with<br />
the title Baroness falkner of<br />
margravine, falkner worked in a<br />
variety of jobs for the liberal<br />
democrats in the house of<br />
commons and the party<br />
headquarters including as<br />
director of international affairs<br />
and director of policy. in<br />
february 2008 she was appointed<br />
as the inaugural chancellor of<br />
the University of<br />
Nafis Sadik<br />
dr. nafis Sadik served as<br />
executive director of the United<br />
nations population fund<br />
(Unfpa), with the rank of<br />
Under-Secretary-General, from<br />
1987 through 2000. on her<br />
appointment in 1987, she became<br />
the first woman to head one of<br />
the United nations’ major<br />
voluntarily-funded programmes.<br />
in June 1990, the Secretary-<br />
General of the United nations<br />
appointed dr. Sadik Secretary-<br />
General of the international<br />
conference on population and<br />
development (icpd), 1994. dr.<br />
Sadik’s work has brought her<br />
many international awards and<br />
honours.<br />
Huma Abedin<br />
huma mahmood abedin (born<br />
1976) is a deputy chief of staff<br />
and aide to US Secretary of State<br />
hillary rodham clinton. abedin<br />
began working as an intern for<br />
the white house in 1996 and was<br />
assigned to hillary rodham<br />
clinton. She currently works for<br />
clinton, now Secretary of State,<br />
at the State department and is<br />
known as hillary’s shadow. in<br />
2010, abedin was included in<br />
time’s “40 under 40”, a list of a<br />
“new generation of civic leaders”<br />
and “rising stars of american<br />
politics.”<br />
Fehmida Mirza<br />
dr. fehmida mirza is the current<br />
and 18th Speaker of the national<br />
assembly, a lower house of<br />
parliament of State of pakistan.<br />
She is the first woman to hold the<br />
office to date, and is widely<br />
regarded as one of the highest<br />
ranking female politicians in the<br />
history of pakistan. fehmida<br />
mirza hails from the influential<br />
Sindhi family, and currently<br />
representing the Badin<br />
constituency since 1997 and has<br />
continued to be a parliamentarian<br />
since then. She runs several<br />
welfare projects in her<br />
constituency, one of the poorest<br />
districts of pakistan.<br />
Zamir Akram<br />
Ambassador<br />
as pakistan’s ambassador and<br />
permanent representative to the<br />
Un and other international<br />
organizations in Geneva since<br />
2008, Zamir akram has been<br />
playing a leading role in areas<br />
such as disarmament, human<br />
rights, refugees, humanitarian<br />
affairs, trade and development,<br />
intellectual property, labour and<br />
health among others. he was<br />
instrumental in promoting<br />
consensus on contentious<br />
resolutions regarding religious<br />
intolerance, freedom of religion<br />
and freedom of expression.<br />
Moazzam Malik<br />
DIFID<br />
moazzam malik is director for<br />
western asia and Stabilisation at<br />
the Uk department for<br />
international development<br />
(dfid). he oversees the Uk<br />
Government’s development<br />
partnerships in afghanistan,<br />
pakistan, tajikistan, kyrgyzstan<br />
and stabilisation assistance to<br />
address conflict and insecurity in<br />
developing countries. moazzam<br />
leads a division comprising over<br />
300 staff and a budget of almost<br />
£500m spread across five<br />
departments.<br />
Michael Nazir Ali<br />
Bishop michael nazir-ali was the<br />
106th Bishop of rochester, for 15<br />
years, until 1 September 2009.<br />
he is originally from asia and<br />
was the first non-white diocesan<br />
Bishop in the church of england.<br />
he was appointed in 1994.<br />
Before that he was the General<br />
Secretary of cmS from 1989-<br />
1994 and prior to holding this<br />
position was Bishop of raiwind in<br />
pakistan. he holds both British<br />
and pakistani citizenship and from<br />
1999 was a member of the house<br />
of lords where he was active in a<br />
number of areas of national and<br />
international concern.<br />
Hina Rabbani Khar<br />
hina rabbani khar is the first<br />
female and the youngest person<br />
to ever head pakistani’s ministry<br />
of foreign affairs since July<br />
2011. She graduated with a B.Sc.<br />
in economics from lahore<br />
University of management<br />
Sciences in 1999 and received her<br />
m Sc (hon) in Business<br />
management from the University<br />
of massachusetts amherst in<br />
2001. She won the elections in<br />
2002 from the platform of pml-<br />
Q and was the parliamentary<br />
Secretary for economic affairs<br />
and Statistics.<br />
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PROF. MUHAMMAD TARIQ SOHAIL<br />
prof. muhammad tariq Sohail is specialized in Spine,<br />
trauma & Joint replacement Surgery. he has keen mind<br />
& had significant research in field of Spine Surgery &<br />
Bone Substitutes. he has more than 100 publications to<br />
his credit & holds six patents for Bone Substitutes, Spinal<br />
fusion cages & Vertebral body replacement devices. he<br />
is also known internationally for his innovative Spine<br />
work & Surgery for hemophiliac patients. he is on the<br />
faculties of various universities/institutions abroad & he<br />
is regularly invited as guest speaker to various countries.<br />
prof. muhammad tariq Sohail has also contributed<br />
internationally in various books & Journals and has<br />
published more than 40 chapters in various reference<br />
books which are also translated in persian and Spanish<br />
languages. he’s got more than hundered scientific articles<br />
to his credit. he is also co-authored /edited “mayo<br />
manual of fracture management” and orthopedic<br />
management of patients with hemophilia in developing<br />
countries. these contributions has brought laurels to the<br />
country & earned a lot of respect for pakistan & its<br />
medical community.<br />
Prof. Muhammad Tariq Sohail facilitated<br />
provision of modern & fully equipped<br />
Orthopedics Operation TheatreS in<br />
Services Hospital for the poor<br />
through donation & charities.<br />
prof. muhammad tariq Sohail is also very active in<br />
philanthropic and charitable work in helping few nGo’<br />
s in various ways from providing medical assistance and<br />
help to fund raising. he also facilitated provision of<br />
modern & fully equipped 3 orthopedics operation<br />
theatre in Services hospital through donation &<br />
charities. these theatres are fully functional & providing<br />
efficient service to the poor & needy in public sector.<br />
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MOAZZAM MALIK<br />
DFID<br />
moazzam malik is director for<br />
western asia and Stabilisation<br />
at the Uk department for<br />
international development<br />
(dfid). he oversees the Uk<br />
Government’s development<br />
partnerships in afghanistan,<br />
pakistan, tajikistan, kyrgyzstan<br />
and stabilisation assistance to<br />
address conflict and insecurity<br />
in developing countries.<br />
moazzam leads a division<br />
comprising over 300 staff and<br />
a budget of almost £500m spread across five<br />
departments: dfid afghanistan, dfid pakistan,<br />
dfid central asia, the Uk Stabilisation Unit, and the<br />
director’s office in london.<br />
Before taking up responsibilities in this area,<br />
moazzam was director for Un, conflict and<br />
humanitarian issues. he managed the Uk’s<br />
relationship with the Un development system and<br />
oversaw major Uk humanitarian operations.<br />
moazzam previously led work on the 2006 white<br />
paper on international development ‘making<br />
Governance work for the poor’. Between 2003 and<br />
2005, moazzam was principal private Secretary to<br />
first Baroness amos and then the right hon hilary<br />
Benn mp, Secretary of State for international<br />
development. as principal private Secretary,<br />
moazzam worked with ministers and colleagues<br />
across Government on a wide range of issues<br />
including the Uk’s assistance in africa and South asia;<br />
migration and trade policy; reform of international<br />
institutions; and the G8 Summit at Gleneagles. earlier<br />
in his dfid career, moazzam managed dfid’s<br />
programmes in pakistan, iraq and on trade policy.<br />
moazzam is on the advisory Board to the Uk all<br />
party parliamentary Group on conflict, sits on the<br />
Board of Goodweave Uk, and was previously a<br />
member of the Un Secretary General’s advisory<br />
Group on the central emergency revolving fund.<br />
outside Government, moazzam has worked as a<br />
consultant economist advising large Uk corporate<br />
clients and the world Bank amongst others; a<br />
researcher at the london School of economics and<br />
the overseas development institute; an adviser on<br />
monetary and foreign exchange policy in the central<br />
Bank of Uganda; an economist in a pakistani<br />
development bank; and run a production engineering<br />
business and an urban regeneration nGo based in<br />
london.<br />
MOHAMMED JAWAD<br />
surgeon<br />
mr mohammad Jawad, a pioneering reconstructive and<br />
cosmetic surgeon was catapulted to fame in 2009 when a<br />
channel 4 documentary ‘my Beautiful face’ aired. mr Jawad’s<br />
work with acid burns victims continued in pakistan, where he<br />
uses his skills to to treat survivors of radically disfiguring acid<br />
attacks, the majority of whom are women targeted by family<br />
members. in 2011-12 the oscar winning documentary, Saving<br />
face chronicled his work there. his work for burns and acid<br />
victims in pakistan has seen him recognised at Buckingham<br />
palace.<br />
in 2005 mr Jawad led a surgical team to offer expertise from the<br />
Uk to victims of the earthquake in pakistan. they established a<br />
clinical facility carrying out reconstructive procedures for limb<br />
salvaging on approximately 25 patients per day for 7 weeks.<br />
Simultaneous training of the al-Shifa medical staff members was<br />
an added long-term bonus to the country.<br />
he was awarded the Star of pakistan in 2009, for a project led<br />
by him where a team of plastic surgeons went to indus hospital,<br />
karachi to operate on children with cleft lips and palates and<br />
burns victims, including training of local plastic surgeons.<br />
mr Jawad qualified from dow medical college, pakistan, before<br />
completing a cosmetic Surgery fellowship in london and<br />
further training in the USa, italy, france, Belgium and turkey<br />
before launching his career in the Uk.<br />
he has held eminent posts throughout the Uk, including<br />
extensive work with children, incl. at the chelsea and<br />
westminster hospital in london, as consultant plastic,<br />
reconstructive and Burns Surgeon, and honorary clinical<br />
Senior lecturer at the University of london.<br />
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SADIQ KHAN MP<br />
ddddddd<br />
LORD NAZIR AHMED<br />
Sadiq khan was elected member of parliament for tooting<br />
(in South london) in 2005. he is the first ever muslim mp<br />
to be elected in london, to be part of the privy council<br />
and the first asian or muslim to attend cabinet. as Shadow<br />
lord chancellor and Justice Secretary, he is the only ever<br />
ethnic minority or muslim to be elected to the Shadow<br />
cabinet. from becoming the youngest elected councillor<br />
in london in 1994 aged 23, he has become the most senior<br />
muslim in labour’s 112 year history.<br />
Sadiq was campaign manager for the leadership bid for ed<br />
miliband and currently sits on labour’s national executive<br />
committee. he is a past chair of the fabian Society.<br />
his appointment as a Government whip made him,<br />
alongside former mp Shahid malik, the first British muslim<br />
government minister. Sadiq has also been a minister in the<br />
department for transport and the department for<br />
communities and local Government. as an initiator in<br />
facilitating debate and dialogue between senior politicians,<br />
opinion formers and British muslims, Sadiq advises a<br />
number of leading community & muslim groups in the Uk<br />
and charities working to help lives both in the Uk and<br />
overseas.<br />
prior to becoming an mp, Sadiq was one of the country’s<br />
leading human rights lawyers and a founding partner of a<br />
leading solicitors firm. he acted in a number of landmark<br />
cases in all major courts and tribunals. he was also chair<br />
of liberty.<br />
nazir ahmed was born in 1958 and is a member of the house of lords, having<br />
become the United kingdom’s first muslim life peer in 1998. many of his<br />
political activities relate to the islamic community both in the Uk and abroad,<br />
and he has often attracted controversy. he was suspended from the labour<br />
party pending investigation of alleged remarks made at a meeting in haripur,<br />
pakistan on 13 april 2012.<br />
as a resident of rotherham, ahmed has spoken on behalf of the communities<br />
in that region, particularly the families of the former steelworkers of the<br />
1960s, from the indian subcontinent who are now second or third generation<br />
British. he has expressed that he is anxious to see that these regions continue<br />
to live peacefully amidst the growing move towards the far right across<br />
europe, and strives to encourage positive integration into society so that<br />
people of all cultures can live together harmoniously.<br />
Born in pakistan, ahmed has a personal interest in seeing a peaceful resolve to<br />
the ongoing bloody dispute in kashmir and seeks international mediation to<br />
achieve this. as well as being an active figure in the indian Subcontinent, he has<br />
worked on the plight of muslims around the world ranging from the collapse<br />
of former Yugoslavia, especially to the Bosniaks and palestinians.<br />
he has won many awards including ‘newcomer of the Year’<br />
by the Spectator magazine parliamentarian awards 2005. in<br />
2012, he received the inaugural ‘achievement and<br />
inspiration’ award from the foSiS (federation of Student<br />
islamic Societies).<br />
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BARONESS WARSI<br />
House of Lord<br />
a lawyer, a businesswoman, a campaigner<br />
and a cabinet minister, Sayeeda warsi has<br />
had many roles, but she is best known for<br />
being the first muslim to serve in a British<br />
cabinet and the foremost muslim politician<br />
in the western world.<br />
one of five girls born to immigrants of<br />
pakistani origin in dewsbury, west<br />
Yorkshire, Sayeeda studied law at leeds<br />
University, going on to work for the<br />
crown prosecution Service before setting<br />
up her own legal practice.<br />
her father, a former millworker and bus<br />
driver who set up his own business,<br />
instilled in her values of freedom,<br />
responsibility and aspiration. these are the<br />
values that inspired her to get involved in<br />
the conservative party and it was there<br />
that she became Vice chairman and advisor<br />
to the leader, michael howard, in 2004.<br />
She unsuccessfully stood as a<br />
parliamentary candidate in her home town<br />
the following year. in 2007 she was<br />
elevated to the house of lords aged 36,<br />
making her the youngest peer in<br />
parliament. later that year she travelled to<br />
Sudan and famously helped to secure the<br />
release of the British teacher Gillian<br />
Gibbons who was on trial for blasphemy.<br />
a racial justice campaigner for many years,<br />
instrumental in the launch of operation<br />
Black Vote and serving six years at the<br />
Joseph rowntree charitable trust,<br />
Sayeeda was chosen to take on nick Griffin<br />
on Question time in 2009. it was the first<br />
time the British national party leader<br />
appeared on a flagship BBc political show.<br />
her performance singled her out as ‘sharp,<br />
articulate, unhysterical and warmly<br />
engaging’ (observer).<br />
in 2010 she was appointed by prime<br />
minister david cameron as minister<br />
without portfolio, becoming the first<br />
muslim to serve in a British cabinet. the<br />
iconic image of her on the steps of no 10<br />
downing Street in a shalwar kameez (a<br />
traditional ethnic outfit) were beamed<br />
In 2012 she led the<br />
UK’s largest ever<br />
ministerial delegation<br />
to the Vatican,<br />
gaining global<br />
coverage for a<br />
speech which<br />
called on Europe<br />
to strengthen its<br />
Christian<br />
identity.<br />
around the world. She was also appointed<br />
as co-chairman of the conservative party<br />
– the first asian to chair a major British<br />
political party. in 2012, Sayeeda was made<br />
Senior minister of State at the foreign and<br />
commonwealth office and minister for<br />
faith and communities.<br />
in government she has devoted herself to<br />
making the case for faith, declaring in a<br />
2010 address to the anglican Bishops’<br />
conference that governments should ‘do<br />
God’. in 2011 she provoked support and<br />
controversy when she famously declared<br />
that islamophobia had ‘passed the dinner<br />
table test’. in 2012 she led the Uk’s<br />
largest ever ministerial delegation to the<br />
Vatican, gaining global coverage for a<br />
speech which called on europe to<br />
strengthen its christian identity.<br />
outspoken and challenging on the issues<br />
that many people seek to avoid, she has<br />
become an interesting and distinct voice<br />
on topics previously considered taboo. She<br />
led the government’s campaign to<br />
criminalise forced marriage and spoke out<br />
on the sexual grooming of children by<br />
gangs.<br />
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AMJAD HUSSAIN<br />
Royal Navy<br />
the Most Honourable Order of the<br />
Bath in the New Years Honours<br />
List of 2011 and awarded an<br />
honorary doctorate by Durham<br />
University the same year.<br />
Amjad Hussain was born in a village in<br />
Pakistan, came to the UK at the age of 5 and<br />
was raised in London. Keen to travel, develop<br />
as an engineer and avoid an office job, he<br />
surprised by joining the Royal Navy, an odd<br />
choice for an 18 year old Muslim first<br />
generation immigrant. He has sought variety<br />
in his subsequent career. Sea jobs have ranged<br />
from inspecting fishing catches in UK waters to<br />
operations in an aircraft carrier in the Gulf,<br />
whilst postings ashore have included training,<br />
buying missile systems and Whitehall<br />
strategy/finance positions.<br />
With more challenges to explore,<br />
he left the Navy this Summer and is<br />
currently an executive director of a<br />
technical services company and<br />
about to take up two non-executive<br />
chair roles in small technology<br />
start-ups. He also aims to develop<br />
further his charitable interests and,<br />
with his wife, keep up with an<br />
active family that enjoys activities<br />
ranging from equestrian to<br />
alpine…so the golf clubs continue<br />
to gather dust.<br />
More recently he was the Naval Base<br />
Commander Portsmouth and then the<br />
Director General Weapons, responsible for all<br />
UK missiles, ammunition and artillery. This<br />
was followed by 3 years as Controller of the<br />
Navy, an executive member of the Main Board<br />
of the Royal Navy and responsible for planning<br />
all future warships, submarines, combat jets and<br />
missile systems. He was made a Companion of<br />
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MICHAEL NAZIR ALI<br />
Bishop<br />
Bishop michael nazir-ali was the<br />
106th Bishop of rochester, for 15<br />
years, until 1 September 2009.<br />
he is originally from asia and was the<br />
first non-white diocesan Bishop in the<br />
church of england. he was appointed<br />
in 1994. Before that he was the<br />
General Secretary of cmS from 1989-<br />
1994 and prior to holding this position<br />
was Bishop of raiwind in pakistan. he<br />
holds both British and pakistani<br />
citizenship and from 1999 was a<br />
member of the house of lords where<br />
he was active in a number of areas of<br />
national and international concern. he<br />
has both a christian and a muslim<br />
family background and is now<br />
president of the oxford centre for<br />
training, research, advocacy and<br />
dialogue (oXtrad).<br />
michael’s secondary education was in<br />
pakistan. he read economics,<br />
Sociology and islamic history at the<br />
University of karachi, and theology at<br />
fitzwilliam college and ridley hall,<br />
cambridge.<br />
his interests have led him to research<br />
and study in several fields, including<br />
comparative literature, comparative<br />
philosophy of religion and theology at<br />
the Universities of cambridge,<br />
oxford, and elsewhere. he has taught<br />
at colleges and universities in the<br />
United kingdom and pakistan. he is<br />
an honorary fellow of St. edmund<br />
He has both a<br />
Christian and a<br />
Muslim family<br />
background and<br />
is now President<br />
of the Oxford<br />
Centre for<br />
Training,<br />
Research,<br />
Advocacy and<br />
Dialogue<br />
hall, oxford and fitzwilliam<br />
college, cambridge. he is Visiting<br />
professor of theology and religious<br />
Studies in the University of<br />
Greenwich and on the faculty of the<br />
london School of theology (lSt)<br />
affiliated to the Universities of Brunel<br />
and middlesex.<br />
michael has been a visiting lecturer in<br />
a number of universities and colleges<br />
in the Uk, canada, the USa and<br />
australia. he has travelled widely in<br />
africa, asia, australia, europe, north<br />
and South america. he is the author<br />
of ten books and of numerous articles<br />
on mission, ecumenism, the anglican<br />
communion, and relations with<br />
people of other faiths (particularly<br />
islam).<br />
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aqeel karim dhedhi<br />
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Bausch & lomb<br />
irfan mustafa<br />
Yum Group<br />
izzat majid<br />
alyph<br />
Jahangir Siddiqui<br />
J&S Group<br />
Javed ahmed<br />
tate & lyle<br />
musharaf hai<br />
l’oreal<br />
naeem Zamindar<br />
wateen<br />
Salman amin<br />
pepsico<br />
Sarfaraz alam<br />
texpo<br />
Shahid azeem<br />
arcom it<br />
Shahid khan<br />
flexngate<br />
Syed masoud ali naqvi<br />
kpmG taseer hadi<br />
Zakir mahmood<br />
habib Bank limited<br />
Zouhair a khaliq<br />
telecoms consultant<br />
Shahid Azeem<br />
Arcom IT<br />
Shahid is an award winning<br />
British-pakistani entrepreneur<br />
and philanthropist, and one of<br />
Surrey’s best known business<br />
leaders. in addition to a string of<br />
successful businesses, he has been<br />
named one of the top 100 most<br />
influential muslims in the Uk by<br />
royal Bank of Scotland. Shahid<br />
was asian entrepreneur of the<br />
Year in 2006/07, is chairman of<br />
the woking asian Business<br />
forum, former chairman of<br />
woking football club and<br />
currently director at aldershot<br />
football club .<br />
Aqeel Karim Dhedhi<br />
AKD Group<br />
aqeel karim dhedhi, son of<br />
(late) haji abdul karim dhedhi,<br />
is the chairman of the akd<br />
Group. he has built the akd<br />
Group as a leading and vibrant<br />
set of business enterprises<br />
operating in key sectors of<br />
pakistan's economy, ranging from<br />
stocks and shares, media, textile,<br />
real estate and oil and Gas<br />
exploration. aqeel karim<br />
dhedhi is a highly regarded<br />
member of the karachi Stock<br />
exchange kSe with over thirty<br />
years of mainstream experience<br />
in stock-broking.<br />
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Syed Masoud Ali Naqvi<br />
KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co<br />
mr. naqvi is a fellow of the<br />
institute of chartered<br />
accountants of pakistan and is<br />
the Senior partner of kpmG<br />
taseer hadi & co. he is<br />
currently Board member of<br />
kpmG meSa sub region which<br />
comprises of 15 countries in<br />
South asia and middle east and<br />
has the Board oversight<br />
responsibility for risk<br />
management. mr. naqvi also<br />
served as the chairman of the<br />
sub region during 2009-10. mr.<br />
naqvi was also a director of the<br />
karachi Stock exchange.<br />
Arif Naqvi<br />
Abraaj Capital<br />
arif naqvi is the founder and<br />
Group chief executive of abraaj<br />
capital, based in dubai. abraaj<br />
capital is the largest private<br />
equity firm in the middle east,<br />
north africa and South asia<br />
(menaSa) and was voted one of<br />
the 50 most admired companies<br />
in the Gulf in 2007. mr.naqvi<br />
was a member of the Young<br />
presidents organisation, where<br />
he was the emirates chapter<br />
chairman. he was designated a<br />
new asian leader by the world<br />
economic forum (wef).<br />
Musharaf Hai<br />
L’Oreal<br />
musharaf hai is the first woman<br />
who was appointed as the head of<br />
a multinational company in<br />
pakistan, l’oreal. She is ex-chair<br />
and chief executive officer of<br />
Unilever pakistan , former head<br />
of consumer banking, citi Bank,<br />
pakistan . She currently is<br />
engaged in establishing l’oreal<br />
brand in pakistan.<br />
Ehsan Malik<br />
Unilever Pakistan<br />
ehsan joined the Board on<br />
September 01, 2006. he is the<br />
chairman and chief executive<br />
officer of Unilever pakistan<br />
limited and is also the chairman<br />
of Unilever pakistan food<br />
limited. prior to this, ehsan was<br />
chairman and ceo of Unilever<br />
Sri lanka limited. his earlier<br />
international appointments<br />
covered Unilever’s regional<br />
business in egypt, lebanon,<br />
Jordan, Syria, Sudan as well as<br />
Unilever’s head office in Uk.<br />
these preceded senior<br />
commercial and financial roles at<br />
Unilever pakistan.<br />
Atif Bajwa<br />
Abu Dhabi Grou<br />
atif Bajwa was appointed as<br />
president of abu dhabi Group in<br />
pakistan in 2011. he is president<br />
& chief executive officer of<br />
Bank alfalah, which is a<br />
progressive, full service banking<br />
institution, majority owned and<br />
operated by abu dhabi Group.<br />
mr. Bajwa manages a network of<br />
407 branches spanning 158 cities.<br />
as part of his role with abu<br />
dhabi Group, he oversees the<br />
interests and investments in<br />
pakistan worth over USd 10<br />
billion in assets.<br />
Jahangir Siddiqui<br />
JS Group<br />
Jahangir Siddiqui founded JS<br />
Group in 1970 and led the group<br />
to become one of the largest and<br />
most profitable business houses in<br />
pakistan with over 20,000<br />
employees. he retired from<br />
executive duties at JS Group in<br />
1999 but remains an advisor in<br />
which capacity the Group is able<br />
to call on him to seek guidance<br />
on strategic matters. he also<br />
serves as chairman of JS Bank<br />
limited. he serves on the boards<br />
of a number of pakistan’s largest<br />
companies and dedicates time to<br />
two charitable foundations.<br />
Izzat Majeed<br />
Alyph Limited<br />
dynamic and multi-faceted, izzat<br />
majeed’s success as one of<br />
pakistan’s most prominent<br />
investors is just one aspect of his<br />
diverse career. Based in london<br />
as the ceo of alyph limited, a<br />
leading investment company,<br />
izzat majeed is widely<br />
acknowledged for his<br />
philanthropic initiatives and his<br />
patronage of pakistani music and<br />
culture. he is famed for his<br />
landmark investments in<br />
pakistan, most notably the<br />
purchase of Union Bank which<br />
was transformed into one of the<br />
top seven banks of the country.<br />
Irfan Mustafa<br />
Yum Restaurants<br />
irfan mustafa is managing<br />
director - middle east, north<br />
africa, pakistan & turkey for<br />
Yum! restaurants international,<br />
the largest restaurant company in<br />
the world based out of louisville,<br />
kentucky. his responsibility<br />
comprises 14 countries with a<br />
network of 1400 restaurants and<br />
US$ 1.5 Billion turnover.<br />
his previous assignments include<br />
6 years with pepsico and 14<br />
years with Unilever in marketing<br />
and General management in<br />
pakistan, west asia, egypt and<br />
U.S.a.<br />
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ZOUHAIR A. KHALIQ<br />
Independent Telecom Advisor<br />
SARFARAZ ALAM<br />
TEXPO<br />
Zouhair is a Uk based Board level Senior<br />
executive with a successful track record in<br />
building, growing and turning around<br />
companies in the telecom and technology<br />
space. he has over 28 years of experience<br />
in Board and senior leadership positions<br />
with expertise in finance, marketing,<br />
corporate strategy, business development,<br />
human resource development and<br />
relationship management.<br />
Zouhair is currently working with dhabi<br />
holdings of the Uae leading the<br />
restructuring of its telecom assets and<br />
serves on the Boards of warid telecom<br />
limited and wateen telecom limited.<br />
Zouhair is also actively involved with<br />
advising and investing in young start up<br />
entrepreneurs in the telecom and<br />
technology space particularly relating to<br />
mobile broadband and mobile financial<br />
services and is currently on the advisory<br />
Board of myBiz.com which is designed to<br />
mentor and support young entrepreneurs.<br />
prior to this while based in egypt in<br />
2009/10 he led the orascom telecom<br />
Group initiative in mobile financial<br />
Services and Banking for the unbanked and<br />
was involved with the setting up of a<br />
microfinance Bank. he also led Group<br />
Strategy on infrastructure sharing with<br />
several projects in different countries. he<br />
oversaw the planning and strategy for a<br />
potential US$1 billion tower Sharing Joint<br />
Venture.<br />
during 2003 - 2008 as chief executive<br />
officer of mobilink in pakistan, he led the<br />
growth of the customer base from 1<br />
million to 31 million over 5 years, growing<br />
revenues 15 times to US$ 1.25 billion,<br />
maintaining stable eBitda and market<br />
leadership in a 5 player market. he<br />
oversaw the deployment of US$2.5 billion<br />
in cellular infrastructure, a nationwide<br />
fiber optic backbone and wi-max<br />
operations transforming mobilink into the<br />
leading telecom Solutions provider in the<br />
country. in 2006-2007 mobilink was rated<br />
amongst the 5 fastest growing companies<br />
in the asian region alongside china<br />
mobile, ntt docomo and Bharti<br />
telecom. mobilink is still rated as the<br />
largest private sector company in<br />
pakistan.<br />
Zouhair successfully helped raise over US$<br />
1.1 Billion dollars of debt working with<br />
european export credit agencies and<br />
local and international banks and the<br />
ministry of finance including the first ever<br />
US$ 250 million private sector Bond in<br />
the country’s history. he played a pivotal<br />
strategic role, in helping to shape and<br />
formulate the mobile cellular policy of<br />
the Government of pakistan, working<br />
extensively with the ministry of<br />
communications and lobbying the<br />
Government at all levels.<br />
as Group coo at orascom telecom in<br />
egypt in early 2003, he revamped the<br />
Board Governance structure and<br />
operational Strategy of the Group,<br />
restructured the management of the<br />
algerian operations and helped launch the<br />
tunisian cellular operations and planned<br />
the launch of the iraq operations thus<br />
contributing to the Group’s subsequent<br />
rapid expansion. earlier in 2002 as Group<br />
cfo at orascom telecom he successfully<br />
led the restructuring of the Group’s US$<br />
1.8 billion debt with egyptian and<br />
international banks and major equipment<br />
suppliers.<br />
while at motorola during 1997-2001 he<br />
exercised a key Board role in helping to<br />
successfully build mobinil, a US$ 4 billion<br />
quoted cellular company, to a position of<br />
dominant market leadership in the<br />
egyptian market with 1.2 million<br />
subscribers in 2 years. he also exercised a<br />
key Board role in helping establish market<br />
leadership and subscriber growth of 6.5<br />
times in 3 years in fastlink, Jordan.<br />
dr Sarfaraz alam is the president & chief<br />
executive officer of teXpo and the main<br />
visionary behind this multinational organization,<br />
a leading i.t business and one of the very<br />
successful businesses in the G.c.c region. today<br />
teXpo is one of the leading i.t companies in<br />
the middle east where its clientel ranges from<br />
Government through to private businesses.<br />
Under Sarfaraz’s leadership teXpo engineers<br />
have helped astrium Uk ltd., a fully owned<br />
eadS company, to build the ground satellite<br />
control and communication station for Yahsat’s<br />
satellites Y1a and Y1B or worth $ 1.6bn and a<br />
first for the Uae. it stands as a unique showcase<br />
for a communications networks controlled<br />
completely by it and networking systems.<br />
teXpo was an integral part of this build out, as<br />
the exclusive solution and it services partner for<br />
astrium. moreover Sarfraz led the team of<br />
network engineers who designed the complete<br />
passive corporate network of the same ground<br />
station for YahSat; a mUBadala company.<br />
teXpo is now offers its services from dubai,<br />
houston, ontario, riyadh, karachi, and ras-alkhaimah<br />
where the company is mainly focusing<br />
on development of advanced network<br />
infrastructures for telecom and satellite ground<br />
communication stations.<br />
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ZAKIR MAHMOOD<br />
Habib Bank Limited<br />
Zakir mahmood –is the president &<br />
ceo, hBl. he is a graduate of the<br />
University of karachi in engineering<br />
and subsequently obtained a masters<br />
in engineering and an mBa in finance<br />
from the University of california, los<br />
angeles (Ucla).<br />
he began his professional career with<br />
Bank of america in 1977. during his<br />
14 years there, he held senior<br />
management assignments in Boa’s<br />
operations in europe and the middle<br />
east where he headed the Gulf<br />
operations as regional manager. in<br />
1991, mr. mahmood joined credit<br />
agricole indosuez Bank as General<br />
manager for the Uae. he returned to<br />
pakistan in 1995, to head the country<br />
operations of credit agricole<br />
indosuez. in 2000, mr. mahmood was<br />
appointed president and ceo of<br />
habib Bank ltd (hBl) by the<br />
Government of pakistan and was<br />
tasked with restructuring the bank to<br />
facilitate its privatization. after four<br />
years of comprehensive restructuring,<br />
the Bank was successfully privatized in<br />
december 2003 with the aga khan<br />
fund for economic development<br />
(akfed) acquiring a majority share<br />
holding.<br />
mr. mahmood chairs the boards of<br />
several organizations including habib<br />
allied international Bank plc, Uk and<br />
Mr. Mahmood<br />
has received<br />
civilian awards<br />
from the<br />
governments<br />
of Pakistan<br />
and France.<br />
habib finance international limited,<br />
hong kong. he is also on the Board of<br />
directors of khushhali Bank limited<br />
and has held directorships in large<br />
pakistani corporations like pakistan<br />
international airlines, pakistan Steel<br />
mills, the karachi Stock exchange<br />
and the national investment trust. he<br />
has also been a member of several<br />
prominent government commissions,<br />
including the pay and pension<br />
commission for Government<br />
employees and the armed forces,<br />
and the private Sector development<br />
task force. he was also chair of the<br />
commission established by the State<br />
Bank of pakistan that successfully<br />
developed a national crop loan<br />
insurance program.<br />
mr. mahmood represents hBl at the<br />
world economic forum and has<br />
served as a panelist at the forum’s<br />
meetings in davos and in china. he<br />
also represents hBl at the institute of<br />
international finance meetings in<br />
washington dc.<br />
mr. mahmood has received civilian<br />
awards from the governments of<br />
pakistan and france; the “Sitara-iimtiaz”<br />
by the Government of<br />
pakistan in 2005 and the “chevalier de<br />
l’ordre national du merite” awarded<br />
by the Government of france in<br />
2001.<br />
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TRAILBLAZERS<br />
THE ONES TO WATCH<br />
ZUFFAR HAQ<br />
Business & Charity<br />
SHABIR HUSSAIN<br />
Akbar’s Restaurants<br />
a man with a vision and certainly ahead of his time, Shabir hussain, the<br />
founder and chairman of akbar’s group of restaurants glances<br />
back at the root of his entrepreneurial success.<br />
Better described as a technically advanced chef whose growth was<br />
down to creating cutting edge menus and constantly pushing<br />
boundaries to achieve perfection.<br />
today Shabir’s portfolio of restaurants boasts 10 spellbinding<br />
asian restaurants, a Gourmet cafe and now duely to open a 250<br />
seater, indo-chinese restaurant. all outlets in hand picked and<br />
strategic locations around Uk, despite which, many diners even<br />
today travel great distances to reach one of their nearest branches<br />
of akbar’s in order to satisfy their addiction for his sumptuous<br />
cuisine.<br />
Shabir has received a string of accolades over the years which<br />
including being crowned, ‘king of curry’. in June 2012 asian<br />
lite awards evening awarded Shabir was voted ‘restauranteur of<br />
the Year 2012’.<br />
Zuffar haq is a humanitarian and tireless<br />
international charity worker with an<br />
indefatigable spirit. he is chairperson for a<br />
charitable organization known as<br />
international hospital relief trust founded<br />
in 2001, and is personally in charge of all<br />
activities in operations relating to this<br />
charity. he has personally delivered<br />
hospital equipment, food packages,<br />
medicines and hygiene equipment to<br />
different countries –mainly pakistan and<br />
also kenya, Sudan, nigeria, india and<br />
Gambia.<br />
he is a successful entrepreneur and has<br />
stood as a parliamentary candidate for<br />
leicester South, harborough for the liberal<br />
democrats and is on leadership programme<br />
which is set up to help and support talented<br />
candidates within the party. he is also a<br />
local grassroots community campaigner<br />
particularly in health matters and has been<br />
very influential on national level in<br />
eradicating 0844 no from Gp’S surgery’s,<br />
he is also Vice-chair of leicestershire &<br />
rutland crimestoppers.<br />
in 2003 he received the Sony and eastern<br />
eye community award for his charitable<br />
efforts and he has more recently received<br />
the lloyds tSB Jewel award 2009 for the<br />
central region.<br />
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in spite of his business obligations,<br />
commercial interests have always played a<br />
secondary role to his charity work and his<br />
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MOHAMMED IQBAL<br />
Consultant<br />
as a consultant, dr iqbal has shown<br />
persistent high quality care by<br />
receiving 4 excellence in healthcare<br />
awards in the last 7 years. he was<br />
elected unanimously as the chair of<br />
association of pakistani physicians and<br />
Surgeons of Uk in recognition of his<br />
vision, hard work, dedication and<br />
proven leadership quality. he has been<br />
able to bring all healthcare workers of pakistani heritage under one<br />
umbrella in less than six months, and to contribute 25 good projects in<br />
pakistan including state of art centre of hearing and balance for children<br />
in karachi and lahore being undertaken.. he has organized a number<br />
of deaf camps in pakistan where hundreds of deaf children were<br />
rehabilitated with hearing aids. he serves international deaf charity<br />
“aud med” as a trustee, which provides service in 17 countries. he has<br />
earned the respect of a wider community due to his commitment as a<br />
non-executive director of an award winning Social enterprise<br />
Unlimited potential and by working with prince charles for the project<br />
“Seeing is believing”. he is the chair of altrincham muslim association<br />
matrimonial Section, which is the most successful welfare matrimonial<br />
service in Uk.<br />
DR SUHAIL<br />
CHUGHTAI<br />
dr Suhail chughtai is an orthopaedic<br />
Surgeon with almost 15 years of<br />
experience at a consultant level in Uk,<br />
pakistan and Saudi arabia, as a medicolegal<br />
orthopaedic expert for 5 years<br />
with 10,000 plus reports to his credit,<br />
as an entrepreneur with a business<br />
award to his credit for his medico-legal<br />
firm with the name of medico-legal professionals, as a microsoft<br />
certified Specialist with 50 plus medical computing courses led as an<br />
instructor, as founder-director of an online tV channel (tVapex)<br />
backed up with modern studios and conference centre in east london,<br />
as founder-director of Jinnah forum and as the lead coordinator of<br />
association of pakistani physicians and Surgeons-Uk for east london<br />
chapter. mr chughtai is an extraordinary ambassador for the<br />
innovative product like advanced medical reporting System.<br />
SYED KAUSAR KAZMI,<br />
Head of Business Development<br />
– Europe, Habib Bank AG<br />
Zurich, UK, and Director,<br />
Habib European Bank, Isle of<br />
Man<br />
Born in pakistan, in 1953, Syed kazmi’s<br />
father was the manager of habib Bank<br />
limited, which meant he moved around<br />
a lot and spent his schooling years in<br />
cantonment public Schools, which, he<br />
recalls, “were great disciplinary<br />
institutions”.<br />
he could not go to the Uk for his<br />
planned higher education, which led to a<br />
chemical engineering degree.<br />
on reflection he says his greatest achievement was starting up and establishing<br />
habib european Bank in the isle of man at the age of 28: “not only was i able to<br />
get the bank recognition, but i feel proud to have been successful in making a<br />
place amongst the manx community, as head of a young muslim family, in the<br />
eyes of the manx people, where asians, let alone muslims were few and far<br />
between”.<br />
the habib story began in karachi, in 1974, at the prestigious 23-storey head<br />
office, habib Bank plaza. after two years of training, he joined habib Bank aG<br />
Zurich in dubai and then went to oman in 1997. the following year he got his<br />
first major break when he was asked to start the nairobi Branch as operations<br />
manager which he duly ran for 4 years.<br />
Syed kazmi took up his post in isle of man in 1982 at 28 years of age, having<br />
never previously been to europe before. he spent over eight years there and,<br />
looking back, says this was the biggest challenge of his career given his relatively<br />
young age. after being appointed as the executive director of habib european<br />
Bank in 1988, he was transferred to london in 1990 to head up its main Branch<br />
in moorgate. from 2009 until 2012 mr kazmi was the chief executive officer<br />
of the Uk Zone and currently is head of Business development – europe. he<br />
continues to be a member of the global management committee of the habib<br />
Group of Banks.<br />
he credits his father as his biggest inspiration; “despite having suffered from<br />
polio at a young age, leaving him with a slight limp, his father was able to reach<br />
Senior executive positions through sheer hard work, honesty, determination<br />
and vision”.<br />
a die-hard liverpool football fan, he rarely misses a good cricket match and<br />
enjoys spending time with the family, watching sports and assisting charities.<br />
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TRAILBLAZERS<br />
THE ONES TO WATCH<br />
JOHNGIR SADDIQ<br />
Big Johns<br />
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a devoted mother has two sons, instilling them<br />
both from an early age with the need for hard<br />
work, the value of discipline and the benefits of<br />
loyalty. it is these values that the three of them,<br />
mother and sons built their business empire on.<br />
it all started with the classic immigrant’s corner<br />
shop. open all hours, when others would close,<br />
the family kept the shop open, serving the locals<br />
of inner-city Birmingham. all hands to the<br />
counter, before school, after and every weekend. no surprise then when the<br />
eldest boy, John, broke out with his own business and started to carve a new<br />
business groove. this was the start of the Big John’s empire as we know it.<br />
the year was 1992 in erdington, Birmingham, a working class neigh-borhood<br />
and the first Big John’s store opened for business. immediately, it had an<br />
enormous impact on the surrounding community. fish and chips for 99p<br />
were the reason. Queues were wrapped around that small store day and night<br />
from day one. Big John’s hadn’t just arrived; it had driven a truck over all other<br />
competition within weeks. no business could cope with the sheer volume,<br />
discounting and energy that propelled this new business forward. if it was<br />
John’s giant personality and creativity that got the ball rolling, it was when he<br />
was joined by brother, Bob that everything clicked.<br />
not only do they own the Big John’s brand, they also own Shere khan’s and<br />
tipu Sultan indian restaurants and the brand spanking new oodle’n’oodle<br />
noodle Bar concept. as company they have always played the patient game.<br />
creating a fabulously popular brand like Big John’s cannot be done by any<br />
other way. Steady and annual growth has kept everything and everybody<br />
moving forward, till this point now. the Big John’s group has 30 stores, but<br />
the future beckons and our ambition to grow the group to a £50-£60m is<br />
approaching reality.<br />
MONIS RAHMAN<br />
Naseeb Networks<br />
monis is the chairman and ceo of naseeb<br />
networks, inc., a Silicon Valley new media<br />
company with offshore development<br />
offices in lahore and karachi. naseeb<br />
networks owns and operates pakistan’s<br />
largest jobsite and the internet’s largest<br />
muslim social networking site. he has<br />
previously founded and run many<br />
companies ranging from internet startups<br />
to chip design consultancies. he has also been featured by many magazines<br />
and newspapers including the new York times, cnn, infoworld, and the<br />
red herring. today at rozee.pk, there are over 30,000 employers, 1.5<br />
million professionals and 87 hec accredited universities. recently the<br />
website won Brand of the Year award 2009. the award was presented by<br />
prime minister of pakistan Syed Yousuf raza Gilani, on 7th may, 2010 at<br />
governor house karachi.<br />
DR MOHAMMED ALI OBE<br />
Founder and Chief Executive, QED-UK<br />
mohammed ali founded Quest for economic<br />
development an ethnic minority economic<br />
development agency. he has had experience of<br />
working with diverse communities in the Uk and<br />
participated in seminars and conferences in europe,<br />
canada and asia on ethnic minority education and<br />
employment integration issues.<br />
mohammed ali has won many accolades for his work<br />
with communities: professor handy’s alchemist<br />
award, finalist in lifetime achievement, principal of<br />
the Year categories of the Uk charity awards; and<br />
institute of directors award. in 1997, an honorary<br />
doctorate from Bradford University and in 2001<br />
received oBe for his work with communities.<br />
S M KHALID<br />
Euro Quality Lambs<br />
S m khalid is the owner and chief executive of euro<br />
Quality lambs ltd - the largest muslim-owned<br />
halal lamb abattoir in europe. he was born in<br />
Samundri, faisalabad in 1952. a graduate in<br />
economics from the University of punjab, his thirst<br />
for further education led him to england in 1973.<br />
he later left for ireland to pursue business<br />
opportunities in the meat industry. he moved back<br />
to the Uk in 1992 to take over a troubled abattoir<br />
in Shropshire, west midlands, thus establishing euro<br />
Quality lambs ltd. mr S m khalid is hugely<br />
experienced in the meat industry and was part of<br />
the Uk Sheep Strategy council at the turn of the<br />
millennium. for the year to June 2012 total group<br />
turnover exceeded £50m. his philanthropic<br />
endeavours led to the establishment of euro Quality<br />
charitable trust in 2007 as a vehicle for business<br />
Zakah and other types of charity, with over £2.1m<br />
contributed to date.
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SHAHID SHEIKH<br />
dm Broadcasting network<br />
Shahid Sheikh is the managing<br />
director of clifton packaging<br />
Group ltd, a 31 year established<br />
family business and a leader in the<br />
innovation and manufacture of<br />
flexible packaging for the fmcG<br />
Sector. Supplying a broad range of<br />
innovative packaging to some of<br />
the Uk’s biggest multinationals, clifton is proud to be flying the flag for<br />
the Uk overseas and was recently awarded the tittle of ‘Business of the<br />
Year’ at the hSBc British asian Business awards. Shahid himself was<br />
also the first asian to be awarded the title of ‘entrepreneur of the Year’<br />
at the leicestershire Business awards and has won the same title at the<br />
world food awards. in addition to this Shahid was also the first asian<br />
chairman of the leicestershire branch of the institute of directors, a<br />
non-executive chairman of cSd Global, partner of<br />
Sportscorporation.com (exclusive re-sellers of amir khan tickets) and a<br />
partner in dmS Sports, supplier of clothing apparel to major clubs such<br />
as leicester county cricket club to name just one. Shahid is also<br />
extremely committed to helping and supporting charities, in particular<br />
rainbows, loros, wishes for kids and derbyshire, leicestershire and<br />
rutland air ambulance and even hosted leicester’s biggest<br />
multicultural party in aid of these charities.<br />
JEHANGIR MALIK<br />
Islamic Relief<br />
Jehangir malik oBe is the director of<br />
islamic relief Uk, with a long and rich<br />
career in the humanitarian sector. in 2006,<br />
Jehangir was appointed director of islamic<br />
relief Uk, and in 2010 was awarded an<br />
oBe by her majesty the Queen, in<br />
recognition of his 20 years of dedication and<br />
contribution to the humanitarian cause.<br />
during the course of his career, he has visited numerous field missions<br />
including pakistan, afghanistan, the Balkans, Sudan, kenya, Somalia,<br />
chechnya, iraq and Yemen. he has remained an active member of the Uk<br />
community throughout, participating in and encouraging civic<br />
engagement, such as the mosaic mentoring scheme initiated by hrh the<br />
prince of wales.<br />
DR LIAQUAT MALIK<br />
DM Broadcasting Network<br />
dr. malik, aged 50, chairman of the<br />
dm Broadcasting network, owns a<br />
portfolio of businesses which include<br />
a leading broadcast company,<br />
available to over 17.1 million Uk<br />
households and to over 30 million<br />
households in asia. this has made the<br />
dm digital television network the<br />
largest of the asian free to air channels. this company was the first to<br />
broadcast programmes in six languages: english, punjabi, Urdu, Sindhi,<br />
persian and hindi. the channel is available through Sky, Jadoo tV and<br />
asia Sat platforms as a free view for over 180 countries with several<br />
regional licenses and viewers from the Uk, europe, the middle east,<br />
africa, and asia. the programmes cover a range of genres which include<br />
live tV, entertainment, news, current affairs, sports, and children’s<br />
programmes.<br />
dr. malik has also diversified his business interests in a property letting<br />
agency, and also a higher education college. in his thriving portfolio of<br />
entrepreneurial enterprises, dr. malik employs over three hundred fulltime<br />
staff worldwide. this is divided between his national and<br />
international operations. in the Uk, he is managing a hundred<br />
employees who work on a full-time basis, and two hundred full-time<br />
employees in pakistan.<br />
DR SYED NAYYER ABIDI<br />
dr abidi is a British asian doctor & a health<br />
promotion Specialist. his area of interest is<br />
preventive medicine in public health and he has<br />
recently been honoured with an mBe by hm the<br />
Queen for his 12 years-long community health<br />
services. during 1998 -1999, he worked in the<br />
radiology department of north manchester General<br />
hospital as clinical assistant. in 2002, he launched the U.k’s first-ever<br />
bilingual (english/Urdu) book ‘prevention is always better than cure’. So<br />
far, about 5,000 copies had been distributed to public/nhS libraries, G.p<br />
surgeries and a & e units. during 2003-2006, he served as ceo of a health<br />
awareness trust and organised 30 national health awareness seminars in<br />
Greater manchester area. he is spokesperson of the association of pakistani<br />
physicians & Surgeons of the U.k and also the ambassador of the cancer<br />
research Uk, fellow of the royal Society of public health & founder<br />
director (since 2006) of community health involvement & empowerment<br />
forum (chief), a national social enterprise in health & social care that<br />
exists to serve health needs of the Bme communities of the U.k<br />
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VIRTUALHOSPITAL.ORG.UK<br />
Virtual Hospital uses the internet to<br />
deliver 21st century medical care to the<br />
world’s poorest people.<br />
Virtual Hospital seeks to ensure that the<br />
benefits of modern medicine are available<br />
to all people and that the poor are not<br />
deprived of medical treatment for want of<br />
money, or a lack of access to effective<br />
healthcare.
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WOMEN <strong>POWER</strong> 100<br />
In the inaugural Pakistan Power 100 we have dedicated a whole section just<br />
to women. Women who, during the past 60 years, broke records, broke<br />
ground, blazed trails, and suffered trials, shattering ceilings of glass and<br />
made their mark in a male dominated world. While some are obvious<br />
choices and some obscure, all acted to increase our<br />
liberty, safety, and prosperity<br />
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women power 100<br />
52<br />
Painting by Afsana Karim<br />
They are politicians, CEOs, bankers, cultural<br />
icons, academics and entrepreneurs. All are<br />
inspirational. Yet they are a small selection of the<br />
thousands of Pakistani women who are shaping<br />
today’s global community. Their contributions<br />
have inspired the actions of women for<br />
generations to come and ensure Pakistan remains<br />
proud of their achievements and conscious of<br />
their impact.<br />
In the inaugural Pakistan Power 100 we have<br />
dedicated a whole section just to women. Women<br />
who, during the past 60 years, broke records,<br />
broke ground, blazed trails, and suffered trials,<br />
shattering ceilings of glass and made their mark<br />
in a male dominated world. While some are<br />
obvious choices and some obscure, all acted to<br />
increase our liberty, safety, and prosperity<br />
Aamna Taseer<br />
Abida Parween<br />
Adeeba Malik<br />
Aleema Khan<br />
Amber Haroon<br />
Ameena Saiyid<br />
Asma Jahangir<br />
Attiya Inayatullah<br />
Ayesha Vardag<br />
Bapsi Sidhwa<br />
Bilquis Edhi<br />
Bunto Kazmi<br />
Bushra Nasir<br />
Faiza Butt<br />
Farhat Hashmi<br />
Fariha Razak<br />
Farkhunda S Ahmed<br />
Farrah Qureshi<br />
Farzana Bari<br />
Fatima Bhutto<br />
Fehmida Mirza<br />
Feriha Peracha<br />
Hina Rabbani khar<br />
Huma Abedin<br />
Imtaz Khaliq<br />
Jugnu Mohsin<br />
Kaukab Rajput<br />
Kishwar Naheed<br />
Kiswer Falkner<br />
Laila H Sarfraz<br />
Madeeha Gauhar<br />
Maheen K Ali<br />
Maheen Khan<br />
Maleha Lodhi<br />
Maliha Ahmed<br />
Marvi Memon<br />
Meesha Shafi<br />
Meherene Jabbar<br />
Mehreen Rizvi<br />
Mona Siddiqui<br />
Mukhtar Mai<br />
Musharaf Hai<br />
Nadia F Jamil<br />
Nafis Sadik<br />
Namira Salim<br />
Nargis Sethi<br />
Naseem Hameed<br />
Naseem Zehra<br />
Nasira J Iqbal<br />
First Capital Group<br />
Singer<br />
QED-UK<br />
SAARC<br />
Dawn Group<br />
Oxford Univesity Press<br />
SCBAP<br />
UNESCO<br />
Vardag Lawyers<br />
Author<br />
Edhi foundation<br />
Fashion<br />
Headteacher<br />
Artist<br />
Al-Huda International<br />
Jang Group of Newspapers<br />
Associated Liner Agencies<br />
Global Diversity Partnership<br />
Human Rights Activist<br />
Writer and Activist<br />
Speaker National Assembly<br />
PHD Doctor<br />
Foreign Minister<br />
Deputy chief of Staff<br />
Fashion Designer<br />
Publisher Friday Times<br />
Consultant<br />
Poet<br />
House of Lords<br />
APWA<br />
Writer<br />
Karma<br />
Fashion<br />
Journalist<br />
Business<br />
Parliamentarian<br />
Singer & model<br />
Film Director<br />
Bonhams<br />
Professor<br />
Human Rights<br />
L’Oreal<br />
Actor / TV Anchor<br />
United Nations<br />
Explorer<br />
Politics<br />
Athlete<br />
Journalist<br />
Poet
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Nasreen Jalil<br />
Nasreen M Kasuri<br />
Nasreen Rehman<br />
Naz Mansha<br />
Nergis Mavalvala<br />
Nigar Ahmad<br />
Nighat Awan<br />
Nilofer Saeed<br />
Noshena Mobarik<br />
Qaisra Shahraz<br />
Rameeza Nizami<br />
Reedah El-Sale<br />
Roshaneh Zafar<br />
Sabiha Sumar<br />
Saima Mohsin<br />
Saira Wasim<br />
Salima Hashmi<br />
Salma Maqbool<br />
Salma Yaqoob<br />
Samar Minallah<br />
Samina Ahmad Dr<br />
Samina Khan<br />
Samina Qureshi<br />
Sara Suleri<br />
Sarah Belal<br />
Sarah Hashwani<br />
Senator<br />
Beacon House<br />
Academic<br />
Nishat Linen<br />
Astrophysiscist<br />
Aurat Foundation<br />
Shere Khan<br />
Citizens Foundation<br />
M Computer Technologies<br />
Novelist<br />
Nawa-i-Waqt Group<br />
Mica Gallery<br />
Kashf founder<br />
Film-maker<br />
journalist<br />
Artist<br />
Artist<br />
Fighting Blindness<br />
Respect Party<br />
Film maker<br />
Global Wellness Initiative<br />
Paper magazine<br />
Writer<br />
Yale professor<br />
Lawyer<br />
Hashoo Foundation<br />
Sayeeda Warsi<br />
Seema Aziz<br />
Sehba Sarwar<br />
Sehyr Saigol<br />
Shafqat Sultana<br />
Shaheen Sardar Ali<br />
Shaila Abdullah<br />
Shamshad Akhtar<br />
Shandana Khan<br />
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy<br />
Shazia Hidyat<br />
Shazia Marri<br />
Shehnaz Wazir Ali<br />
Shehrbano Taseer<br />
Sherry Rehman<br />
Shirin Tahir Kheli<br />
Sidra Sadaf<br />
Simi Kamal<br />
Sophia Khalique<br />
Souriya Anwar<br />
Sultana Siddiqui<br />
Surraiya Zia<br />
Syeda Hina Babar Ali<br />
Tanveer Naim<br />
Tehmina Durrani<br />
House of Lords<br />
CARE Foundation<br />
Author<br />
PDFC<br />
First Women Bank<br />
UN<br />
Author<br />
State Bank of Pakistan<br />
Rural Support Program<br />
Film Maker<br />
Olympic Athlete<br />
Politician<br />
Journalist / Activist<br />
Activist<br />
Political scientist.<br />
Cyclist<br />
Aurat Foundation<br />
Doctor<br />
SOS Villages<br />
HUM TV<br />
Doctor<br />
Packages,<br />
Author and Activist<br />
Writer<br />
Painting by Afsana Karim<br />
renowned artist afsana karim has been<br />
commissioned by power 100 to create a<br />
series of paintings for each global power<br />
100 title. for private commissions from<br />
afsana please contact:<br />
andrea@hamptonsmanagement.com<br />
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AYESHA VARDAG<br />
Vardags Solicitors<br />
ADEEBA MALIK<br />
QED UK<br />
Britain’s top divorce lawyer’ was ayesha Vardag’s<br />
billing by both the law Society and new York’s<br />
prestigious huffington post though easy living<br />
magazine march 2012 featured her as “the diva of<br />
divorce”. She is best known for winning the landmark<br />
Supreme court case of radmacher, changing the law<br />
on prenuptial agreements to make them work in<br />
england. Vardag entered divorce law from a blue chip<br />
city/international/Bar base. She trained and qualified<br />
as a solicitor at linklaters london and moscow on<br />
project finance work with diamond mines and power<br />
stations. She dual-qualified as a barrister and was once<br />
nicholas mostyn Qc’s mini-pupil. her own divorce<br />
lawyer hired her away from the Bar to join his team.<br />
ayesha Vardag established her eponymous firm, now<br />
Vardags, in 2005. She has a reputation for hard-hitting<br />
litigation, commercial savvy, fearlessness and strategic<br />
intellectual; vision. this, coupled with an informal<br />
no-nonsense style, gritty life experience and empathy<br />
in spades, won her a high-value, high-profile client<br />
base within weeks of opening her doors. She has acted<br />
against heirs and heiresses, tycoons, international<br />
footballers/polo players, celebrities and royalty. She<br />
has acted in cases involving the royalty of arab states<br />
and in leading pakistani divorce and nullity matters.<br />
ayesha Vardag is one of the very few family lawyers to<br />
have received the accolade of the times ‘lawyer of the<br />
week’. She is regularly sought by the media for expert<br />
commentary on the leading cases and legal issues of<br />
the day, appearing not least on BBc tV news, cnn<br />
and the today programme. She is sought out as a<br />
lecturer, appearing recently in the white paper<br />
conference and at the inaugural session of the law<br />
Society’s public debates, on the ‘the end of marriage<br />
as we know it’.<br />
adeeba malik mBe has held numerous ministerial and non-ministerial high<br />
profile regional/national board level appointments in large, complex and<br />
diverse organisations over the last 15 years. She has been the “first” asian<br />
woman or non white person to serve on most of these boards. these include<br />
Yorkshire forward, British waterways, the national clinical assessment<br />
authority, advisory Board on naturalisation and immigration, waterways<br />
trust. in 2007 she was appointed chair of the national ethnic minority<br />
Business forum based in the department for trade and industry and became<br />
a commissioner for the women and work commissioner set up by the then<br />
prime minister tony Blair. as a result of her very varied experience of board<br />
and non executive appointments, she has been promoted and highlighted as a<br />
role model in national media campaigns led by the cabinet office and the<br />
Governments equalities office over the last 12 years.<br />
She is also deputy chief executive of a leading and respected national<br />
economic development agency Qed-Uk, which is currently celebrating its<br />
21st anniversary. Some of Qed-Uk’s highlights include runner up to the<br />
national charity of the Year award, winner of the charity finance award and<br />
winner of the professor charles handy alchemist award. Qed-Uk has ran<br />
campaigns for the private and public sector aimed at the disadvantage<br />
communities and it delivers public sector contracts. Qed-Uk is currently<br />
delivering a european commission funded programme in pakistan, a first of<br />
its kind to help women with language and citizenship skills.<br />
She continues to speak at high profile events at national and international level<br />
and has won numerous mainstream awards. currently she is a commissioner<br />
of the northern economic futures forum set up by the leading national think<br />
tank ippr, whose remit is to look at the drivers for a northern economic<br />
growth. She is also a governor of Sheffield hallam University, one of the<br />
largest universities in the country.<br />
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SHERRY REHMAN<br />
Ambassador to United States<br />
Sherry rehman is a member of the pakistan<br />
people’s party parliamentarians (pppp.)<br />
She has been politically active as a politician<br />
since 2002 and continues to do so today.<br />
She served as a member of the national<br />
assembly (mna) from 2002 to 2007,<br />
where she acted as central information<br />
Secretary. during this time, she was also<br />
president of policy planning for the pppp<br />
and served on the party’s foreign relations<br />
committee.<br />
in march 2008, rehman was appointed<br />
again by declaration as mna for Sindh<br />
province to the reserved mna seat for<br />
women. prime minister Yusuf<br />
Gilani appointed her minister for<br />
information and Broadcasting, and on 31<br />
march 2008 she took oath under the reign<br />
of president pervez musharraf.<br />
during her tenure in parliament, rehman<br />
authored all five ppp bills tabled in the<br />
national assembly: the women<br />
empowerment Bill, anti-honor killings<br />
Bill, domestic Violence prevention Bill,<br />
affirmative action Bill and hudood repeal<br />
Bill. She also moved two bills concerning<br />
the media: the freedom of information Bill<br />
and the press act, which prevents working<br />
journalists from being arrested under the<br />
1999 press ordinance.<br />
in civil society, rehman is the chair of the<br />
lady dufferin foundation trust, allegedly<br />
the largest non-profit provider of women<br />
and children’s subsidized healthcare in the<br />
province of Sindh.<br />
in January 2009, an article in<br />
the international republican<br />
institute referred to her as “democracy’s<br />
hero” as a result of her close association<br />
with former prime minister Benazir<br />
Bhutto’s campaign for democratic rule in<br />
pakistan. the reference, picked up by<br />
several pakistani media outlets, received<br />
mixed coverage. in the same month,<br />
rehman was named among the “100 most<br />
influential asians” by Uae magazine ahlan.<br />
Rehman’s latest<br />
book The Kashmiri<br />
Shawl, was<br />
nominated for<br />
The R.L Shep<br />
Ethnic Textiles<br />
Book Award<br />
for 2006<br />
in the US.<br />
rehman resigned her post as information<br />
minister on 14 march 2009, due to<br />
differences of opinion with the<br />
president asif ali Zardari on imposing<br />
restrictions on the media and taking away<br />
the free will from them.<br />
She was named pakistan’s ambassador to<br />
United States following the resignation<br />
of hussain haqqani, who was asked to<br />
resign by prime minister Gilani in the<br />
wake of the “memogate” scandal.<br />
rehman’s latest book the kashmiri<br />
Shawl: from Jamawar to paisley, coauthored<br />
with naheed Jafri, was published<br />
in 2006 by mapin publishing india and<br />
antique collectors club Uk. the book<br />
was nominated for the r.l Shep ethnic<br />
textiles Book award for 2006 in the US.<br />
She accomplished many things in such a<br />
short period of time for example in 2002<br />
she became the first pakistani to be<br />
recognized with an award for independent<br />
journalism by the Uk house of lords in<br />
its muslim world awards ceremony in<br />
the year 2002. in 2006 she won the r.l<br />
Shep ethnic textiles Book award, for the<br />
kashmiri Shawl. two years down the lane,<br />
in 2008 Sherry rehman presented the<br />
international peace award for democrats<br />
by the human rights commission. She<br />
won the title of “democracy’s hero” by<br />
the international republican institute in<br />
2009 for her services to the restoration of<br />
democracy. the same year she also won<br />
‘the freedom award’ pakistan by the<br />
association of television Journalists for<br />
her work for media independence in<br />
pakistan/ then in 2011 she also owned<br />
the Jeane J. kirkpatrick award by the<br />
women’s democracy network (wdn),<br />
washington.<br />
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FARRAH QURESHI<br />
Global Diversity Practice<br />
BUSHRA NASIR<br />
Headteacher<br />
farrah Qureshi is the managing director<br />
and owner of the Global diversity practice<br />
ltd. She is recognised as one of the<br />
foreamost experts of international<br />
repute on Global diversity consultancy<br />
and training in the world.She is a leading<br />
authority on combining the disciplinesof<br />
Behavioural economics, psychology,<br />
leadership and organisational consulting<br />
with human capital issues of diversity<br />
and inclusion. farrah has put the mission<br />
of equity and the full utilisation of human<br />
capital at the heart of her professional life,<br />
initially inspired by the experiences of her<br />
professional father who migrated to the<br />
Uk in the early 60s and now further<br />
motivated by the aspirations of her two<br />
teenage daughters to excel and contribute<br />
as third generation British pakistanis.<br />
farrah had delivered unique and<br />
innovative learning and consultancy<br />
products and specialises in advising and<br />
coaching ceo’s, Boards and top teams.<br />
the impact of her work and global<br />
footprint has left an indelible mark on her<br />
clients and has been experienced in 93<br />
countries spanning an impressive portfolio<br />
of corporate and public sector clients.this<br />
diverse range of clients and pioneering<br />
solutions ranges from leading the team<br />
that was commissioned to develop the<br />
award-winning diversity collateral and<br />
Strategy for theolympic Games 2012 to<br />
delivering keynote addresses for the world<br />
Bank in washington to delivering<br />
innovative solutions for large corporates<br />
such as wal-mart, Shell Santander, dell,<br />
microsoft, walt disney,lloyds of london<br />
kellogg’s,dhl, aviva,rBS, Jpmorgan,<br />
nike, nuvo nordisk,aBB,kpmG, mod<br />
dfid,Un, eU, and many more.<br />
farrah has 24 years’ experience in her<br />
field, her early career combined academic<br />
rigour as head of consultancy Solutions<br />
for the University of leeds, then she was<br />
headhunted to join the private sector<br />
where for the past 18 years,she has<br />
developed and led both european and<br />
Global diversity practices. prior to her<br />
current position, farrah was managing<br />
director within norman Broadbent, a<br />
leading Global executive Search Business.<br />
three years ago she gained ownership of<br />
the business and has gone onto to be a<br />
successful entrepreneur.<br />
She is the author of ‘Understanding<br />
diversity – an organisational Guide<br />
which was her first book. farrah has also<br />
contributed to “Understanding dignity @<br />
work.”<br />
farrah has been the recipient of numerous<br />
awards including Grattan award winner<br />
for her work in diversity. She has been<br />
shortlisted for asian women of<br />
achievement 2004/7 corporate category<br />
(nominated by aviva), 2005 opportunity<br />
now award for london Underground.<br />
the aviva toolkit won the Un world<br />
diversity award 2008 for innovation<br />
dfid was short-listed for the cipd<br />
people management awards in 2009 for<br />
her work. farrah has also been included in<br />
the asian power100 publication in 2009<br />
by rBS and was recognised as one of the<br />
“top twenty leaders to look out for in<br />
2010!” in 2010, farrah received an award<br />
from walmexfor her services to Global<br />
diversity.<br />
Bushra nasir is a secondary headteacher with 19 years<br />
experience at plashet School in the london Borough of<br />
newham. She was the first muslim female headteacher<br />
of a secondary school in the Uk. in 2003, she was<br />
awarded a cBe for her services to education and in 2005<br />
won the ‘asian professional women of the Year’ award.<br />
She served on the General teaching council from 2000-<br />
2005 and was president of the muslim teachers’<br />
association for 3 years. in 2006, mrs nasir was awarded<br />
an honorary doctorate from University of east london<br />
for her services to education and in 2007 she received a<br />
fellowship from Queen mary college london.<br />
plashet is an 11-16 comprehensive Girls’ School with<br />
1355 students. 90% of the students are from ethnic<br />
minority backgrounds, a high percentage with free school<br />
meals. plashet gained Beacon status in September 2000,<br />
leading edge status in 2004 and Science Specialist<br />
college Status in September 2007. the school was<br />
‘outstanding’ in its ofSted inspection in march 2005<br />
and march 2008. it was featured in a national report<br />
produced by ofSted entitled ‘12 outstanding Schools –<br />
excelling against the odds’.<br />
mrs nasir has spoken at a wide range of conferences and<br />
events related to educational issues for parents,<br />
headteachers and educationalists. She is co-author of a<br />
book called ‘Breaking Stereotypes’ which aims to provide<br />
positive role models for ethnic minority young people.<br />
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BUNTO KAZMI<br />
Fashion<br />
a wall in Bunto kazmi’s office is decorated<br />
with framed embroideries. Some are<br />
Bunto’s own creations, while others are<br />
samples that she’s collected over the years.<br />
a wooden door is fixed alongside another<br />
wall, the intricate carvings surrounding a<br />
full-length mirror. Bunto’s work desk<br />
stands in a corner of the large room. it is<br />
scattered with mementoes, a sample card<br />
labelling various Swarovski jewels and a<br />
curious case of numerous magnifying<br />
glasses which, as i later discover, are used to<br />
scrutinise the intricate embroideries of her<br />
designs. and while the exquisite formals<br />
that Bunto designs are nowhere in sight,<br />
this room still reflects her ethos as a<br />
designer, her mastery over luxurious<br />
detailing, her penchant for the arts and<br />
traditions and her predilection for intricate<br />
craftsmanship.<br />
it is Bunto’s love for her craft that attracts a<br />
sizeable number of clients to her office on a<br />
daily basis. most of them are eager<br />
brides-to-be, who are more than happy to<br />
dictate nothing more than their preferred<br />
color palette, leaving the intricacies to<br />
Bunto. “i have been very lucky with my<br />
clients,” she tells me. “while i do take the<br />
bride’s preferences into consideration, the<br />
clothes are often completely based on my<br />
own vision. the bride and her family only<br />
see the final outfit once it’s completed. Yet,<br />
i have never had one disgruntled client.<br />
there are entire families who have had<br />
their bridal wear designed by me. my<br />
mother-in-law dressed their mothers at<br />
their weddings and now i am dressing their<br />
daughters and granddaughters.”<br />
in this day and age of media hype and<br />
advertising, Bunto’s thriving bridal business<br />
is something of an anomaly. She has never<br />
advertised nor has she ever invested in a<br />
fashion shoot. She hardly ever gives<br />
interviews to television or the print media.<br />
“i suffer from sleepless nights every time i<br />
read something about myself in the<br />
newspaper. i am a very shy person and i’d<br />
Bunto creates veritable<br />
works of art, with the<br />
fabric serving as her<br />
canvas Bunto’s<br />
work isn’t just<br />
breathtakingly<br />
beautiful, it’s<br />
representative<br />
of our culture<br />
and traditions.<br />
much rather let my work speak for me as<br />
opposed to speaking about myself in<br />
interviews,” she confesses, right before i<br />
manage to cajole her into an interview.<br />
for while Bunto may not like talking<br />
about herself, there are certainly many<br />
people who want to know about her.<br />
taught by her mother-in-law, the pioneer<br />
Sughra kazmi, Bunto’s bridal couture is in<br />
a league of its own. She handles her work<br />
with a grace and an intelligence that is<br />
rare.<br />
“i began working while my children were<br />
still young and i knew from the outset that<br />
i wanted my work to set a standard of its<br />
own and never be run-of-the-mill,” she<br />
says. at the recent fashion pakistan week<br />
(fpw) in karachi, one of the highlights<br />
was her career’s most iconic designs<br />
showcased as the opening act for the<br />
event. “i took part in fpw to show my<br />
support to the fashion pakistan council,<br />
of which i am a founder member,” she<br />
says. “to date, i have only taken part in a<br />
handful of fashion shows and i, frankly<br />
speaking, wouldn’t want to be part of any<br />
such event again. fashion weeks are<br />
beneficial for designers who earn by<br />
replicating their designs for retail. i am a<br />
couturier who creates one-of-a kind<br />
pieces on order. i don’t have any stock<br />
stowed away expressly for the catwalk and<br />
have to borrow clothes from my clients. i<br />
don’t want to put that kind of pressure on<br />
them again and even business-wise, there<br />
is no point in my taking part in fashion<br />
weeks.”<br />
when i designed Sharmeen obaid<br />
chinoy’s outfit for the oscars, i got<br />
numerous calls, asking me to replicate the<br />
dress. i refused simply because i had<br />
expressly created the dress for Sharmeen,<br />
with a lot of love and effort. i just couldn’t<br />
reproduce it for the sake of acquiring<br />
more business!”<br />
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FEHMIDA MIRZA<br />
Speaker of National Assembly<br />
ddddddd<br />
dr. fehmida mirza, born on december 20, 1956 in karachi,<br />
is an agriculturist and business woman by profession and is<br />
politically affiliated with the pppp. She was previously<br />
elected mna in 1997. fahmida mirza is the current and<br />
18th Speaker of the national assembly, a lower house of<br />
parliament of State of pakistan.<br />
She is the first woman to hold the office to date, and is<br />
widely regarded as one of the highest ranking female<br />
politicians in the history of pakistan. fehmida mirza hails<br />
from the influential Sindhi family, and currently representing<br />
the Badin constituency since 1997 and has continued to be<br />
a parliamentarian since then. a graduate of liaquat medial<br />
University in 1982; she is a practiced physician and did her<br />
house job in gynecology and pediatrics. . She is one of the<br />
few women elected from a non-reserved constituency.<br />
Before entering politics, dr. fahmida mirza ran an<br />
advertising agency informachine, later renamed information<br />
communication limited (icl). dr. mirza is married to dr.<br />
Zulfiqar mirza, a close friend of asif ali Zardari, the cochairman<br />
of the pakistan people’s party. Both her husband<br />
and her brother, journalist, Qazi asad abid, are former<br />
members of the national assembly. Zulfikar mirza is also<br />
currently a member of the Sindh provincial assembly and<br />
was former provincial home minister. She runs several<br />
welfare projects in her constituency, one of the poorest<br />
districts of pakistan.<br />
FAUZIA AZIZ MINALLAH<br />
Artist and Writer<br />
fauzia aziz minallah is an<br />
artist and writer of children<br />
books. fauzia’s work<br />
encompassing, stone carving,<br />
painting, photography,<br />
illustrating and writing for<br />
children converges with her<br />
activism through writing and<br />
campaigning for tolerance,<br />
peace, heritage conservation,<br />
environmental and social<br />
matters. through children<br />
literature she raises these<br />
issues. her book 'Sadako's<br />
prayer' is published by the<br />
asian network of trust in<br />
hiroshima, in Japanese,<br />
english, dari, Urdu, pashto<br />
and torwali. it is the winner<br />
of hiroshima citizen's award<br />
for peace education and was<br />
distributed free of cost among<br />
nearly 10,000 children in<br />
pakistan, afghanistan and<br />
Japan. another peace book "<br />
'titli and the music of hope' written and illustrated by her is published by the<br />
national Book trust of india under the international center for literacy and<br />
culture's peace Book project in South asia.<br />
her involvement with children is through a platform that she has provided to<br />
them in the shape of an nGo called funkor child art centre, carrying out art<br />
and book reading workshops for children living in shanty towns, for special<br />
children; refugee and internally displaced children (idps) and so on. funkor<br />
distributes picture books and notebooks with messages on hygiene, Sanitation<br />
and environment protection, free of charge among children. funkor was short<br />
listed for the Bremen peace award in Germany in 2009, as one of the<br />
nominated projects and organizations, which are exemplary in their work for<br />
peace, justice and integrity of creation. for democratizing art education and<br />
making it accessible to kids from low-income families, so that they too can<br />
playfully discover their own creativity.<br />
fauzia is the winner of the ron kovic peace prize, USa in 2010. She is also<br />
the only female editorial cartoonist of pakistan to have won the all pakistan<br />
newspaper award for ‘Best cartoonist’ of 1986-87. her winning entry<br />
lampooned dictator Zia’s version of democracy with each member of his<br />
majlis-i-Shoora shown as an identical copy of the general himself. in January<br />
2008,during the lawyer’s movement against the imposition of emergency by<br />
General musharraf , her cartoon depicting the general as the ‘emperor without<br />
clothes’ was used on the cover of himal magazine published from nepal.<br />
fauzia is a graduate of the pratt institute new York. She is one of the few artists<br />
of pakistan, who revived a dying craft and used it as a medium of her art too.<br />
She is dedicated to promoting, ‘chitarkari’ or slate engraving, found in the<br />
cemeteries of Gangar mountain range, hazara, pakistan.<br />
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FATIMA BHUTTO<br />
Writer<br />
fatima murtaza Bhutto is the<br />
granddaughter of former prime<br />
minister Zulfikar ali Bhutto, the niece<br />
of former prime minister Benazir<br />
Bhutto, and daughter of murtaza<br />
Bhutto. She has created her own<br />
identity as a pakistani poet, writer<br />
activist and journalist. despite having<br />
all the credentials to be a successful<br />
pakistani politician, fatima Bhutto has<br />
opted not to run for any political<br />
office.<br />
following her father murtaza Bhutto’s<br />
assassination in 1996 at the hands of<br />
karachi police, fatima continued<br />
living with her step-mother Ghinwa<br />
Bhutto. fatima’s birth mother was an<br />
afghan pashtun, fauzia fasihudin<br />
Bhutto.<br />
Bhutto received her secondary<br />
education at the karachi american<br />
School. She graduated from columbia<br />
University in 2004, majoring in<br />
middle eastern languages and<br />
cultures and from the School of<br />
oriental and african Studies (SoaS)<br />
in 2005 with a masters in South asian<br />
Government and politics.<br />
fatima’s work has appeared in the<br />
new Statesman, daily Beast,<br />
Guardian, and the caravan<br />
magazine.fatima wrote a weekly<br />
column for Jang - pakistan’s largest<br />
Urdu newspaper and its english sister<br />
Despite having all the<br />
credentials to be a<br />
successful Pakistani<br />
politician, Fatima<br />
Bhutto has opted<br />
not to run for<br />
any political<br />
office.<br />
publication the news – for two years.<br />
She covered the israeli invasion and<br />
war with lebanon from lebanon in<br />
the summer of 2006 and also<br />
reported from iran in January 2007<br />
and cuba in april 2008.<br />
She has gained recognition as an<br />
author through her books the first of<br />
which was ‘whispers of the desert’, a<br />
volume of poetry, which was<br />
published in 1997 by oxford<br />
University press pakistan when<br />
fatima was 15 years old. her second<br />
book was titled ‘8.50 a.m. 8 october<br />
2005’, a collection of first-hand<br />
accounts from survivors of the 2005<br />
earthquake in pakistan, was published<br />
by oUp in 2006. her third book,<br />
‘Songs of Blood and Sword’, tells the<br />
story of a family of feudal landlords<br />
who became powerbrokers. the book<br />
reveals a daughter’s love for her father<br />
and her search to uncover the truth of<br />
his life and death.<br />
fatima currently writes and lives in<br />
karachi and despite not being directly<br />
active as a politician she continuous to<br />
support her step-mother Ghinwa<br />
Bhutto’s party pakistan peoples party<br />
(Shaheed Bhutto).<br />
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DR FERIHA PERACHA<br />
Educationist and a Psychologist<br />
dr feriha peracha is a rare and courageous woman.<br />
Being an educationist and a psychologist she believes<br />
that change is necessary but only through proper<br />
awareness and education.<br />
She has a lot of achievements to her credit. She is<br />
currently the director, Sabaoon academy, malakand,<br />
(Swat) chairperson, Swaat, V p, lahore mental<br />
association, V p fountain house, Vice chairperson i-<br />
care foundation pakistan, Board member wwf<br />
pakistan, Board member Sanjan nagar, Board member,<br />
hum pakistani foundation (hpf)<br />
dr peracha has lived in canada and london (Uk) for<br />
nearly 25 years, where she pursued post graduate<br />
studies and a phd degree in psychology.<br />
her mentors were humanists and eclectic intellectuals.<br />
they shaped her thinking and instilled awareness, a<br />
sense of responsibility in her, much more then formal<br />
education at University of alberta and University<br />
college london.<br />
london still remains her primary home, but her work<br />
is now in kpk, pakistan.<br />
Swaat, an nGo, has just taken over 5 schools in the<br />
most vulnerable areas in Swat where the intention is to<br />
prevent students from dropping out and picked up by<br />
militants and extremists. Swaat encourages the<br />
students to persevere with their age appropriate goals<br />
in academics, and in pursuing jobs in pakistan.<br />
DR KAUKAB RAJPUT<br />
Consultant<br />
dr kaukab rajput achieved her<br />
fellowship from the royal college of<br />
surgeons of Glasgow in 1992. after<br />
completing her Senior registrar training<br />
in london she was appointed as a<br />
consultant physician to lead the cochlear<br />
implant program in the prestigious<br />
Great ormond Street hospital in 1999.<br />
this made her the first woman of<br />
pakistani origin to be appointed as a consultant physician. She was enrolled as<br />
the fellow of the royal college of physicians london in 2009 for her services<br />
to deaf children. Since being appointed as the clinical lead to cochlear implant<br />
dr rajput’s department has become one of the largest departments in the<br />
U.k. She has led cutting edge research in the field disability due to deafness in<br />
children and has published over 25 articles in highly respected journals. the<br />
latest article is due to be published in the lancet. her research interest lies n<br />
ototoxicity, prevention of deafness as well as unsusal types of deafness.<br />
following on from the pakistani earthquake in 2005 dr rajput and her dear<br />
friend Yasmin Salim set up a charity known as Uk association of medical aid<br />
to pakistan which achieved registration with charity commission in 2008. the<br />
charity has raised over £100,000 over 4 years for causes related to prevention<br />
of disease for the poor and under privileged people of pakistan.<br />
IMTAZ KHALIQ<br />
Fashion<br />
Bradford born imtaz khaliq is an<br />
internationally known awarding winning<br />
tailor. her award winning business was<br />
established over 20 years ago in<br />
london. She was based in Bond Street and<br />
now works in islington. She was<br />
recently recognised by the Queen with an<br />
mBe for her services to fashion.<br />
She has featured widely in the press as<br />
londons first woman tailor such as<br />
being featured in the independent as<br />
celebrity tailor. She is a pioneer woman and was shortlisted in red magazine’s<br />
red hot women awards. imtaz has dressed supermodels, hollywood celebrities<br />
and world leaders, highfliers in the media, politics, and business. her work has<br />
been worn by michele pfiffer, dina carroll, mishal husain, kay Burley, cherie<br />
Blair and Sian lloyd on the cover of ‘hello’ magazine. imtaz’s work has been<br />
used in major television adverts and programmes.<br />
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HINA RABBANI KHAR<br />
Foreign Minister<br />
hina rabbani khar is a pakistani<br />
stateswoman and an economist who is the<br />
current and 26th foreign minister of<br />
pakistan. hailing from the powerful feudal<br />
family, she embarked her statesmanship in<br />
2002 in the government of prime minister<br />
Shaukat aziz and subsequently served in<br />
the finance ministry and foreign ministry<br />
as its minister of state. after successfully<br />
contesting in 2008 general elections, she<br />
briefly served in the finance ministry and<br />
directed the policies concerning the<br />
national economy in the absence of the<br />
finance minister in 2010.<br />
finally, she was ascended as first female<br />
foreign minister of the country in July<br />
2011 after the surprise and dramatic<br />
resignation of mehmood Qureshi. Since<br />
2008, she has been a senior and highranking<br />
member of the central executive<br />
committee, and is widely regarded as one<br />
of the highest ranking female officer in the<br />
political arena of pakistan.<br />
khar was appointed minister of State for<br />
foreign affairs, the deputy head of the<br />
ministry of foreign affairs, on 11 february<br />
2011, as part of Gillani's cabinet reshuffle.<br />
after Shah mehmood Qureshi's<br />
resignation as foreign minister, she<br />
became acting minister of foreign affairs<br />
on 13 february 2011.She was approved as<br />
foreign minister on 18 July and was<br />
sworn-in on 19 July, becoming the<br />
youngest and first female minister of<br />
foreign affairs. president asif ali Zardari,<br />
who succeeded musharraf in 2008, said<br />
the appointment was "a demonstration of<br />
the government's commitment to bring<br />
women into the mainstream of national<br />
life". She was appointed foreign minister<br />
during the difficult times of pakistan,<br />
especially when country's armed forces<br />
were striking down the extreme elements<br />
in western pakistan and the huge outcry<br />
and an anti-american emotions were at<br />
high rise.<br />
Hina Rabbani Khar<br />
is a Pakistani<br />
stateswoman and<br />
an economist<br />
who is the current<br />
and 26th<br />
Foreign Minister<br />
of Pakistan<br />
on 6 June 2012, pakistan on tuesday<br />
renewed its call for a U.S. apology over<br />
the killing of 24 soldiers in U.S. warplane<br />
attacks at the Salala checkpost ,as foreign<br />
minister hina rabbani khar argued that<br />
"higher principles should take precedence<br />
over politically popular considerations".<br />
khar challenged the U.S. to "live up to its<br />
democratic ideals by respecting the will of<br />
pakistan’s elected legislature", foreign<br />
policy magazine said in a doha-datelined<br />
report on its interview with the top<br />
pakistani diplomat. on 15 december<br />
2011, when the United States cut off the<br />
financial aid to pakistan, khar warned her<br />
counterpart hillary clinton and quoted:<br />
"the United States will be responsible for<br />
defeat in war on terror as pakistan could<br />
not fight the war alone".<br />
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MEHREEN RIZVI KHURSHEED<br />
Bonhams<br />
DR SOPHIA KHALIQUE<br />
Doctor<br />
62<br />
mehreen rizvi currently head the<br />
modernart dept at Bonhams,<br />
london. fluent speaker in Urdu and<br />
english she started her working career<br />
as an intern at Sotheby’s islamic<br />
department in 1992 and then moved<br />
to the company’s finance<br />
department. She moved to the<br />
modern indian paintings department<br />
as a cataloguer and introduced<br />
pakistani paintings for the first time.<br />
She researched and introduced<br />
modern arab art in this department<br />
and organized the first sale for it in<br />
2001. from the years 2003 to 2008<br />
mehreen rizvi khursheed was a<br />
consultant at Bonhams for the indian<br />
and islamic department, where she<br />
became responsible for modern<br />
indian and pakistani art sales.<br />
during her career mehreen rizvi<br />
khursheed organized the first<br />
international arab art auction at<br />
Sotherby’s in london, helped to<br />
organize Sotherby’s jewellery talks<br />
and courses in riyadh and Jeddah in<br />
Saudi arabia. mehreen was part of a<br />
team of three people responsible for<br />
the entire middle eastern region,<br />
travelling extensively on behalf of the<br />
company to Beirut, amman, Saudi and<br />
Bahrain and dubai. She also helped to<br />
put together talks and courses on<br />
jewellery and art for Sotheby’s<br />
institute. She worked at Sotheby’s for<br />
a total of ten years. She also<br />
discovered a number of unrecognized<br />
indian paintings, and initiated the<br />
unique first sale of francis newton<br />
Souza works on paper.<br />
the new department evolved out of<br />
the indian and islamic department,<br />
headed by claire penhallurick, which<br />
has grown the modern and<br />
contemporary area so productively<br />
that the time has come to establish a<br />
stand-alone specialist area.<br />
mehreen rizvi khursheed who has<br />
extensive understanding in this area<br />
will now head the new department.<br />
her team includes farah hakemi, an<br />
iranian art specialist, and charlie<br />
moore who has recently joined the<br />
department. the team which is based<br />
at 101 new Bond Street, supervises<br />
sales in dubai and london as part of<br />
its brief. She has discovered a number<br />
of unrecognized indian paintings<br />
which sold for six figure sums.<br />
at Bonhams she initiated and<br />
organized the unique first sale of<br />
francis newton Souza works on<br />
paper. this was the first time any<br />
auction house had dedicated a sale to<br />
one particular indian artist. mehreen<br />
helped to develop the pakistani<br />
market which has led to record prices<br />
for the artists Sadequain, Jamil naqsh<br />
and chughtai among others.<br />
dr Sophia khalique is a partner in private medical practice<br />
in wimpole Street giving great support to charitable<br />
causes around the world and helping people in different<br />
spheres of medical needs.<br />
initially Sophia specialised in anasthesia where she sat for<br />
the fellowship of the royal college of anaethetists and<br />
was awarded the rare Gold magill medal, awarded only<br />
when a candidate is deemed extraordinary.<br />
Sophia is extremely driven, competitive and commited to<br />
alleviate suffering. her biggest passion in is her<br />
commitment to charitable causes. mere months after<br />
giving birth to her third child Sophia raised tens of<br />
thousands of pounds for luekaemia research by competing<br />
in the gruelling Ultra triathlon finishing in an astonishing<br />
3 hours. She has dedicated much of her adult life working<br />
hands on in the third world recently returning from a trip<br />
to Sierra leone working closely with wherever the need<br />
assisting their work on improved sanitation.<br />
YASMIN QURESHI MP<br />
Yasmin Qureshi has been the member of parliament for<br />
Bolton South east since the 2010 General election.<br />
Yasmin began her legal career with the crown<br />
prosecution Service as an in-house Barrister. She<br />
prosecuted on behalf of the crown in numerous criminal<br />
cases. later she became a specialist casework advocate<br />
dealing with complex and sensitive cases. Since becoming<br />
a member of parliament Yasmin has been elected as a<br />
member of the Justice Select committee and a member<br />
of the political and constitutional reform Select<br />
committee. Yasmin is the chair of the all party<br />
parliamentary Group on international Justice and the<br />
Secretary of the all party parliamentary Group on legal<br />
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MEHREEN JABBAR<br />
Film Director<br />
MALEEHA LODHI<br />
Journalist<br />
mehreen Jabbar is a film and television director with 16<br />
years of experience in the industry, with a prolific career<br />
making of gritty, hard-hitting films for pakistani television.<br />
over the years she has earned a reputation for<br />
professionalism and excellence, and is quoted widely as an<br />
expert in her field.<br />
mehreen began her career in television directing tV films<br />
and drama series under the banner of tasVeer productions,<br />
all of which were critically acclaimed by the pakistani press.<br />
‘ramchand pakistani’, her first feature length film, was<br />
released theatrically in pakistan, india and the Uk in<br />
2008/2009 to wide critical and audience acclaim. the film<br />
premiered in the competition section of the tribeca film<br />
festival in new York in 2008. it won the fipreSci priZe<br />
from the international federation of film critics and<br />
received many other awards at film festivals around the<br />
world. it was shown at the moma (museum of modern<br />
art), new York for a week long screening in 2010. the film<br />
continues to screen in film festivals and college campuses.<br />
mehreen has been a member of the national Board of film<br />
censors in karachi, a founding member of war (war<br />
against rape), the karafilm festival in karachi, has served<br />
as a juror at the leeds international film festival in 2002 and<br />
was the artistic director at the maisha film lab in Uganda,<br />
a non-profit training lab founded by director mira nair.<br />
over the years mehreen has won numerous awards<br />
including the indus drama award (2004), best director for<br />
harjai, indusVision Young achievers award (2002), lux<br />
Style awards (2002) aur Zindagi Badalti hai nominated for<br />
Best tV Series, kara film festival (2001) Best director &<br />
Best medium-length film for daughters of the late colonel<br />
and the 9th lux Style awards (2010) Best tV director for<br />
doraha.<br />
dr maleeha lodhi, is a journalist,<br />
academic and diplomat from<br />
pakistan. She was the high<br />
commissioner of pakistan to the<br />
United kingdom and is a former<br />
pakistani ambassador to the<br />
United States. in the fall of 2008,<br />
she was a resident fellow at the<br />
institute of politics, John f.<br />
kennedy School of Government<br />
at harvard University. She has<br />
also been a member of the United<br />
nations Secretary-General’s<br />
advisory Board on disarmament.<br />
She obtained her ph.d in politics from the london School of<br />
economics in 1980, having received her B.Sc (econ) from the same<br />
institution in 1976. She taught politics and Sociology at the london<br />
School of economics for five years, 1980-85, before returning home<br />
to embark on what was to be a remarkable career in journalism. She<br />
also briefly taught for a year at the Quaid-i-azam University,<br />
islamabad, in the department of public administration. lodhi has<br />
been the editor of pakistan’s leading english daily, the news and is<br />
considered amongst the country’s top political commentators.<br />
dr. lodhi became pakistani ambassador to the US under two different<br />
presidents from 1994–1997 and then during 1999–2002 (in the<br />
process of becoming pakistan’s longest ever serving ambassador to the<br />
US), before leaving her post on the completion of her second tour of<br />
duty. Since 2001, she has also served on the Un Secretary General’s<br />
advisory Board on disarmament affairs (2001–2005) and continued<br />
to do so while holding the post of pakistan’s high commissioner to the<br />
United kingdom (2003–2008). She has addressed top think tanks and<br />
other foreign policy forums across the world, drawing on her<br />
diplomatic skills and media background.<br />
She married a banker in london but they divorced five years after<br />
marriage. She has a son, faisal from this marriage. She has been<br />
awarded hilal-i-imtiaz award in pakistan (2002). She received an<br />
honorary fellowship from the london School of economics (2004)<br />
and an honorary degree of doctor of letters from london’s<br />
metropolitan University (2005).<br />
dr. lodhi is also the author of two books: pakistan’s encounter with<br />
democracy and the external challenge both collections of her essays<br />
on contemporary issues.<br />
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QAISRA SHAHRAZ<br />
Writer<br />
REEDAH NIJABAT<br />
EL-SAIE<br />
Qaisra Shahraz, born in pakistan and living<br />
in the United kingdom, is a critically<br />
acclaimed novelist, scriptwriter and a<br />
fellow of the royal Society of arts. her<br />
novels the holy woman, typhoon have<br />
been translated into several languages<br />
including mandarin. She has completed<br />
her third novel and is working on her<br />
fourth Silence.<br />
her first novel the holy woman was<br />
awarded the title ‘Best Book of the month’<br />
by waterstone booksellers, won the ‘<br />
Golden Jubilee award’ and has now<br />
become a best seller in indonesia and is<br />
published as a ‘Gold edition.’ She has taken<br />
part in many international literary festivals<br />
and book fairs including Jaipur, Beijing,<br />
ottawa, london, philadelphia, abu dhabi,<br />
istanbul, kerala, Bali and dubai.<br />
her drama serial the heart is it (dil hee<br />
to hai) won two tV awards in pakistan.<br />
her award-winning short stories are<br />
studied in schools and colleges, especially<br />
a pair of Jeans in Germany and Uk. her<br />
work is studied in many universities<br />
around the world. a text book, the holy<br />
and the Unholy – critical essays on Qaisra<br />
Shahraz’s fiction published recently,<br />
celebrates her literary achievement.<br />
Qaisra Shahraz has an excellent academic<br />
record with four degrees including two<br />
masters in literature and script-writing for<br />
tV. Qaisra feels passionately about<br />
education and women’s issues. She enjoys<br />
a second highly successful career as an<br />
inspector for ofsted, an international<br />
education consultant, school governor,<br />
teacher trainer and visiting professor at<br />
universities around the world. Under the<br />
auspices of the British council she has<br />
trained thousands of teachers and heads of<br />
institutions in many countries, including<br />
in india, Germany, morocco, indonesia,<br />
dubai and pakistan; promoting quality and<br />
equality in education and adult literacy<br />
(lifelong learning)– especially for women.<br />
She is devoted to empowering women<br />
through her novels and drama serials, as<br />
well as encouraging them into education<br />
and the world of work. She a former<br />
director of Gatehouse Books.<br />
at a global level Qaisra through her<br />
literature and lectures successfully<br />
achieves her mission to challenge<br />
islamophobia, build cultural bridges and<br />
promote a better understanding about the<br />
muslim world. at a local level she works<br />
with many communities including the<br />
chinese, hindu and the Jewish<br />
community to promote community<br />
cohesion. as an executive member of faith<br />
network for manchester and muslim-<br />
Jewish forum, she is dedicated to<br />
promoting respect for other faiths.<br />
She is proud of and enjoys her multiple<br />
identities as a British muslim woman of<br />
pakistani origin, regarding it as an<br />
extremely enriching life experience. She<br />
has excellent personal and work links with<br />
pakistan. She is devoted to her family life,<br />
siblings and three sons.<br />
reedah nijabat el-Saie, of pakistani origin, is the founder<br />
and director of mica hub, which includes mica Gallery,<br />
mica home and social enterprise mica creative cic. the<br />
company was established in 2007 and specialises in<br />
modern islamic & contemporary art and has been said to<br />
be “…forging an entirely new market.” (roxane Zand,<br />
director of middle eastern art, Sotheby’s).<br />
reedah has recently curated ‘my place on the isle;<br />
exploring faith & identity’ an art competition capturing a<br />
snapshot of Britain in the prelude to the olympic Summer<br />
2012, judged by roxane Zand (Sotheby’s), dr Venetia<br />
porter (the British museum) & professor Ben Quash<br />
(king’s college), the winners of which were announced at<br />
the Saatchi Gallery in July 2012. She also curated ‘the Brit<br />
pak’ showcasing the Best of British pakistani artists, which<br />
toured at the Southbank’s ‘alchemy’ festival in april<br />
2012. She co-curated ‘from facebook to nassbook’ part<br />
of the london mayor’s arab art festival ‘Shubbak’<br />
promoting contemporary egyptian art, which toured in<br />
frankfurt. reedah is also developing mica home’s<br />
contemporary islamic home furnishings range.<br />
reedah regularly comments on emerging art markets and<br />
artists and advises a wide range of international buyers<br />
and institutional collectors. She is increasingly being<br />
invited to speak on modern islamic & contemporary art<br />
and has been featured in the times women’s power list,<br />
moneymarket Uk, choice magazine, the Guardian, the<br />
independent, al masry alyoum, Blue chip magazine,<br />
hello! pakistan, international herald tribune pakistan, al-<br />
Jazeera, cnn and more recently BBc’s ‘hidden art of<br />
islam’. reedah has completed a foundation in art at<br />
chelsea college of art & design, a diploma in islamic art<br />
at Vita (Visual islamic traditional arts) as well as a<br />
number of executive courses at Sothebys.<br />
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MEESHA SHAFI<br />
Actor & music<br />
Meesha Shafi became<br />
famous in the fashion<br />
industry as a model,<br />
the television industry<br />
as an actor and<br />
the music industry<br />
as a singer, she<br />
established herself<br />
in every arena<br />
she has chosen<br />
and made sure<br />
she excelled in<br />
each of these.<br />
meesha Shafi is a pakistani singer,<br />
actress and model. meesha started her<br />
career as one of pakistan’s charming<br />
models and took over pakistan’s<br />
fashion industry in a very short time in<br />
her professional career being ranked as<br />
a leading fashion model. from there<br />
she began her acting career as well,<br />
and she now plans to make a<br />
renowned position in the field of<br />
singing as well.<br />
having charm and chic, meesha is<br />
amazingly establishing her name as a<br />
versatile lady; by working in various<br />
fields at a time. currently, meesha<br />
Shafi, is also working as the Brand<br />
Spokesperson of l’oreal pakistan.<br />
She has acted in different and versatile<br />
television programs such as “muhabbat<br />
khawab ki Soorat” and “Ye Zindagi to<br />
woh nahi”. and she is set to appear in<br />
hollywood mira nairs adaption of<br />
mohsin hamid’s the reluctant<br />
fundamentalist. this project also<br />
starred well known hollywood actress<br />
kate hudson, live Schreiber, riz<br />
ahmed, kiefer Sutherland, and an<br />
indian actor om puri. meesha Shafi is<br />
also playing a role in Bilal kashani’s<br />
waar. She grew fame in the fashion<br />
industry as a model, the television<br />
industry as an actor and the music<br />
industry as a singer, she established<br />
herself in every arena she has chosen<br />
and made sure she excelled in whatever<br />
she chose.<br />
meesha was lead the vocalist<br />
for overload from 2008 until 2011.<br />
She was also featured in coke<br />
Studio with arif lohar and as a solo<br />
artist. the single with lohar gathered<br />
over 9 million views on Youtube, the<br />
most-viewed coke Studio song yet, the<br />
song was currently featured in a<br />
Bollywood movie called cocktail. She<br />
has also contributed to the soundtrack<br />
of the reluctant fundamentalist in a<br />
track produced by her husband,<br />
musician mahmood rahman. Shafi will<br />
also be on adil omar’s debut<br />
album, the mushroom cloud effect,<br />
releasing in 2012 and also featuring<br />
guests such as Xzibit, everlast, cypress<br />
hill, and dJ lethal of limp Bizkit<br />
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SAMINA AHMAD<br />
Doctor<br />
doctor ahmad has led a<br />
gifted life. it is rare that one<br />
can combine two distinct, but<br />
totally dissimilar, careers and<br />
achieve unprecedented<br />
success in both endeavors.<br />
dr. ahmad has done just that.<br />
a graduate of the University<br />
of punjab, lahore, pakistan<br />
with a medical doctor<br />
degree, she began her<br />
medical career at Services<br />
hospital as an internal<br />
medicine physician in the<br />
Senior Gastroenterology<br />
department where she<br />
assisted with fiber optic video<br />
endoscopic procedures.<br />
thereafter she accepted an<br />
appointment with the<br />
national institute of child health as a casualty medical officer working<br />
with emergency patients. She rapidly progressed with that clinic to<br />
assistant to the director, assisting in all areas of the clinic. thereafter, she<br />
started her own practice - family practice health care clinic for women<br />
and children, providing all types of medical healthcare services for women<br />
and children.<br />
deeply concerned about healthcare and its availability to underprivileged<br />
women and children, dr. ahmad subsequently opened and administered a<br />
hospital in karachi, the al-rehman welfare trust & medical center in<br />
karachi, pakistan. with boundless energy, dr. ahmad hired and trained<br />
competent staff, organized all functional areas of the clinic and facilitated<br />
assessment, treatment and care for thousands of women and children who<br />
might not have otherwise had ready access to such medical services. in<br />
addition to the hospital, a school was also built to serve underprivileged<br />
children.<br />
as though her medical career wasn't enough to fill a busy day, dr. ahmad<br />
concurrently developed a second career in scriptwriting, directing,<br />
producing and hosting numerous highly popular television programs<br />
targeted at healthcare, nutrition, family planning and social issues.<br />
comparable to a martha Stewart of pakistan, for many years, dr. ahmad<br />
hosted television programs on healthful cooking, family issues and<br />
nutrition.<br />
dr. Samina ahmad has been the Business<br />
manager for Junoon (www.Junoon.com) a<br />
highly acclaimed, internationally renowned,<br />
pakistani rock band that specializes in Sufi<br />
music promoting peace throughout the world.<br />
She organizes tours, books engagements, and<br />
manages business affairs, finances and publicity<br />
for the band. She recently negotiated in<br />
collaboration with the United nations, a south<br />
asian college tour for the band, to travel to<br />
Bangladesh, india and pakistan to raise aidS<br />
awareness. Samina led the band to memorable<br />
venues such as the nobel peace prize concert in<br />
oslo in december 2007 and a historic first ever<br />
concert in kashmir in may 2008.<br />
Samina, along with her husband Salman have<br />
launched their latest initiative the Salman and<br />
Samina Global wellness initiative [SSGwi].the<br />
new York-based nGo focuses on three main<br />
areas: interfaith and cross-cultural dialogue;<br />
global health and wellness; and education. they<br />
organized a concert for pakistan at the United<br />
nations General assembly hall, new York on<br />
September 12th ,2009 to increase awareness of<br />
the 3 million internally displaced persons in<br />
pakistan.<br />
SSGwi is working on two projects in pakistan ,<br />
the ‘’model village project’’ in Sajawal, thatta<br />
in Sind pakistan, where they have adopted a<br />
village Suleman mallah and are building houses<br />
for the flood affected villagers, this will be the<br />
first model village of its kind and will provide<br />
holistic health , education, vocational training,<br />
playgrounds and solar energy to the villagers.<br />
through the SSGwi ‘’ women’s wellness<br />
initiative “ Samina has adopted a school in<br />
mansehra, pakistan where she is providing<br />
academic and holistic health education to<br />
local girls in order to empower them to raise<br />
healthy families.<br />
She has graduated as a health counselor and qualified for national<br />
certification as a holistic health practitioner by the american association<br />
of drugless practitioners. She has also received a certificate of completion<br />
for educational outreach from the teachers college of columbia University.<br />
dr. Samina is a chopra University certified perfect health consultant and<br />
ayurveda coach and runs her wellness center called ''Samina's wellness'' in<br />
new York.<br />
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MUKHTAR MAI<br />
Activist<br />
mukhtaran Bibi now known as mukhtar<br />
mai is a pakistani woman from the village<br />
of meerwala, in the rural tehsil (county) of<br />
Jatoi of the muzaffargarh district of<br />
pakistan. in June 2002, mukht r<br />
m ’ was the victim of a gang rape as a<br />
form of honour revenge, on the orders of<br />
a panchayat (tribal council) of the local<br />
mastoi Baloch clan that was richer and<br />
more powerful as opposed to her tatla clan<br />
in that region.<br />
although custom would expect her to<br />
commit suicide after being raped,<br />
mukhtaran spoke up, and pursued the<br />
case, which was picked up by both<br />
domestic and international media. on<br />
September 1, 2002, an anti-terrorism<br />
court sentenced 6 men (including the 4<br />
rapists) to death for rape. in 2005, the<br />
lahore high court cited “insufficient<br />
evidence” and acquitted 5 of the 6<br />
convicted, and commuted the punishment<br />
for the sixth man to a life sentence.<br />
mukhtaran and the government appealed<br />
this decision, and the Supreme court<br />
suspended the acquittal and held appeal<br />
hearings. in 2011, the Supreme court too<br />
acquitted the accused.<br />
though the safety of mukhtaran, and her<br />
family and friends, has been in jeopardy<br />
she remains an outspoken advocate for<br />
women’s rights. She started the mukhtar<br />
mai women’s welfare organization to help<br />
support and educate pakistani women and<br />
girls. in april 2007, mukhtar mai won the<br />
north-South prize from the council of<br />
europe. in 2005, Glamour magazine<br />
named her “woman of the Year”.<br />
according to the new York times, “her<br />
autobiography is the no. 3 best seller in<br />
france , and movies are being made about<br />
her. She has been praised by dignitaries like<br />
laura Bush and the french foreign<br />
minister.<br />
“Her autobiography is<br />
the No. 3 best seller in<br />
France and movies<br />
are being made about<br />
her. She has been<br />
praised by dignitaries<br />
like Laura Bush and<br />
the French foreign<br />
minister.<br />
She recieved the fatima Jinnah gold medal<br />
for bravery and courage. mukhtaran spoke<br />
at the United nations headquarters in<br />
new York.<br />
in an interview with United nations tV,<br />
mai said that “she wanted to get the<br />
message across to the world that one<br />
should fight for their rights and for the<br />
rights of the next generation. mukhtaran’s<br />
memoir was released in the United States<br />
as in the name of honor: a memoir.<br />
mukhtaran formally received the 2006<br />
north-South prize of the council of<br />
europe for her contribution to human<br />
rights.in april 2007, mukhtaran mai won<br />
the north-South prize from the council<br />
of europe.in october 2010, laurentian<br />
University of canada decided to award an<br />
honourary doctorate degree to<br />
mukhtaran.<br />
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DR NIGHAT AWAN<br />
Business woman<br />
SURRAIYA ZIA<br />
Doctor<br />
nighat awan is one of the country’s<br />
most successful and high profile<br />
businesswomen. She successfully<br />
heads one of manchester’s most<br />
recognisable asian food businesses,<br />
the Shere khan Group. in addition<br />
her new ventures are property<br />
development and interior design.<br />
her previous achievements include<br />
successes in diverse companies<br />
encompassing fashion, floristry,<br />
property as well as food.<br />
from a modest start packing tights for<br />
pocket money at the age of 11 to<br />
printing t-shirts at 17 and starting her<br />
own fashion business at 20, hard work<br />
combined with tenacity has earned the<br />
diminutive 56 year old numerous<br />
honours and awards, most notably an<br />
oBe in 2004 for her services to<br />
export and charity. in July 2006<br />
received an honorary doctorate from<br />
manchester metropolitan University.<br />
a supporter of many charitable causes<br />
and a versatile individual, nighat is<br />
also the creator, director and lead<br />
presenter of 2005 documentary<br />
‘another pakistan’. this self funded<br />
documentary was aimed at putting<br />
pakistan in the right light and put paid<br />
to the negative publicity around that<br />
time, hence the interest by BBc<br />
worldwide who distributed and aired<br />
it in 22 countries. the film is also used<br />
as an educational tool for further and<br />
higher education.<br />
nighat has been chair of the north<br />
west development agency supported<br />
ethnic minority Business forum<br />
(emBf) since 2006. in 2011, nighat<br />
was appointed chair of mosaic, one of<br />
hrh the prince of wales charities.<br />
dr. Zia is a Gp principal with Special interests in<br />
Gynecology, dr Zia has been running her own practice<br />
for over 7 years, managing 3500 patients. dr Zia<br />
manages all the chronic diseases herself at the practice.<br />
She is a fellow of the royal college of General<br />
practitioners. faculty of Sexual and reproductive<br />
healthcare of the royal college of obstetrics and<br />
Gynecologists.<br />
dr Zia also currently a Gp tutor for postgraduate and<br />
Undergraduate students from University college<br />
london medical School teaching women’s health in the<br />
practice. dr Zia feels community base teaching is very<br />
important for medical students as they are learning<br />
everyday health problems which they do not see on the<br />
hospital wards.<br />
She is involved with charities focused to help people who<br />
are affected in natural disasters and is one of the<br />
directors in peace of mind and B.f.c.o in (Bagh, azad<br />
kashmir), which are non-profit organizations. She has<br />
helped many people who have been affected by the<br />
earthquake in pakistan in 2005, floods in Balochistan in<br />
2007, floods in Sindh in 2010, earthquakes in indonesia,<br />
floods in Bangladesh and the haiti earthquake disaster in<br />
2010. She aims to respond rapidly to any disaster and has<br />
provided the affected with acute medical relief, humanity<br />
missions, food and water. while these disasters quickly<br />
come and leave devastating effects, but relief works goes<br />
on for many months and years to rebuild lives for those<br />
who were effected. dr Zia offers rehabilitation missions,<br />
with a mobile team to manage chronic diseases, giving<br />
counseling and psychotherapy.<br />
She has also completed water supply schemes, to help<br />
those who were affected by the disasters. a medical<br />
centre has been built, to help with managing chronic<br />
diseases and was supplied with medication which are<br />
free. in Balochistan, arrangements were made to<br />
organize a medical camp to help and treat patients.<br />
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NASREEN MAHMUD KASURI<br />
Beaconhouse Schools<br />
nasreen mahmud kasuri, nèe nasreen<br />
monnoo, comes from a business<br />
family. She is married with three<br />
children. She has had her schooling at<br />
the convent of Jesus and mary –<br />
lahore, and Sacred heart convent –<br />
faisalabad. She did her Bachelor’s in<br />
applied psychology and history from<br />
kinnaird college – lahore. She<br />
studied child psychology at the<br />
postgraduate level at the punjab<br />
University. She has also done her<br />
master in Business administration<br />
(mBa) and holds a joint degree issued<br />
by the Universities of nYU (USa),<br />
lSe (Uk), and hec (france).<br />
mrs. kasuri founded the Beaconhouse<br />
Schools in 1975 which are the largest<br />
and oldest private school system in<br />
pakistan, and perhaps one of the largest<br />
system of its kind in the world. today,<br />
Beaconhouse Schools are located in<br />
over 31 cities across pakistan, and in 8<br />
other countries including the Uk,<br />
malaysia, thailand, oman, Uae,<br />
Bangladesh, indonesia and the<br />
philippines. Beaconhouse has a<br />
combined student body exceeding<br />
220,000 and a staff of over 18,900.<br />
Beaconhouse schools prepare student<br />
for the cambridge ‘o’ and ‘a’ levels,<br />
the international Baccalaureate and the<br />
local matriculation systems.<br />
Beaconhouse is a progressive school (it<br />
is an equal opportunity employer –<br />
though currently 62% of its employees<br />
are women; it has a broad based<br />
approach to education with a view to<br />
producing global citizens).<br />
Beaconhouse is also active in the<br />
professional development and training<br />
of its teachers, and was the first and the<br />
Today, Beaconhouse<br />
Schools are located<br />
in over 31 cities<br />
across Pakistan,<br />
and in 8 other<br />
countries including<br />
the UK, Malaysia,<br />
Thailand, Oman,<br />
UAE, Bangladesh,<br />
Indonesia and<br />
the Philippines.<br />
only school in pakistan which has its<br />
own teacher-training programme in<br />
collaboration with the Bradford and<br />
exeter Universities, Uk.<br />
for her philanthropic and humanitarian<br />
work mrs kasuri was awarded<br />
the ‘Sitara-e-eisaar’ by the<br />
Government of pakistan in 2006.<br />
mrs. kasuri has traveled widely and<br />
has attended many seminars and<br />
courses on education and management.<br />
She has served on the Boards<br />
of many Government and non-<br />
Government organisations, and is<br />
currently serving as the chairperson<br />
of the Beaconhouse national<br />
University, a University chartered by<br />
the pakistan Government.<br />
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NASREEN REHMAN<br />
Academic & writer<br />
nasreen is chair of British muslims for Secular<br />
democracy, an organisation she co-founded<br />
with the journalist Yasmin alibhai-Brown, who<br />
was its first chair. She has served on the<br />
runnymede national commissions on anti-<br />
Semitism and islamophobia. She values her<br />
association with nece (networking european<br />
citizenship education).<br />
Born in pakistan, nasreen rehman lives between england<br />
and South asia. She believes in challenging political<br />
borders that separate people and countries, as well as the<br />
disciplinary boundaries between the arts and academic<br />
disciplines. She believes in the power of the arts and<br />
dialogue to understand the human condition and<br />
transform lives.<br />
nasreen is an award-winning screenplay writer who has<br />
worked with the canadian deepa mehta on the<br />
screenplay and dialogue of earth 1947, and wrote the<br />
tele-films, marhoom colonel ki Betiyaan; maya; rehmat;<br />
Jazba-e-dil; panchi and the serial aur Zindagi Badalti hai<br />
for the pakistani director mehreen Jabbar. She co-wrote<br />
with aditya chopra the screenplay and dialogue of the<br />
director Yash chopra’s Veer Zara.<br />
her intellectual debt to the great economist<br />
mahbubul haq, who steered her towards<br />
development, took her to islamabad, to work<br />
as the director of his human development<br />
centre. She continues to work at the grassroots<br />
with development projects in india and<br />
pakistan.<br />
her translation from Urdu into english of kaifi<br />
and i, the autobiography of Shaukat kaifi was<br />
published to critical acclaim in 2010. her book<br />
on m.S Sathyu’s film Garm hava is due towards<br />
the end of this year. nasreen’s biography of,<br />
nur Jahan, melody Queen will be published by<br />
penguin, india and oxford University press,<br />
pakistan, in 2013.<br />
nasreen has two daughters, mariam fazal<br />
faruqi, a lawyer, and nasheed Qamar faruqi, a<br />
filmmaker and teacher.<br />
She is artistic director of the Grand trunk road, a<br />
performing arts and literature organisation, linking artists<br />
and writers between afghanistan, pakistan, india and<br />
Bangladesh. She serves on the Board of akademi, the lead<br />
organisation for South asian dance, in the U.k.<br />
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NAMIRA SALIM<br />
Explorer & Artist<br />
namira Salim, is a prominent designer and<br />
adventurer based in the principality of<br />
monaco. She is well renowned as the first<br />
pakistani and first potential South asian<br />
space tourist to go to space aboard Virgin<br />
Galactic —the world’s first private spaceline.<br />
in march 2006, Sir richard Branson,<br />
chairman Virgin Group, personally<br />
introduced namira to the world press as<br />
one of the earliest founders of Virgin<br />
Galactic. Subsequently, in august 2006,<br />
the ministry of information and<br />
Broadcasting, Government of pakistan,<br />
officially launched namira as the “first<br />
pakistani astronaut” earning her instant<br />
celebrity status. in october 2007, she<br />
qualified to go to space after successfully<br />
completing her spaceflight training in the<br />
US.<br />
namira holds an ivy league masters<br />
degree in international affairs from<br />
columbia University. her tireless efforts<br />
lead to the establishment of diplomatic<br />
relations between pakistan & monaco in<br />
2009. Subsequently, on 1st august 2011,<br />
his Serene highness prince albert ii, the<br />
Sovereign prince of monaco accepted<br />
namira Salim’s nomination as the first<br />
honourary consul of pakistan to the<br />
principality of monaco. in march 2012,<br />
his Serene highness, the prince<br />
inaugurated the consulate of pakistan in<br />
the presence of the highest monegasque<br />
authorities.<br />
as pakistan’s ambassador for tourism and<br />
during the international polar Year, in april<br />
2007, namira became the first pakistani to<br />
reach the north pole and in January 2008,<br />
the first pakistani at the South pole, as well<br />
as the first asian to skydive (tandem) over<br />
mount everest (third pole) in october<br />
2008. at all three poles, she raised her<br />
native flag, along with her universal peace<br />
flag, ´´peace making with nation Souls´´<br />
which was first unveiled during the United<br />
nations General assembly in may 2002.<br />
namira Salim’s daring adventures have<br />
generated positive press for pakistan<br />
worldwide and made her a continuous<br />
source of inspiration for women and<br />
youth internationally. Based on her<br />
exemplary achievements, on 23rd march<br />
2011 namira was conferred with a civil<br />
decoration of tamgha-i-imtiaz (medal of<br />
excellence) by his excellency asif ali<br />
Zardari, president of the islamic republic<br />
of pakistan.<br />
the philosophical foundation of her<br />
creations rests in “a•SoUl•affair,”<br />
–her private label of decorative arts from<br />
monaco which is regularly presented to<br />
heads of State and royalty. her<br />
innovative art with built-in music and<br />
messages in the actual voices of world<br />
leaders have promoted peace and<br />
goodwill at the Saarc Summit in<br />
January 2004, the United nations General<br />
assembl in may 2002 and during<br />
UneSco’s executive Board in october<br />
2000. namira also represented pakistan<br />
at UneSco’s oic day in paris in<br />
September 2011.<br />
in 1993, she became the founding<br />
president of aieSec (international<br />
association of Students in economics and<br />
Business management) in pakistan –which<br />
is the largest student run nGo of the<br />
world. She trained as a student pilot in<br />
1995 and is a padi certified advanced<br />
scuba diver.<br />
namira Salim’s daring spirit serves as a<br />
paragon for peoples of all cultures and for<br />
today’s youth to reach for the stars.<br />
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NADIA JAMIL<br />
Actor<br />
in 2009, nadia began hosting Jago duniya (‘wake up<br />
world’), the flagship morning show for duniya tV, one<br />
of pakistan’s leading satellite channels. as the host of<br />
Jago duniya, nadia highlighted a number of social,<br />
economic and political issues, not hesitating to<br />
comment on topics considered controversial in<br />
pakistan.<br />
following the incredible success of Jago duniya, nadia<br />
was offered a position hosting nai rahain (‘new<br />
directions’), the morning show for Samaa tV, a leading<br />
news and opinion channel launched by JaaG<br />
Broadcasting Systems (pvt) ltd – owners of cnBc<br />
pakistan.<br />
nadia Jamil is one of pakistan’s leading television and stage<br />
personalities, and is widely acclaimed as one of the most talented<br />
and versatile actors of her generation.<br />
nadia was born in london on october 2, 1972. her love for the<br />
dramatic was evident from her early years. after moving to pakistan<br />
at the age of 9, nadia continued to pursue her passion for drama at<br />
the convent of Jesus and mary from where she completed her o’<br />
levels in 1988. this love for the stage continued through nadia’s a’<br />
levels, including the title role in an Urdu adaptation of Sophocles’<br />
antigone opposite renowned stage veteran Shoaib hashmi. during<br />
this time, nadia also helped produce and direct, as well as starred<br />
in, pakistan’s first fully amateur production, phantom of the opera.<br />
nadia went on to complete her Bachelors in liberal arts from<br />
hampshire University, amherst, massachusetts, with a major in<br />
theatre and minors in creative writing and South asian studies.<br />
while at hampshire, nadia also became a student and mentee of<br />
dr eqbal ahmad, a renowned pakistani scholar, author/journalist<br />
and anti-war activist. Under dr ahmad’s tutelage, nadia developed<br />
a keen socio-political conscience, and found ways in which to use<br />
her art as a tool for social change. after finishing her Bachelors in<br />
1996, nadia returned to pakistan and took up acting in earnest. She<br />
has since appeared in a number of stage and television productions,<br />
including the critically acclaimed commercial hit meray pass pass<br />
(which was subsequently followed up with a sequel). She has also<br />
seen much national and international acclaim for her roles in films<br />
such as the short Beauty parlour by mehreen Jabbar, and raat chali<br />
hai Jhoom kai, for which she was awarded the Best Supporting<br />
actress ciepie at the 1st karafilm festival.<br />
in addition to her role as an actor and tV anchor/host,<br />
nadia is also actively involved in a number of social<br />
projects. nadia is an active member of the punjab<br />
government’s Youth task force and is also a member of<br />
Zimmedar Shehri – a youth organisation dedicated to<br />
cleaning up the streets of lahore. nadia also<br />
spearheaded a media campaign in collaboration with the<br />
world wildlife fund and the international Union for<br />
the conservation of nature to raise awareness of waste<br />
management and its affect on the environment and local<br />
wildlife and fauna. nadia is also a patron of the pakistan<br />
Society for the rehabilitation of the disabled (pSrd)<br />
and has used her show as a platform for promoting the<br />
rights of disabled youth in pakistan. She was responsible<br />
for getting disabled youth involved in the punjab<br />
Government’s Youth task force.<br />
She has currently worked on a production of an Urdu<br />
version of the taming of the Shrew with the theatre<br />
troupe, theatre walley-kaShf, which was performed<br />
at the Globe theatre in london as part of the run up to<br />
the olympic Games this summer. the ‘Globe to Globe’<br />
initiative is an unprecedented multi-lingual programme<br />
of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays produced by<br />
Shakespeare’s Globe theatre as part of the 2012<br />
cultural olympiad and world Shakespeare festival.<br />
over six weeks, every one of Shakespeare’s plays was<br />
performed by a major company from a different<br />
country in its own language. Starring nadia Jamil and<br />
Umair rana and directed by haissam hussain, the<br />
‘taming of the Shrew’ was performed in Urdu on may<br />
25th and 26th, 2012, at the Globe theatre to a standing<br />
ovation both nights.<br />
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Entrepreneur<br />
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Boxer<br />
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi<br />
Tennis Player<br />
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Google<br />
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Islamic Relief<br />
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Politics<br />
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Barrister<br />
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Gugsy Ahmed<br />
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Property<br />
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Ikram Butt<br />
Imam Qari Muhammad Asim<br />
Imtiaz Chaudhry<br />
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Jamshad Anwar<br />
Javad Haider Rana<br />
Javed Khan<br />
Kadeer Arif<br />
Kamal Munir<br />
Khalid Patel<br />
Khawar Mann<br />
Latif Mir<br />
Mabs Hussain<br />
Mahira Khan<br />
Mahroof Hussain<br />
Mahmood Ul Hassan<br />
Majjid Nawaz<br />
Maria Ahmad<br />
Moeen Azhar<br />
Mohammed Khalid<br />
Mohammed Nasser<br />
Mohammed Younis<br />
Mustafa Mohammed<br />
Nafees Butt<br />
Nazir Afzal<br />
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FUTURE LEADERS<br />
Aamina Sheikh<br />
Actress<br />
aamina Sheikh is a pakistani actress and model best known for<br />
portraying the main leads in television serials maat, Uraan, ishq<br />
Gumshuda, hum tum and daam. Sheikh also played leads, beside<br />
husband mohib mirza, in telefilms such as aasmaan chulay and azfar<br />
ali's Youth-oriented venture Baarish mein deewar.<br />
Sheikh won an award in Best emerging talent's category on lux Style<br />
award 2009. She was also nominated for model of the Year (female)<br />
award in the following year at lux Style award,. She is l'oreal paris<br />
pakistan's official spokes model.<br />
She got her primary education from mama parsi School and<br />
secondary from american international School (SaiS-r) in riyadh.<br />
Sheikh continued further education in karachi and did her o-levels<br />
and a-levels from St.Joseph’s convent and the lyceum, respectively.<br />
aamina has majored in film Video production from hampshire<br />
college, Boston and has also worked as an assistant at manhattan<br />
based multi-media company curious pictures. on returning back<br />
pakistan,aamina landed work with Geo television, where she directed<br />
and produced children talkshow Bachey man ke Sachey., aamina<br />
made her on-screen debut in Sharjil Baloch and khalid ahmed’s<br />
telefilm, Gurmuch Singh ki waseeyat in 2007. aamina did mehreen<br />
Jabbar’s mega drama serial daam and haissam hussain’s ishq<br />
Gumshuda.<br />
Aamer Anwar<br />
Solicitor<br />
aamer anwar, based in Scotland is one of the<br />
highest profile human rights lawyers in the<br />
United kingdom over the last year he<br />
successfully campaigned to expose mobile<br />
phone hacking at news of the world. he has<br />
been the vocal opponent of the draconian antiterror<br />
powers and was described by a national<br />
newspaper as ‘taking on the big guns of the<br />
legal system , a fighter for society’s underdogs.’<br />
the best description of aamer was given by<br />
moazzam Begg- ex Guantanamo prisoner - ‘in<br />
times of fear, hatred and violence it is often<br />
very difficult to find people with the courage<br />
and fortitude to fight for the rights of the<br />
demonised, down-trodden and marginalised but<br />
aamer anwar, is one of those people, an<br />
avid defender of others rights ....’<br />
Sabah Ibrahim<br />
Mentor<br />
having completed a<br />
Ba english degree at<br />
coventry University<br />
Sabah ibrahim has<br />
perfected the<br />
communication and<br />
writing skills needed to lead and motivate a<br />
young team. her analytical mind, strong team<br />
working-skills and good writing skills enabled<br />
her to fast track into and manage a project team<br />
responsible for researching and developing a<br />
number of innovative initiatives. her strong<br />
customer service and communication skills<br />
enhanced her ability to build trusting and long<br />
lasting relationships with team members for<br />
whom she was responsible. She has the ability<br />
to mentor and has worked with schools and<br />
school children and as a result obtained an<br />
aSdan qualification in peer tutoring, stage one.<br />
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Anas Sarwar MP<br />
anas Sarwar was born and<br />
brought up in the city of<br />
Glasgow. he studied dentistry at<br />
the University of Glasgow and<br />
worked as a general dental<br />
practitioner in the national<br />
health Service prior to<br />
becoming a member of<br />
parliament. anas was elected to<br />
represent the westminster<br />
constituency of Glasgow<br />
central on the 6th of may 2010<br />
increasing the majority held by<br />
the previous incumbent. in<br />
february 2009, anas won the<br />
Sun’s best new Scottish<br />
politician award.<br />
Hyder M. Ibrahim<br />
Arctitect<br />
hyder m. ibrahim one of the<br />
founding members of resettling<br />
the indus, a project under which<br />
over 600 houses completed<br />
through private donations in a<br />
period of two years. the idea of<br />
resettling the indus (rtindus)<br />
was the outcome of a meeting of<br />
architects, engineers, social<br />
workers and students, in<br />
response to the floods in 2010.<br />
rtindus aims to empower<br />
communities through a selfsustaining<br />
process, without<br />
disturbing the indigenous<br />
cultures and lifestyles.<br />
Ali Moeen Nawazish<br />
Student<br />
ali is a graduate in the politics,<br />
psychology and Sociology tripos<br />
from the University of<br />
cambridge, with a specialization<br />
in politics. ali also studied<br />
computer Science during my<br />
first year at university. ali is well<br />
known in pakistan and to some<br />
extent the Uk for attempting to<br />
do 23 a levels. he is also a<br />
recipient of the president’s<br />
award for pride of performance<br />
from the Government of<br />
pakistan which is one of the<br />
highest civil awards in the<br />
country.<br />
Aisam ul Haq:<br />
Tennis Player<br />
aisam-ul-haq Qureshi, born<br />
march 17, 1980, in lahore,<br />
pakistan, is a professional tennis<br />
player from pakistan. he is<br />
currently pakistan’s top player. a<br />
top 10 doubles player, his<br />
highest Singles race ranking is<br />
103rd and is the former Singles<br />
asian no. 3 and asian no. 2 in<br />
doubles. he is the only pakistani<br />
tennis player to reach the final<br />
of a Grand Slam, which he did<br />
in 2010 competing in both<br />
mixed doubles and men’s<br />
doubles (partnering with rohan<br />
Bopanna) at the US open.<br />
Dr. Kamal Munir<br />
Professor<br />
dr. kamal munir has been a<br />
professor of Strategy and policy<br />
at University of cambridge since<br />
2000, where he heads the<br />
Strategy and international<br />
Business Group within the<br />
University’s Judge Business<br />
School. dr munir has published<br />
several articles in leading<br />
management and economics<br />
journals, and has been invited to<br />
present his work in numerous<br />
highly level academic and policy<br />
forums around the world.<br />
Basit Khan<br />
Islamic Relief<br />
Basit khan is head of major<br />
Gifts for islamic relief Uk.<br />
with an impressive background<br />
in tax and finance, he has used<br />
his experience to effect positive<br />
change within the Global<br />
muslim community. at the age<br />
of nineteen, Basit was elected to<br />
the Shura council, of the Young<br />
muslims Uk where he<br />
pioneered events such as living<br />
islam and nasheed<br />
extravaganza. he graduated<br />
from kings college University,<br />
and quickly found his niche in<br />
tax and finance.<br />
Badar Khushnood<br />
Google Pakistan<br />
Badar khushnood specializes in<br />
B2B & B2c online strategy<br />
development, internet & email<br />
marketing & brand management<br />
with experience in developing<br />
and implementing: business<br />
strategies, project plans, and<br />
negotiating formal business<br />
relationships. he also has<br />
extensive experience of working<br />
in multi-cultural, multi-stakeholder<br />
and public-private-donor<br />
partnership business models.<br />
Andleeb Hanif<br />
Media<br />
British-born and bred, andleeb<br />
hanif, has been at the forefront<br />
of changing the shape of ethnic<br />
print media through her asian<br />
express newspapers. She stands<br />
as Britain’s first female Southasian<br />
editor-in chief. originally<br />
a teacher by profession, andleeb<br />
had returned to england after a<br />
decade of living abroad with her<br />
family. She was so antagonised<br />
with the biased exposure of<br />
South asians by the mainstream<br />
media that she decided to launch<br />
her own regional newspaper –<br />
the asian express Yorkshire in<br />
the year 2000.<br />
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AKEEL & JAMEEL<br />
AMINI<br />
ALMEENA AHMED<br />
BBC<br />
ARIF ZAMAN<br />
Chair Pakistan Action Group<br />
ranis Bradford was formed in 2005<br />
by twin brothers akeel and Jameel<br />
amini, who saw a gap in the asian<br />
fashion market for luxury fabrics and<br />
ready to wear garments. with<br />
existing experience of the textiles<br />
industry, and respectively educated in<br />
marketing and fashion design, the<br />
brothers embarked upon a journey<br />
that was determined to raise<br />
standards.<br />
Specialising in offering bespoke<br />
evening, bridalwear and menswear<br />
design, as well as carrying exclusive<br />
fabrics, the Bradford-born siblings<br />
have become synonymous in the<br />
asian fashion industry, attracting a<br />
global client base covering the Uk,<br />
europe, africa and asia.<br />
the boutique itself is referred to as<br />
‘bringing Bond St to Bradford’, with<br />
its flawless interior, merchandising<br />
and creative window displays, and<br />
with projects in the pipeline to bring<br />
in new ranges of casual ladieswear<br />
and an extension to the appointmentonly<br />
Bridal Suite, the twins are<br />
excited to take their brainchild to<br />
broader audiences.<br />
almeena ahmed is a Senior Broadcast<br />
Journalist at BBc london tV news.<br />
She has been a Journalist for over ten<br />
years and has worked at itn, itV<br />
news, channel 5 news, GmtV,<br />
newsnight, the BBc’s newschannel<br />
and Six / ten o’clock news.<br />
almeena was the first muslim<br />
presenter on itV wales news and has<br />
also reported from abroad including<br />
the “brain drain” of nurses from the<br />
philippines and the aftermath of the<br />
earthquake in kashmir.<br />
She read Social and political Science at<br />
cambridge University and completed a<br />
postgraduate course in Broadcast<br />
Journalism from cardiff<br />
Journalism School.<br />
almeena is involved with a range of<br />
mentoring charities and has set up her<br />
own charity called the Sasya<br />
foundation which aims to raise<br />
educational aspirations for schoolgirls<br />
and their mothers.<br />
.<br />
Governance and South asia; international chair of the<br />
pakistan action Group on foreign investment; on the<br />
faculty of the pakistan institute of corporate<br />
Governance; community alliance director of open<br />
london (the organisation of pakistani entrepreneurs);<br />
an associate at mettle consulting on governance and<br />
reputational risk; and visiting faculty at henley Business<br />
School, University of reading. he is author of the<br />
bestselling briefing on reputational risk (financial<br />
times, 2004 and published in russian, 2008).<br />
he was Global market and industry analyst at British<br />
airways where he won several company awards and<br />
industry awards and previously at hSBc. arif was a<br />
Visiting researcher at the Japanese ministry of economy,<br />
trade and industry; a member of the drafting committee<br />
of the european conference on cSr at the invitation of<br />
the dutch presidency of the eU; and the first person of<br />
pakistani origin to be a Visiting fellow at chatham<br />
house.<br />
arif is on the Board of the Sunshine project, which aims<br />
to empower muslims against domestic violence. he was<br />
the first associate director and a founder member of<br />
mosaic (founded by hrh the prince of wales) and Vice<br />
chair of the Business and economics committee of the<br />
mcB. he is on the Board of the intercountry adoption<br />
centre. in 2011 he received an award from former<br />
malaysian pm abdullah Badawi at the first Global<br />
muslim public relations awards for his ‘excellent<br />
contribution in the field of public relations serving world<br />
communities.’<br />
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AMIR KHAN<br />
Boxer<br />
the rising superstar of world boxing,<br />
Britain’s amir “king” khan burst on to the<br />
scene at the 2004 olympics in athens,<br />
where he captured a silver medal at the<br />
tender age of just 17.<br />
Quickly tipped for superstardom<br />
following his stunning success he has<br />
carried that momentum into his<br />
professional career which has seen him rise<br />
to the very top of the light-welterweight<br />
division. khan won the wBa lightwelterweight<br />
world title in July of 2009<br />
with a commanding 12-round win over<br />
andriy kotelnik and then successfully<br />
defended his belt with knockout wins over<br />
dmitriy Salita and paulie “magic man”<br />
malignaggi.<br />
in what was his US debut, taking place at<br />
the legendary madison Square Garden in<br />
new York, the boy from Bolton wowed<br />
onlookers with his assured demolition of<br />
the former world champion malignaggi.<br />
his poisonous jab, along with his speed,<br />
was too much for the new Yorker who saw<br />
the fight stopped in the 11th round.<br />
Boxing’s greats were at ringside and were<br />
quick to lavish praise on a fighter who is<br />
set to dominate the sport for years to<br />
come.<br />
his most exciting defence, however, came<br />
on december 11, 2010 during which khan<br />
scored a dramatic 12-round unanimous<br />
points victory over argentine bruiser<br />
marcos maidana. the fight saw khan<br />
score a first round knockdown and<br />
dominate the early rounds of the fight<br />
before maidana made the bout a close one<br />
by closing the gap in the late rounds.<br />
khan displayed an incredible amount of<br />
heart and fortitude in surviving a vicious<br />
tenth round onslaught by maidana that<br />
would have sent most fighters to the<br />
canvas. he survived the round and came<br />
out swinging in the eleventh and twelfth<br />
round, sealing the unanimous decision<br />
Khan’s future in the<br />
sport of boxing is an<br />
extremely bright one<br />
as he looks to regain<br />
his position at<br />
the very top of<br />
the 140lb<br />
division.<br />
victory in an instant classic. the fight was<br />
so acclaimed that it was named the Boxing<br />
writers association of america’s 2010<br />
‘fight of the Year’.<br />
on July 23 2011 khan took on the iBf<br />
light-welterweight world champion, Zab<br />
Judah, in a unification matchup at the<br />
mandalay Bay in las Vegas. his bid was to<br />
become Britain’s youngest ever unified<br />
champion and show the boxing world that<br />
he had no equal in the 140lb division.<br />
away from the ring khan is a humble and<br />
down-to-earth sportsmen who is often<br />
keen to support charitable causes such as<br />
raising funds and awareness for those<br />
affected by natural disasters like the July<br />
2010 floods in pakistan and the<br />
devastating haiti earthquake which struck<br />
only a few months earlier.<br />
the boxing ace is also eager to offer his<br />
help closer to home, opening up Gloves<br />
community Gym, which keeps<br />
underprivileged kids of the street by<br />
giving them the chance to learn the art of<br />
boxing. khan has also supported a number<br />
of other causes such as network rail’s ‘no<br />
messin’ campaign’ which aims to make<br />
young people aware of the dangers of<br />
playing on railway tracks by getting them<br />
involved in activities such as sport or<br />
music.<br />
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ASGHAR ALI ASIM SIDDIQUI JAMSHED ANWAR<br />
Businessman Businessman Academic<br />
at the age of just 36, asghar ali’s rise in<br />
prominence as one of Bradford’s foremost<br />
entrepreneurs is noteworthy indeed.<br />
currently presiding over two of the city’s<br />
leading independent lifestyle brands –<br />
‘Smart moves Group’ and ‘lahore’ –<br />
asghar is passionate about his home town<br />
and is committed to transforming its<br />
economic fortunes through positive actions<br />
and wholehearted advocacy.<br />
Sharing his late father’s love of the food<br />
industry, asghar has established a successful<br />
multi-site food retailing business that also<br />
offers an external catering service to<br />
companies and private individuals alike.<br />
with an unwavering commitment to<br />
quality produce and true customer service,<br />
the lahore brand is likely to appear in yet<br />
further locations across the region during<br />
coming years.<br />
asghar’s second business, Smart moves<br />
Group, occupies an enviable position in<br />
Bradford’s blooming city living industry. as<br />
the principal broker of urban residential<br />
properties to buy or rent, Smart moves is<br />
similarly regarded as the leading source of<br />
independent advice relating to city centre<br />
housing development and is a key<br />
contributor to Bradford’s annual presence<br />
at the industry-leading mipim conferences<br />
in cannes.<br />
asim Siddiqui has over 17 years of<br />
experience in managing the family steel<br />
business. as managing director, he devises<br />
corporate strategy, oversees operational<br />
processes and directs aGe Group’s senior<br />
management efforts.<br />
age Group is in the business of steel<br />
stockholding, coil cutting and galvanizing<br />
with operations in the United arab<br />
emirates and Saudi arabia..<br />
asim graduated from webster University in<br />
Geneva, Switzerland and has a Bachelor of<br />
arts degree in management with a major in<br />
economics. he began his career as a banker<br />
in london before joining aGe Group as<br />
chief manager in dubai in 1995. Since<br />
becoming managing director in 2002, his<br />
extensive banking background has greatly<br />
assisted him in managing the flow of the<br />
company’s steel trade, and aGe Group has<br />
since seen 10-fold growth in the company’s<br />
business activities.<br />
asim attributes aGe Group’s long-term<br />
success to his mentor, his late father<br />
Ghayoor Siddiqui, and the company<br />
philosophy, which is based on the<br />
cultivation of a proactive workforce<br />
culture.<br />
professor Jamshed anwar is a highly acclaimed academic<br />
and scientist whose research is set to revolutionise how<br />
medicines are developed. he is leading the development<br />
of computational (in-silico) methods and tools that will<br />
minimise the need for experiments including those using<br />
animals, enhance quality, cut development costs, reduce<br />
time to market, and yield safer and more effective<br />
medicines.<br />
he has an exceptional international standing and<br />
reputation in physical chemistry and pharmaceutical<br />
sciences, evidenced by numerous research publications,<br />
invited talks at international meetings, and visiting<br />
fellowships at leading institutions. his research laboratory<br />
was highlighted for its world-leading contributions in<br />
computational pharmaceutical sciences in the Uk’s<br />
research assessment exercise (2008). he is a fellow of<br />
Sidney Sussex college (cambridge University), the royal<br />
Society of chemistry, and the royal pharmaceutical<br />
Society of Uk. prof. anwar currently holds a chair in<br />
computational pharmaceutical Sciences at the institute of<br />
life Sciences research (ilrS), University of Bradford,<br />
Uk. prior to his appointment at ilrS, he was a reader at<br />
king’s college london.<br />
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ALI ZAFAR<br />
Actor & Singer<br />
ali Zafar is a pakistani musician,<br />
composer, song writer, singer, actor,<br />
painter and model, popular for his music,<br />
acting in pakistani dramas and now<br />
movies.<br />
he graduated from the national college of<br />
arts as a painter in 2002 with honors.<br />
Before entering the pakistani musical<br />
scene, Zafar worked as a model for several<br />
advertisements besides acting in<br />
television. Some of his acting works<br />
includes the famous mini series kollege<br />
Jeans. he was also in the music video of<br />
preeto sung by abrar-ul-haq. in college he<br />
also acted in a musical theatre based on<br />
“ten things i hate about you”.<br />
ali Zafar made his debut as a musician with<br />
the album huqa pani, released in pakistan<br />
in 2003 and worldwide in 2005. the album<br />
was an instant hit, selling over 600,000<br />
copies worldwide and winning several<br />
major awards and nominations. his first<br />
two albums namely “huqa pani” and<br />
“masty” were pop albums but with his<br />
third album “Jhoom” Zafar made a shift<br />
towards more serious and spiritually<br />
inclined music. the album,besides his<br />
own, had verses from the great Sufi poets<br />
like Bulley Shah, Baba Ghulam fareed and<br />
mirza Ghalib. the album that Zafar<br />
produced, arranged, mixed and<br />
engineered himself showcased a visible<br />
transition and growth in him both as a<br />
musician and as a writer and elevated him<br />
into a space of a well respected and serious<br />
musician with multiple talents rarely<br />
witnessed.<br />
he won the award for “Best album”<br />
category at the lux Style awards in 2004<br />
for his massive hit album huqa pani and<br />
also the “Best male artist” at the 2008<br />
mtV awards. in addition to the album’s<br />
popularity being reflected in the music<br />
Zafar became the<br />
first to have<br />
rendered his<br />
services as an actor,<br />
singer, composer,<br />
lyricist, writer, arranger,<br />
programmer,<br />
recordist for<br />
his recent film<br />
London, Paris,<br />
New York.<br />
stores and by critics, it has been widely<br />
claimed that himesh reshammiya<br />
plagiarized one of the most well-known<br />
tracks from the album, rangeen, for his<br />
song dillagi mein Jo. Soon pritam too<br />
copied his track “channo” as “chori ki<br />
Baatein” in the film fight club.<br />
Zafar also won the “Youth icon” award in<br />
the lux Style awards 2007, in malaysia.<br />
Besides being a singer, painter, model and<br />
an actor, Zafar has also produced and<br />
directed his music video ek pal from his<br />
first album huqa pani. his song “dekha”<br />
of his album masty was part of the<br />
soundtrack of american film wall Street:<br />
money never Sleeps which was released<br />
on September 24, 2010. he is the fourth<br />
pakistani artist after nusrat fateh ali<br />
khan, Strings and atif aslam to have their<br />
song(s) featured in an american film.<br />
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AZHAR SIDDIQUE<br />
Business<br />
AZHAR<br />
Architect<br />
raised in colne, lancashire azhar Siddique studied at nelson &<br />
colne college and soon after graduated at manchester University in<br />
computer Science & management Systems. Being an entrepreneur,<br />
he first successfully sold a co-owned technology business to a<br />
subsidiary of carphone warehouse in 2007, before starting a global<br />
business in refrigeration which he sold in may 2012.<br />
he has helped setup more than 500 businesses and has been recognised<br />
for numerous awards over the past few years including hSBc business<br />
of the year, national Start-ups top100 companies and Green business<br />
of the year finalist to name a few. whilst azhar himself has been<br />
nominated as one of the Uk’s top young entrepreneurs by ‘Growing<br />
Business’.<br />
azhar is extremely passionate about enterprise and supporting the<br />
next generation of young entrepreneurs. recently he has launched a<br />
self-funded program which looks at the broader issue of ‘neets’. the<br />
personal investment of £25,000 will go into ideas generated from<br />
young individuals aged 16 to 24.<br />
azhar is a registered chartered architect, and<br />
has practiced architecture internationally for<br />
20 years including europe, asia, middle east<br />
and africa, as well as extensive experience in<br />
the Uk. azhar was born in the ancient city of<br />
lahore, he grew up in london. he was<br />
educated at University college london in<br />
Bloomsbury. he is a proud londoner and is<br />
passionate about the built environment,<br />
inspired by the past, and optimistic about the<br />
invention of the future<br />
azhar is a director of conran and partners,<br />
architects designers, which is part of conran<br />
holdings, founded by Sir terence conran. the<br />
practice works internationally on high quality<br />
projects from masterplanning to individual<br />
projects.<br />
he trained in architecture at the prestigious<br />
Bartlett School of architecture, University<br />
college of london, and has taught and lectured<br />
widely, at undergraduate and post-graduate<br />
levels including, University college london,<br />
national college of art lahore, chinese<br />
University hong kong, westminster University,<br />
middlesex University, Greenwich University<br />
and the kent School of architecture. at the<br />
kent School of architecture he was co-running<br />
the march (pt ii) architecture course at kSa-<br />
University of kent, the projects dealt with<br />
thames Gateway and olympic issues.<br />
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BILAWAL BHUTTO ZARDARI<br />
Politics<br />
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was born on 21<br />
September 1988. he is the son of asif<br />
ali Zardari and Benazir Bhutto. he<br />
was three months old when his<br />
mother first became prime minister.<br />
Bilawal was admitted in the<br />
prestigious aitichison college lahore,<br />
but due to some security problems he<br />
could not continue. instead he went to<br />
karachi Grammar School during his<br />
mother’s second term in office as<br />
prime minister. he also attended<br />
froebel’s international School in<br />
islamabad. he left pakistan with his<br />
mother in april 1999.<br />
he spent his childhood in dubai and<br />
london during his family’s self-exile.<br />
he later attended rashid School for<br />
Boys in dubai, where he was Vice<br />
president of the student council. he<br />
has a black belt in taekwondo but<br />
regrets he could not play cricket<br />
because of his family circumstances.<br />
Bilawal matriculated at christ<br />
church, a constituent college of the<br />
University of oxford, in mid-2007, to<br />
study modern history, studying British<br />
history before transitioning to general<br />
history. Benazir also enrolled him in<br />
the oxford Union debating society. in<br />
december 2007, he returned to<br />
pakistan after Benazir was<br />
assassinated. he also returned to<br />
pakistan in September 2008 to witness<br />
Bilawal was appointed<br />
chairman of the PPP<br />
on 30 December 2007.<br />
Asif Zardari also<br />
announced Bilawal’s<br />
name change from<br />
“Bilawal Zardari” to<br />
“Bilawal Bhutto<br />
Zardari”<br />
his father sworn in as president of<br />
pakistan. Bilawal completed his<br />
studies in June 2010.<br />
after the assassination of Benazir<br />
Bhutto, Benazir’s political will<br />
declared asif ali Zardari as Benazir’s<br />
successor for party leadership.<br />
however, Bilawal became chairman<br />
of the pakistan peoples party because<br />
Zardari favoured Bilawal to represent<br />
Bhutto’s legacy in part to avoid<br />
division within the party due to<br />
Zardari’s own unpopularity. Zardari<br />
planned to act as co-chairman of the<br />
ppp for at least three years until<br />
Bilawal completed his studies<br />
overseas.<br />
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BALAL ALI EBBA QURESHI FARAZ KHAN<br />
Entrepreneur Marketing Social Entrepreneur<br />
Balal ali, now 36 , is a very successful<br />
entrepreneur, running range of business<br />
from furniture to health care. he has<br />
developed his businesses in last 8 years<br />
with a growth of more than 20% a year in<br />
each sector.<br />
right after graduating from University,<br />
Balal went to build his carrier in it and<br />
worked for global business like Bmw and<br />
Glaxo welcome. after a few years he<br />
realised to invest his passion and effort<br />
into his own business as he always fancied<br />
having a feel for a higher level of<br />
achievement for himself. in 2003, Balal<br />
took over a very small furniture business<br />
from his father who sadly passed away,<br />
since then this business is catering<br />
nationwide customer base, including<br />
country’s large corporate investing groups,<br />
public and semi public organisations<br />
employing over a 100 people in the<br />
process.<br />
recently, realising the importance of<br />
diversifying Balal opted to go into the<br />
healthcare business with a carefully<br />
developed strategic expansion plan in this<br />
sector too.<br />
ebba Qureshi, born in kuwait but<br />
eventually bred in Surrey, qualified in<br />
Business and marketing at university. She<br />
managed to work on large projects during<br />
her early days in her chosen career. Some of<br />
which include launching Star tV and arY<br />
digital channels in the Uk. Guests<br />
attending these events were ranging from<br />
local Uk politicians to Bollywood actors<br />
such as amitabh Bachchan. Being a<br />
pakistani, she always wanted to help<br />
promote talent from back home, hence<br />
once she had flown down naeem abbas<br />
rufi to perform at the Star tV launch,<br />
which happened to be one of his first gigs<br />
abroad.<br />
due to the success of her events she<br />
managed to win bids on planning and<br />
organising large Bollywood premieres in<br />
leicester square. She was one of the first<br />
people to have worked on the most<br />
successful film premiere for a pakistani film<br />
called 'Yeh dil apka huwa'. which was<br />
premiered around the Uk.<br />
most recently she has been focusing on<br />
charity events simply due to the need of<br />
raising money for the underprivileged,<br />
concentrating in areas surrounding the sub<br />
continent especially pakistan. Being<br />
married to a pakistani cricketer, her strong<br />
links with cricketers has enabled her to<br />
raise funds for charities and projects in<br />
significant amounts.<br />
faraz khan is a Uk based pakistani social entrepreneur,<br />
investor and author who believes in bringing a positive<br />
change in the society through entrepreneurship business<br />
and trade. he is a published author, writer, lecturer and<br />
leading authority on social entrepreneurship in pakistan<br />
and Uk. he is well known for his forward-thinking<br />
business models that allow him to fulfill a personal<br />
commitment to better the lives of the residents in<br />
pakistan, Uk and beyond.<br />
in the past 9 years he with his partners have created 11<br />
leading businesses globally. he represents pakistan on<br />
major global entrepreneurial forums and has been<br />
recognized for his business acumen as well his passion to<br />
make pakistan an attractive business destination for local<br />
and global business community.<br />
he brings with him years of banking and corporate<br />
experience that is a mix of both local and international<br />
cultures of businesses, enabling him to integrate<br />
successful models into the entrepreneurial eco systems<br />
of Uk and pakistan.<br />
after over the period of 10 years he has taken many<br />
entrepreneurial initiatives, in the field of media, socioeconomic<br />
development, arts, entrepreneurship, trade<br />
promotion and urban development, transforming each<br />
into a success story and considers the idea of inspiring<br />
and mentoring the young generation to be the change<br />
agents themselves. a staunch believer in the concept of<br />
“everything is possible with intent, idea & people”<br />
provided that there is a will to make things happen.<br />
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FAISAL BUTT<br />
Entrepreneur<br />
faisal Butt is an entrepreneur and<br />
investor based in mayfair, Uk. he is<br />
best known for co-founding a range of<br />
ventures including the very well<br />
publicised “90 north”, an investment<br />
business specialising in Shar’iah<br />
compliant real estate.<br />
faisal is also a founding partner of hB<br />
real estate in partnership with<br />
celebrity entrepreneur James caan, a<br />
former judge on BBc’s dragons’ den.<br />
faisal Butt and James caan work<br />
closely together, identifying and<br />
investing in the next generation of<br />
entrepreneurs.<br />
faisal is a recipient of several<br />
noteworthy industry and academic<br />
Faisal is a recipient of<br />
several noteworthy<br />
industry and<br />
academic awards,<br />
including the<br />
much sought<br />
after “Skoll<br />
Scholarship”<br />
for social<br />
entrepreneurship.<br />
awards, including “Young<br />
entrepreneur of the Year” by Shell<br />
livewire and the much sought after<br />
“Skoll Scholarship” for social<br />
entrepreneurship. he is a co-founder<br />
of the islamabad chapter of tie, the<br />
world’s largest enterprise focused<br />
non-profit organisation.<br />
faisal completed his Bachelors degree<br />
at Ucla in 1999 in Business<br />
economics and computer Science<br />
and earned an mBa with distinction<br />
from the University of oxford in<br />
2009. faisal remains committed to<br />
investing in and mentoring<br />
entrepreneurs, which he regards as<br />
one of his core life missions.<br />
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AMJAD MALIK<br />
Barrister<br />
AZHAR MAHMOOD<br />
Cricket<br />
AAMIR IJAZ<br />
Entrepreneur<br />
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amjad malik is a member of lincolns inn<br />
and practices as a Solicitor–advocate of the<br />
Supreme court of england and wales from<br />
his rochdale office, and he is a life member<br />
of ScBa of pakistan, a specialist in<br />
immigration, human rights and<br />
constitutional law. he is a member of law<br />
Society’s immigration law committee.<br />
he was awarded ‘Young human rights<br />
lawyer award’ for the year 2000 BY<br />
liberty, Justice and law Society. in the year<br />
2001,Young pro Bono Solicitor’s Group<br />
also named him for the national ‘Young pro<br />
Bono Solicitor award’ for his active<br />
casework and representation up to house<br />
of lords pro bono. on 28 february 07 he<br />
was awarded by (Uicf) United<br />
international community forum (Uk)<br />
awarded him in recognition to his<br />
outstanding professional contribution<br />
towards service of asian and British<br />
community in role model capacity.<br />
he sits on ‘Uk foreign and commonwealth<br />
office’s pro Bono lawyer’s panel.’ he is<br />
Uk representative on young lawyer<br />
committee of the international Bar<br />
association & Uk director of human<br />
rights foundation (USa). he is currently<br />
doing phd from manchester mmU on the ‘<br />
role of judiciary during military<br />
dictatorships’. he oversaw the draft of<br />
‘charter of democracy’ in 2006,<br />
petitioned in Supreme court on the<br />
dismissal of chief Justice of pakistan<br />
(const. pet.no.15/2007) and acted for<br />
nawaz Sharif as his lawyer when he<br />
travelled to pakistan on 10 Set 2007.<br />
azhar mahmood is a mentally tough<br />
allrounder and belligerent batsman, who<br />
began his career with three test centuries<br />
against South africa. in one-day cricket he<br />
invariably raises the tempo in the lower<br />
middle-order. he is strong off his legs and<br />
relishes short bowling. But he pushes at the<br />
ball too firmly in defence, and is<br />
particularly vulnerable against legspin.<br />
in a team of reverse-swingers he is the only<br />
english-type seamer, virtuous in his pursuit<br />
of line and length. he is a useful fielder and,<br />
close in, he rarely misses an opportunity to<br />
enquire about the batsman’s health.<br />
during a one-month stint as a Surrey<br />
overseas player in 2002 he took 8 for 61<br />
against lancashire, then turned out for<br />
them for two seasons full-time as pakistan’s<br />
mercurial lost faith in him for reasons that<br />
have never quite been made clear.<br />
he signed with Surrey again for 2005, and<br />
later applied for British citizenship after<br />
marrying his British wife. he signed for<br />
kent in late 2007. he extended his contract<br />
with kent for two years, at the end of the<br />
2011 season. his twenty20 hitting also<br />
earned him a call-up to the auckland squad<br />
as their overseas pro for the 2011-12 hrV<br />
cup.<br />
aamir ijaz has been a successful entrepreneur with<br />
records of achievements in senior management positions.<br />
his key skills involves development, financial analysis,<br />
restructuring, acquisitions and risk management<br />
with proven leadership and technical skills<br />
demonstrated, he has the ability to institute, direct<br />
change and adapt financial models to changing<br />
economical environments with delivering revenue<br />
enhancing opportunities and operational efficiencies.<br />
he was head hunted in 2002 to identify and evaluate<br />
strategic hotels, and restaurants opportunities on behalf<br />
of investors. following that confidence he has managed<br />
to deliver 6 hotels on budget and on time with more than<br />
700+ keys for investors.<br />
he achieved this by managing project managers, legal<br />
advisors, accountants and operational management<br />
teams. he was also involved with arranging finance<br />
c£35m and liaising with external banks on behalf of<br />
investors<br />
he is currently involved in managing custom house<br />
hotel and overseeing its branding by early 2013, as well<br />
as a large development which includes 2 four star hotels,<br />
restaurants and 60+ high specification apartments in<br />
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ZEESHAN MEMON<br />
Habib Allied International Bank Plc<br />
Zeeshan memon is a successful banker<br />
and a valued member of the hBl Uk<br />
Business development team.<br />
with a successful track record in<br />
business development, he is now<br />
responsible for two key areas of the<br />
business within the Uk, key client<br />
relationships and marketing. as a<br />
Business manager he regularly<br />
interacts with senior business leaders<br />
and overseas clients on depository,<br />
lending or trade finance related<br />
matters. his ability to operate across<br />
borders has ensured an international<br />
business client base across the globe<br />
bringing sizeable deposits into the<br />
bank.<br />
Zeeshan’s banking career started as a<br />
Business development manager at<br />
Standard chartered Bank and aBn<br />
amro Bank where he held key roles<br />
in developing and launching various<br />
consumer banking products. in 2005,<br />
he moved to attain higher education<br />
in the field of Banking and finance<br />
and graduated from University of<br />
cardiff in 2007 with a distinction in<br />
masters of Business administration.<br />
he completed his dissertation on<br />
“corporate Governance in the<br />
Banking Sector an subject which has<br />
helped him maneuvered through the<br />
current economic climate and<br />
regulatory issues placed on the<br />
banking industry.<br />
Zeeshan also looks after marketing<br />
and Brand management for hBl Uk<br />
through a focused approach, he has<br />
fast-tracked himself to lead a number<br />
of key initiatives which includes;<br />
establishing new branches, launching<br />
financial products, cross selling<br />
products across the network, brand<br />
management and promoting the Bank<br />
within the South asian diaspora. he<br />
has been the instrument of change in<br />
the organization and leads from the<br />
front.<br />
.<br />
With a successful<br />
track record in<br />
business banking,<br />
he is now<br />
responsible for<br />
two key areas<br />
of the business<br />
within the UK,<br />
key client<br />
relationships<br />
and marketing<br />
Zeeshan regularly organises social<br />
events especially for pakistani<br />
diaspora and is one of the executive<br />
committee members of pakistani<br />
Bankers’ association Uk, (pBa ).<br />
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GUGSY AHMED<br />
Headteacher<br />
IKRAM BUTT<br />
Sports & community<br />
when Gugsy ahmed arrived at the<br />
failing parkinson lane primary School<br />
as headteacher in 2000, he was warned<br />
about the school’s hopeless prospects.<br />
twelve years later the school is<br />
virtually unrecognisable, with praise<br />
from ofsted and a growing waiting list.<br />
the 520-strong community of<br />
youngsters have thrived under the<br />
leadership of Gugsy who has<br />
transformed the school into a<br />
welcoming and captivating place where<br />
success and achievement know no<br />
limitations.<br />
recalling those early dark days, Gugsy<br />
said: “there was absolutely no<br />
discipline when i arrived and from day<br />
one i sent out the clear message that<br />
things were going to be different.”<br />
Gugsy’s own life could have been very<br />
different if wasn’t for the iron willed<br />
support of his mother when he went<br />
off the rails as a teenager. “my mum<br />
and dad were real community people<br />
and they instilled those values in me.<br />
“my dad died on christmas day when i<br />
was 14 and afterwards i felt that the<br />
world was against me. “dad was very<br />
proper and believed in education and,<br />
after he died, my mother ensured that<br />
everything they had ever wanted for<br />
my siblings and i happened. my mother<br />
told me that i had an opportunity to go<br />
to university and make something of<br />
my life. She even sold her bangles to<br />
raise the money to make it happen. i<br />
had always wanted to be the best i<br />
could – even though i lost my way for<br />
a while - and she gave me the kick<br />
start i needed to get through<br />
university and into a teaching career.”<br />
Gugsy puts a lot of importance on<br />
getting pupils out into the world to<br />
see for themselves what else is going<br />
on. however, when he started the job<br />
all trips had stopped because of a<br />
fatality. he said: “i went to see the<br />
bereaved parents and told them that i<br />
was reinstating the trips. i explained<br />
that i had a job to do and that i<br />
wanted their blessing. one of the<br />
highlights of my career was when that<br />
family sent their surviving child on a<br />
trip, it felt like they had had give me<br />
the ultimate vote of trust.”<br />
parkinson lane now boasts a student<br />
community of over 500, with more<br />
than 200 on the waiting list, a far cry<br />
from the falling roll of just 350 pupils<br />
twelve years ago.<br />
Gugsy said: “if i had to choose one<br />
winning ingredient for how we got to<br />
today’s position it would be that the<br />
staff and school community give so<br />
much of themselves. they treat pupils<br />
as if they were their own children;<br />
they want them to succeed, thrive<br />
and be happy and will move<br />
mountains to make it happen.<br />
as a school many awards have been<br />
received including the following:<br />
investors in pupils, arts mark Gold,<br />
international intermediate award,<br />
healthy Schools award, Basic Skills<br />
kitemark.<br />
on a personal level, Gugsy was<br />
named as winner of the promethean<br />
award for School leadership and is<br />
an increasingly popular speaker at<br />
educational events and conferences.<br />
he says he is interested in making a<br />
bigger impact in the community or<br />
nationally and has ‘only just got<br />
ikram Butt created history when he was selected<br />
for the 1995 european rugby league<br />
championships, becoming the first British asian to<br />
represent england.<br />
he has spearheaded a number of ground breaking<br />
initiatives, including the formation of the British<br />
asian rugby association, which develops sporting,<br />
educational and cultural links between pakistan,<br />
india, Jamaica and the Uk.<br />
he is an award winning development manager and<br />
highly sought after key note speaker who has<br />
lectured extensively on sport and its cohesive role<br />
in society. he is at parliament as an associate<br />
member of the all party rugby groups and advises<br />
them on equity and diversity.<br />
in 2009, he established the British pakistan rugby<br />
league team and published his autobiography<br />
‘tries and prejudice’ described by the Guardian<br />
newspaper as “fascinating and inspiring”, all<br />
proceeds going to two charities.<br />
a tireless fund raiser, he is a Sporting ambassador<br />
for the ‘kick it out’ campaign, cystic fibrosis<br />
trust, white ribbon, moSiac and the pakistan<br />
recovery fund.<br />
in July 2011, ikram was awarded an honorary<br />
doctorate in Sport Science for his enduring<br />
contribution to sport innovation and services to<br />
community Sport programmes by leeds<br />
metropolitan University.<br />
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HANAH CAAN<br />
JCF Foundation<br />
hanah, an lSe graduate, joined<br />
hamilton Bradshaw (hB), a private<br />
equity firm founded by her father, James<br />
caan. whilst being exposed to the<br />
business, she also took on the<br />
responsibility of managing her father’s<br />
charitable projects. in 2010, she<br />
relaunched the James caan foundation<br />
(Jcf) publicly, becoming one of its<br />
trustees. over the course of the<br />
following year, hanah was instrumental<br />
in raising over £100,000 for Unicef<br />
for the flood victims. furthermore, for<br />
the Jcf, she raised just under £700,000<br />
for the victims of the 2010 pakistan<br />
floods, building two villages in<br />
partnership with islamic relief, and<br />
rebuilding the lives of over 2,000<br />
people. her work at the foundation lead<br />
to James being asked to lead a Seeing is<br />
Believing visit to pakistan on behalf of<br />
hrh prince of wales, which resulted in<br />
the creation of the hrh pakistan<br />
recovery fund. more recently, hanah<br />
has been focusing on bringing together<br />
the Jcf and hB in the Uk, launching a<br />
new initiative providing British<br />
high-growth social businesses with<br />
access to business expertise.<br />
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DR AKBAR MALIK<br />
Barrister<br />
IMAM QARI<br />
MUHAMMAD ASIM<br />
dr malik, Ba, llB, ma, mSc,<br />
Jd, Barrister-at-law, Solicitor of<br />
the Supreme court of england<br />
and wales, has been practicing<br />
law since 1980. his areas of<br />
specialisation include human<br />
rights and immigration law. he<br />
has personally handled, over<br />
18,000 immigration cases,<br />
since1995. dr malik is the<br />
eminent founder of malik law<br />
chambers Solicitors, in the city<br />
of london. the firm enjoys an excellent reputation nationally and<br />
internationally, for its extensive expertise in the field of immigration<br />
law. it has set many high profile case law precedents, and has been<br />
instrumental in changing British immigration law.<br />
certainly he has established himself, as a ‘household’ brand, within the<br />
multiethnic communities. his formidable expertise in the legal field has<br />
significantly impacted the way in which Uk immigration law has<br />
actually developed. he is the author of several best –selling books, in the<br />
areas of law, Business and commerce, as well as mind Body Spirit. these<br />
include, British immigration law – a simple Guide to the points Based<br />
System; British immigration law – a Simple Guide for Business people;<br />
asian millionaires and how they make their millions and top tips to<br />
become a millionaire- with an introduction by philip Beresford, author<br />
of Sunday times rich list.<br />
for over 17 years dr mlik has extensively appeared in various media<br />
outlets/portals, tV and magazines, providing legal advice clinics to the<br />
public. his popular legal show, on sunrise radio ran for over 11 years.<br />
dr.malik is currently presenting a live legal show on sunrise tV – SkY<br />
channel 830, every Saturday at 5pm, as well as a live legal show on SkY<br />
805 and Venus tV, every Sunday at 3pm. dr malik’s live legal shows on<br />
kismat radio 1035 am, is aired every thursday between 2 to 3 pm. his<br />
weekly column on immigration law is published in Uk times, a leading<br />
publication. recipient of several high profile awards, dr malik has<br />
established himself as a ‘pioneer’. he is the recipient of several awards,<br />
including one from the london Borough of waltham forest, for his<br />
services to the community. aside from his passion for law, dr malik is<br />
also an internationally acclaimed yoga teacher and is the editor of YoGa<br />
magazine, an international magazine being published in the Uk, the USa<br />
and italy.<br />
imam Qari muhammad asim mBe is one of the<br />
youngest imams in the Uk and has been serving<br />
British muslims for over 15 years from leeds<br />
makkah masjid1. he has taken it upon himself<br />
to address social issues affecting young British<br />
muslims, internally as well as externally, in<br />
particular after 7/7.<br />
he is the only full-time imam in the Uk who not<br />
only leads daily prayers but also works as a<br />
lawyer in the largest global law firm, dla piper,<br />
practicing real estate law and islamic finance.<br />
in the history of British muslims there has not<br />
been an imam who leads daily prayers as well as<br />
works full-time in the mainstream commercial<br />
environment. he is therefore a role model for<br />
British muslims that islam does not prevent<br />
integration in the society in which they live in.<br />
his practice of integration rather than isolation<br />
has been praised by many including hrh prince<br />
of wales.hm the Queen elizabeth has also<br />
praised the imam’s work in bridging the gap<br />
between British muslims and the wider<br />
community.<br />
imam asim is the only full-time imam that has<br />
undertaken substantial work with regards to<br />
social issues affecting British muslims by not<br />
shying away from dealing with taboo and<br />
“sensitive” matters, such as domestic abuse,<br />
forced marriages, obesity in children, childabuse,<br />
health and smoking. Qari has, in<br />
collaboration with nhS and Universities of<br />
leeds and Sheffield, produced resource packs<br />
such as domestic abuse – a guide for the<br />
muslim community, islam & health and Smoke<br />
free homes.imams throughout the country are<br />
using parts of these books in their friday<br />
sermons.<br />
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FARZANA BADUEL<br />
CURZON PR<br />
KHAWAR MANN<br />
Apax Partners<br />
khawar mann is a partner and co-head of apax partners the<br />
healthcare team. he has been based in the london office since joining<br />
apax partners in 2003. khawar has led/participated in a number of<br />
key deals including General healthcare Group ltd, capio, Unilabs,<br />
apollo hospitals and marken. he serves as a board member or<br />
observer on all of these companies.<br />
farzana Baduel is the founder and director of curzon pr.<br />
She has represented clients including mohammad Jawad,<br />
subject of an oscar winning documentary 2012, Saving face,<br />
and the Ukrainian Government. She is currently the editor<br />
at large and contributing editor on art, interiors and<br />
fashion for epicurean life magazine; as well as a<br />
contributing editor for Bond magazine.<br />
prior to founding curzon pr, farzana was the Vice-chair of<br />
conservative Business relations, a conservative party<br />
Business forum. She has also served as the Vice chair of club<br />
24, a debriefing and fundraising initiative for leading women<br />
ppc’s (parliamentary prospective candidates).<br />
prior to joining apax partners, khawar was the chief Business officer<br />
of weston medical Group plc, an innovative medical devices business.<br />
prior to that, khawar was a lawyer at linklaters in london and hong<br />
kong, specialising in healthcare and corporate finance.<br />
khawar is chairman of mosaic, the charity that inspires and mentors<br />
young people in some of the most deprived areas in the Uk. he is also<br />
the managing trustee of the Graham layton trust (Glt), the charity<br />
that provides free eye care in pakistan.<br />
khawar holds a master’s degree in medical Sciences and law from<br />
cambridge University and also an llm master of law. he has an<br />
mBa from the wharton School, University of pennsylvania, where he<br />
was a thouron and fulbright scholar.<br />
farzana currently sits on the committees of Seva mandir, the<br />
children’s trust (mad hatters event,) Soham for kids, and<br />
women 2 win. previous committees include the fSB and the<br />
institute of directors (london).<br />
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IRFAN MALIK<br />
Entrepreneur<br />
JAVAD HAIDER RANA<br />
Accountant<br />
JAVED KHAN<br />
Victim Support<br />
irfan is a successful entrepreneur and a<br />
valued member of the British pakistani<br />
business community. he is an executive<br />
director and cofounder of Uk investment<br />
property Services a company which quickly<br />
evolved from its humble beginnings into an<br />
international business with client base across<br />
the globe bringing millions of pounds worth<br />
of investment into the Uk property market.<br />
irfan belongs to an academically high<br />
achieving family and in line with the high<br />
expectations he graduated from the<br />
University of leicester with llB (hons)<br />
before completing legal practice course<br />
from Bpp law School in london.<br />
irfan is a keen supporter of a number of<br />
charities. the plight of pakistanis is<br />
particularly very close to his heart.<br />
together with his family and friends he<br />
helped raise £35,000 for the 2010 flood<br />
victims in pakistan and continues to support<br />
various initiatives that are helping affected<br />
families to get their lives back on track.<br />
Javad came to england from pakistan in<br />
1984. he studied accounting at humberside<br />
college in hull. in 1986 he started his first<br />
job as a trainee accountant. after qualifying<br />
as a chartered certified accountant he<br />
worked with several small to medium sized<br />
firms in london. in 1998 he decided to set<br />
up his own practice, J r accounts. the firm<br />
became registered auditors as well in 2001.<br />
from humble beginnings his firm flourished<br />
and today he has offices in london and<br />
manchester and has clients with turnovers of<br />
up to £10 million.<br />
as a chartered certified accountant Javad<br />
works for a diverse range of clients<br />
throughout england. with a friendly and<br />
pro-active approach he provides invaluable<br />
support to many owner-managed businesses<br />
and high net-worth clients. he believes in<br />
“going the extra mile” for his clients.<br />
Javad has a wide portfolio of clients but has<br />
special expertise relating to charities,<br />
dentists, and Solicitor’s practices.<br />
he believes in being a true business advisor<br />
and not just an accountant. he has assisted<br />
with the launch of many ventures that have<br />
gone on to become substantial businesses,<br />
amongst them Genix healthcare.<br />
a few of the charities that he has worked<br />
with are islamic aid, nazia hassan<br />
foundation, Uganda community relief<br />
association (Ucra) and north east london<br />
cancer help centre.<br />
Javed khan has twenty 27 years of experience across the<br />
public and voluntary sectors. with a successful track<br />
record in high profile leadership roles, he is now the first<br />
British pakistani to lead a major national charity,<br />
employing 1500 people and 7000 trained volunteers. it<br />
is the world’s oldest and largest such organisation,<br />
supporting over 1.5m victims and witnesses each year,<br />
and has 600 sites across england and wales. he regularly<br />
interacts with very senior politicians, police, Judiciary,<br />
crown prosecution Service, the media and various local<br />
and national stakeholders. reporting to a major Board of<br />
trustees, he is responsible for a budget of £50m per year.<br />
having begun working life as a maths teacher, Javed’s<br />
previous roles have included executive director to the<br />
london Serious Youth Violence Board, director of<br />
education in the london borough of harrow and<br />
assistant director of education in Birmingham. Before<br />
that he was an assistant principal in further education.<br />
Javed’s parents, having emigrated from the kashmir<br />
region of pakistan, could neither read nor write.<br />
Growing up in the backstreets of inner city Birmingham,<br />
his comprehensive education led to a maths degree and<br />
then on to teacher training. he began his teaching career<br />
in the west midlands, and then made rapid progress<br />
through the education sector.<br />
he is a non-executive member of Skills for Justice, Sport<br />
for life international, the executive Board of Victim<br />
Support europe and has been an adviser to the Goldman<br />
Sachs Global leader’s programme. he is also a founder<br />
member of the kashmiri and pakistani professionals<br />
association (kappa). he is a regular contributor to<br />
national and international conferences, and often appears<br />
in national media.<br />
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NA’EEM RAZA<br />
Marketing & Fundraising<br />
na’eem raza has been described as “a<br />
fusion of experience, talent, sincerity,<br />
leadership, energy, creativity and<br />
charisma” producing one of the Uk’s<br />
leading presenters, marketing and<br />
fundraising consultants.<br />
an ex dJ before practising islam in<br />
1998, na’eem went on to become the<br />
lead presenter and producer on<br />
Glasgow’s radio ramadan until his<br />
recent tV, stage and consultancy<br />
career took over.<br />
na’eem has been elected to the<br />
national executive of the islamic<br />
Society of Britain since 2000- 2010<br />
and became president of the Young<br />
muslims Uk, 2005-2007. Since 2000,<br />
na’eem has also led a group of 300<br />
people to the annual hajj pilgrimage<br />
to makkah, Saudi arabia.<br />
in 2003 na’eem established Scotland’s<br />
first marketing consultancy advising,<br />
training and supporting organisations<br />
and businesses on engaging with faith<br />
based communities.<br />
invited as an annual lecturer for<br />
several years, on “islam and muslims”<br />
to Ba students, Glasgow University,<br />
na’eem went onto deliver a tour of<br />
Scotland’s churches exploring<br />
dialogue between christians and<br />
muslims in 2007.<br />
in 2008, na’eem was head hunted and<br />
became the Uk campaigns manager<br />
and subsequently international project<br />
manager on the 25th anniversary for<br />
one the world’s largest muslim<br />
charities which climaxed with a gala<br />
dinner in london attended by hrh,<br />
the prince of wales.<br />
During 2012, Na’eem<br />
hosted Pakistan’s<br />
Cricket World Cup<br />
winning ex-captain<br />
Imran Khan<br />
and singer<br />
Junaid Jamshed.<br />
as one of the lead presenters on islam<br />
channel’s ramadan fundraising<br />
appeals during ramadan 2010, 2011<br />
and 2012, na’eem helped to raise<br />
over £10 million each year,<br />
respectively. na’eem was also the<br />
anchor host at the Global peace and<br />
Unity 2010 at london’s excel<br />
attended by 100,000 people and went<br />
onto present the annual hajj coverage<br />
live on islam channel in 2011 from<br />
makkah and medina, Saudi arabia,<br />
viewed by millions and beamed across<br />
132 countries worldwide.<br />
a seasoned event, gala and conference<br />
compere, presenter and fundraiser<br />
with public speaking experience<br />
around europe, in 2011 alone,<br />
na’eem hosted or managed in excess<br />
of 100 events, raising millions for<br />
various local, national and<br />
international causes.<br />
a<br />
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MUSTAFA MOHAMMED<br />
Genix Healthcare<br />
NAEEM SATTAR<br />
HiSpek Group<br />
mustafa mohammed is a remarkable<br />
individual who has achieved great<br />
success at a young age. in just a few<br />
years he has grown Genix pharma to<br />
become a global organisation,<br />
presenting 60 established brands across<br />
6 countries. as a dedicated believer in<br />
equal opportunities, mustafa was<br />
boldly, the first businessman to recruit<br />
a female sales representative in the<br />
pharmaceuticals industry in pakistan<br />
and has continued to break down<br />
cultural barriers and prejudices within<br />
the workplace ever since.<br />
this trailblazing aptitude led mustafa<br />
to establish a number of other<br />
successful businesses in before<br />
returning to the .<br />
in 2003, mustafa set up a&h<br />
developers limited, a property<br />
investment and development company,<br />
whilst continuing to invest in various<br />
other business interests.<br />
in 2005 he launched Genix healthcare<br />
limited in a bid to provide better<br />
access to nhS dental facilities for<br />
thousands of patients. astute business<br />
acumen has allowed Genix healthcare<br />
limited to grow rapidly with 24 nhS<br />
dental practices to date now in<br />
operation across the Uk. Genix<br />
healthcare limited has brought<br />
innovation to the industry with a totally<br />
unique and first ever brand experience<br />
for nhS practices and strong focus on<br />
staff development.<br />
with a formidable team around him<br />
mustafa plans to further grow the<br />
company by acquisition and by setting<br />
up new practices in areas where the<br />
nhS has identified a shortage of nhS<br />
places. in 2007, Genix healthcare<br />
limited introduced the Gencare brand<br />
designed to provide more affordable<br />
private dental care for patients.<br />
having established a stronghold and<br />
great respect within the industry<br />
mustafa soon identified the severe lack<br />
of professionals entering dentistry. in<br />
2011 he become an ambassador to the<br />
national apprentice programme and<br />
announced major plans to recruit more<br />
than 100 apprentices. Genix<br />
healthcare limited was the first dental<br />
corporate to launch an apprentice<br />
programme and is committed to<br />
increasing its workforce by almost one<br />
third, with a significant investment to<br />
date of over £500,000. mustafa is now<br />
involved with the national programme<br />
helping to develop a blueprint for<br />
dental apprenticeship schemes<br />
nationwide.<br />
most recently, mustafa opened Sparkle<br />
dental labs limited, a Uk based state<br />
of the art dental laboratory accessible<br />
to all Uk dentists. during the set up of<br />
the company, mustafa identified that<br />
over £100 million of nhS contract<br />
work is currently being exported to<br />
overseas laboratories with no quality<br />
measures in place. he has set upon a<br />
mission to better compete and retain<br />
this major economic value and<br />
introduce quality assurance measures.<br />
co founder and ceo of the hiSpek Group,<br />
including hiSpek electronics.<br />
electricshop.com, hiSpek properties,<br />
hispek living and hiSpek charitable<br />
foundation. naeem Sattar has built a<br />
formidable reputation over three decades as<br />
a dynamic and innovate international<br />
businessman in the fast-moving consumer<br />
electronics business.<br />
he has always pushed both retail and online<br />
boundaries to become one of the best<br />
known retailers in the industry. he has<br />
always been passionate about technology<br />
and says, “retailing is now all about<br />
technology” he has tremendous respect<br />
amongst his peers in the industry including<br />
the top brands such as Sony, Samsung,<br />
Bosch, panasonic. he has equal admiration<br />
from his team of 50 people in his group at St<br />
albans.<br />
a dedicated family man with his feet on the<br />
ground and relying upon islamic business<br />
principles to ensure ethical and honest<br />
trading at all times. his charitable work in<br />
pakistan includes building an extensive<br />
village for the poor in charsadda following<br />
the devastating floods in 2010.<br />
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KADEER ARIF<br />
Business & Management Consultant<br />
kadeer arif graduated from harold<br />
washington college chicago in<br />
Business and then studied law at the<br />
University of Sussex, Brighton. he<br />
became one of the founding members<br />
of the Brighton & hove muslim<br />
forum and was appointed as the<br />
forums policy advisor. he was<br />
elected as one of the youngest chairs<br />
of the cities Brighton & hove racial<br />
harassment forum. kadeer worked<br />
with communities across the southern<br />
counties on race equalities and was a<br />
regular guest on the BBc southern<br />
counties radio on local culture and<br />
arts.<br />
kadeer was appointed as a visiting<br />
lecturer in commercial & contract<br />
law at Birmingham city University.<br />
he was elected as one of the youngest<br />
Governors at the University hospitals<br />
Birmingham nhS foundation trust<br />
(UhB), which is the leading university<br />
teaching hospital in the west midlands<br />
and later became a member of the task<br />
& finish group for the new £545<br />
million Queen elizabeth hospital<br />
Birmingham . his passion for<br />
education for all led him to numerous<br />
roles in schools in Birmingham, which<br />
led him to being appointed to the<br />
Kadeer was elected<br />
as one of the<br />
youngest Governors<br />
at the University<br />
Hospitals Birmingham<br />
NHS Foundation<br />
Trust which is<br />
the leading<br />
university teaching<br />
hospital in the<br />
West Midlands<br />
cities steering group for inner city<br />
schools which was chaired by the<br />
cabinet member for education<br />
whilst working as an analyst and<br />
economic development consultant<br />
to initiate inner city policy on local<br />
town centres, kadeer was appointed<br />
at the Birmingham chamber of<br />
commerce as an advisor in the<br />
regeneration department and<br />
worked throughout the city in<br />
delivering business initiatives with the<br />
regional development agencies and<br />
local strategic organisations. he was<br />
appointed to the economic<br />
development & partnership<br />
department at the chamber as a<br />
Business advisor, in which he worked<br />
on investment initiatives in the<br />
engineering, retail and the public<br />
Sector. he delivered some of the<br />
city’s first inner city town centre<br />
management projects to revitalise<br />
local industry and investment.<br />
currently kadeer works as a<br />
successful freelance consultant in<br />
setting the vision and strategy for<br />
upcoming and emerging businesses.<br />
he is working towards launching a<br />
new initiative to support future<br />
entrepreneurs.<br />
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MAAJID NAWAZ<br />
Quilliam<br />
MAHIRA KHAN<br />
Actor<br />
KHALID PATEL<br />
Smart Talk UK<br />
maajid nawaz is co-founder and chairman<br />
of Quilliam – a globally active organisation<br />
focusing on matters of integration,<br />
citizenship & identity, religious freedom,<br />
extremism and immigration - and founder<br />
of khudi, a pakistan based social movement<br />
campaigning to entrench democratic culture<br />
among the nation’s youth. maajid<br />
encourages inclusive citizenship-based<br />
participation of muslims in the west, while<br />
seeking to synergize a respect for human<br />
rights with the civic liberal imperative to<br />
defend those in danger of being stigmatized<br />
by extremists of all stripes due to their<br />
personal choices.<br />
he has become a prominent counterextremism<br />
consultant and a regular writer,<br />
debater and public commentator. in this<br />
regard, he has been called upon by heads of<br />
state, statesmen and international bodies for<br />
his professional opinion. maajid has spoken<br />
from various platforms internationally,<br />
ranging from universities across pakistan to<br />
addressing the US Senate in washington dc.<br />
he has been profiled by cBS 60 minutes,<br />
larry king live, BBc newsnight, has<br />
spoken at the ted conference, and is<br />
regularly interviewed by prominent<br />
journalists across the world. his work is<br />
published by the london times, the wall<br />
Street Journal, the financial times, india<br />
times, dawn pakistan, the independent,<br />
the telegraph, the Guardian, and the new<br />
Statesman among many others.<br />
mahira khan is a pakistani video jockey and<br />
actress. She has worked with satellite tV<br />
channels mtV pakistan and aag tV. She also<br />
played a prominent role in the film Bol. her<br />
professional career began as a VJ at the mere<br />
age of 16 years old. however her dream was<br />
to become an actress and it started coming<br />
true when she started landing roles in tV<br />
series and films. alongside those she also<br />
modeled for various advertisement<br />
campaigns and fashion shows.<br />
mahira khan hosted the live show most<br />
wanted for three days a week on mtV<br />
pakistan, and hosted weekend with mahira<br />
on aag. She has worked alongside other VJs<br />
like anoushey ashraf and ali charlie. her<br />
breakout acting role was as khirad ehsan in<br />
the popular tV serial drama humsafar,<br />
which became one of the most widelyknown<br />
dramas of the pakistani tV industry.<br />
She was praised for her performance by both<br />
critics and fans. khan had her film debut in<br />
Shoaib mansoor’s 2011 Bol, in which she costarred<br />
alongside renowned singer atif<br />
aslam, humaima abbasi, and the<br />
supermodel iman ali.<br />
khalid patel is the founding director of Smart talk Uk<br />
ltd (StUk). he initiated the formation of StUk in<br />
2005. Since formation, StUk made rapid growth in<br />
wholesales of electronics goods and now hold a good<br />
standing among companies dealing in mobile phone,<br />
consumer electronics goods & accessories.<br />
mr. patel moved to london in 1997; since he came to<br />
london he has completed his Ba (hons) degree in<br />
finance. after completion of his studies he started his<br />
career in an accountancy firm, where he learnt all aspect<br />
of the business & finance. later he started his career in<br />
Sales & marketing. during this period he worked with<br />
various top tier Uk companies as sales & marketing<br />
advisor. he then moved to the retail sector and joined<br />
phones 4U as Sales executive.<br />
mr. patel gained breath of experience and knowledge<br />
while working with phones 4U. he realised that the<br />
mobile phone industry has a lot potential & growth. Since<br />
7 years establishment of the business, mr patel grown the<br />
business significantly based upon professional customer<br />
service, consistency of execution and integrity. this<br />
reflects on financials of StUk, for last couple of years the<br />
turnover of the company grows more than 365%.<br />
StUk is now targeting to become the Uk distributor of<br />
major brands such as apple, Blackberry, Samsung, Sony<br />
etc. to diversify the portfolio within the same industry,<br />
StUk is also initiating its retails channels by setting up<br />
online shops on eBay & amazon.<br />
mr khalid also acquired franchise of top US food chain,<br />
Subway. he has already running a successful store at<br />
north west london and planning to acquire more stores.<br />
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SAEEDA AHMED<br />
Social Entrepreneur<br />
NAZIR AFZAL<br />
CPS<br />
nazir afzal oBe, is chief crown<br />
prosecutor for the north west of<br />
england and formerly director,<br />
communities for the crown<br />
prosecution Service and legal<br />
director in cpS london.<br />
Saeeda ahmed established trescom in 2001, a high profile<br />
training and ‘community regeneration that works in<br />
improving economic, social and civic inclusion and<br />
accessibility for diverse groups in society. trescom work with<br />
communities and key governmental organisations on<br />
innovative and ground breaking projects to improve their<br />
service delivery to the public.<br />
Saeeda has the inside experience of working with<br />
communities that face multiple barriers and Saeeda has<br />
utilised her personal experience to make positive change in<br />
local communities through trescom. trescom director<br />
Saeeda ahmed has been recruited as one of twenty national<br />
Social enterprise ambassadors for the cabinet office as<br />
inspirational people across the United kingdom making a<br />
difference to society through business. the has spoken and<br />
been involved in over 60 events nationally and regionally on<br />
social enterprise, equality or social justice. She is currently<br />
leading on apprenticeship and foundation learning contracts<br />
at trescom. the latest award which was being shortlisted as<br />
regional finalist for ernst and Young Social entrepreneur of<br />
the Year 2011.<br />
in terms of appointments, locally to Yorkshire and humber,<br />
Saeeda has been appointed as a Board member for the<br />
University of leeds and has been on both the board of<br />
adventure capital fund and aspire.<br />
trescom have undertaken over 70 projects on tackling social<br />
and economic barriers in communities and worked with over<br />
100 partnerships. trescom achieve our social objectives<br />
through training, policy development, research and<br />
community engagement projects. trescom regularly<br />
overachieve on their project outputs and their projects have<br />
won awards as they have contributed substantially in<br />
sustainable change in communities they have supported.<br />
during a 22 year career, nazir<br />
has prosecuted some of the most<br />
high profile cases in the country<br />
and advised on many others.<br />
many of his cases have set<br />
precedents for how the criminal<br />
law should operate. he initiated<br />
ground breaking conferences and<br />
seminars that have addressed;<br />
Stalking, crime in sport, Sexual<br />
explotation, airport crimes,<br />
‘honour’ crimes, forced<br />
marriage, anti-social behaviour<br />
and gang crime.. the present high profile of these subjects owes a considerable<br />
amount to nazir’s tireless ‘campaigning’ on the issues. he leads nationally on<br />
several legal topics. in recent months he decided that 3 householders should not be<br />
prosecuted for killing intruders thereby clarifying the law on self defence. he led<br />
the criminal justice response to the disorders in manchester and Salford which<br />
brought great reassurance to a frightened public. he successfully prosecuted the<br />
man who killed indian student anuj Bodve in Salford and the gang that groomed<br />
young girls in rochdale. he advises Uk government ministers and trains lawyers<br />
and judges from other countries including the US and canada. he has<br />
responsibility for more than 100,000 other prosecutions each year.<br />
nazir is a tutor for several leadership programmes in the public and private sector.<br />
he has made presentations to dozens of diverse organisations in this country and<br />
abroad. he is on the european Union list of expert speakers. he has given<br />
hundreds of interviews in all forms of media. he is also legal adviser to the<br />
successful itV series “law and order Uk” and legal advisor to the BBc eastenders<br />
drama series.<br />
in addition to his cpS commitments, nazir gives a considerable amount of time to<br />
charitable work and is trustee of several. he is a Governor of Brunel University<br />
and unpaid consultant to voluntary sector organisations working with vulnerable<br />
people.<br />
nazir’s has received many accolades, in 2005, he was awarded an oBe by the<br />
Queen for his work with the cpS and involvement with local communities. he has<br />
also had the honour of being the only lawyer to ever prosecute a case before the<br />
Queen. in 2007, he was awarded the cpS’s public Servant of the year, named legal<br />
personality of the Year by the Society of asian lawyers, the Uk Government’s<br />
Justice award 2007 and awarded the daily mirror newspaper “people’s award”<br />
voted for by readers. recently he was awarded the asian woman magazine<br />
excellence award and the law Society/Bar council mentoring award. nazir was<br />
also selected for the asian power 100 along with the muslim power 100 list,<br />
thereby recognised as one of the 100 most influential leading muslims and asians<br />
in the Uk.<br />
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NAFEES QAIS ASHFAQ ZIA SALIK<br />
Singer Boxer Islamic Relief<br />
the path that has led nafees to a career<br />
in singing has been all but conventional.<br />
negative influences prevented him<br />
realising his academic potential. people<br />
had lost faith in him and he had lost faith<br />
in himself. 4 years ago he was<br />
unexpectedly presented with the<br />
chance to make his passion his<br />
profession.<br />
music gave him an opportunity, a<br />
purpose and a dream. Seeing his vision<br />
become reality has been difficult, but<br />
thankfully the love and support of his<br />
family and his supporters has got him to<br />
where he is today.<br />
nafees has always used music as an<br />
escapism, to help him through the good<br />
and the bad times. he hopes to create<br />
music to connect with people’s<br />
emotions, and be as big of an influence<br />
in people’s lives as his musical idols have<br />
been for him.<br />
nafees always tell everyone that has an<br />
ambition in life to follow your heart.<br />
work as hard as you can, then leave the<br />
rest to the mighty one. You will receive<br />
whatever is written for you.<br />
Qais ashfaq has been boxing since the<br />
age of 8, he was first exposed to the<br />
sport through his uncle and his son<br />
who also boxes, they took him to the<br />
gym one day and Qais’s boxing journey<br />
began.<br />
Boxing kept Qais off the streets and on<br />
the right track.throughout his journey<br />
so far he has achieved a great amount,<br />
he has won 7 national titles, 4 GB<br />
titles, common-wealth Youth Gold<br />
medal, tammer Gold and many other<br />
international honours like Boxer of the<br />
tournament awards abroad he was also<br />
asked to be a torch bearer for the<br />
london 20120 olympics.<br />
Qais boxed for england since he was<br />
14, and he is now on the GB Boxing<br />
team for the rio 2016 olympics and<br />
the Glasgow 2014 commonwealth<br />
Games, Gold in both these is his aim!<br />
Qais believe there are no limits to his<br />
success as long as he keeps working<br />
hard.<br />
Born in pakistan, Zia Salik came to the Uk at a young<br />
age. he has always been heavily involved in community<br />
initiatives across the Uk, helping to set up youth and<br />
community development projects in several cities.<br />
Graduating in Software engineering from the University<br />
of hull, he worked in the it sector before returning to<br />
work in the community. he joined humber all nations<br />
alliance (hana) in 2007, and as programmes manager,<br />
he played a key role in increasing its capacity and<br />
ensuring sustainability. he is the chair of the<br />
humberside police independent advisory Group and<br />
sits on the board of trustees for pickering and ferens<br />
homes. in July 2010, he joined islamic relief as the<br />
regional fundraising manager, just a week before the<br />
biggest floods in pakistan’s history. he was able to<br />
manage a successful fundraising campaign for the floods,<br />
raising £1.2m to help those affected by the disaster.<br />
SAUD UL HAQ<br />
Solicitor<br />
haq hamilton Solicitors is a specialist legal practice<br />
based in london established since 1999 headed by mr<br />
Saudul haq who qualified initially as a barrister in 1999<br />
and then as a solicitor in 2003. the practice offers a<br />
highly tailored service to its clients on an individual and<br />
case-by-case basis, always focusing on a high level of<br />
professional service and obtaining the results that clients<br />
demand and expect in the current climate. the firm has<br />
represented many high profile clients in respect to high<br />
value litigation cases in the high court of Justice, large<br />
scale complex criminal fraud trials in the crown court<br />
and novel areas of criminal law such as in drugs cases.<br />
the firm has seen recent success representing the<br />
oxford Board of trustees in a complex litigation matter,<br />
and representing reverend elwon John who was<br />
acquitted following a 4 week criminal fraud trial. for<br />
clients looking to instruct a specialist firm dealing with<br />
any area of civil or criminal litigation haq hamilton<br />
offers results and service which are second to none.<br />
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SYRA MUNIR<br />
Hungama Events<br />
SHAKEEL DAD<br />
Solicitor<br />
Syra works as an accountant however it is what<br />
she does outside of her profession that<br />
occupies her interest in pakistan.<br />
She is known for her charitable work which<br />
has seen her in muzzafarabad working as an aid<br />
worker, a place which was devastated by the<br />
earthquake in 2005. working from one of the<br />
camps she was part of the relief operation<br />
which was trying to mobilise the people<br />
affected by this disaster. this incredible and<br />
moving experience led her to move over to<br />
pakistan. in pakistan she worked for a human<br />
rights organisation and got involved with<br />
micro finance.<br />
Syra is also active in the field of media. She has<br />
produced and hosted radio shows on fm100<br />
pakistan and managed the pr and media for<br />
the first pakistan fashion week which was<br />
hosted in london in 2011. her broad<br />
knowledge of pakistan has led her to<br />
contribute to al Jazeera english.<br />
Syra munir is a committee member of the<br />
pakistan Society.<br />
Shakeel’s parents arrived in this<br />
country illiterate, having not<br />
attended a day of school between<br />
them. Shakeel grew up in<br />
manningham, attending Belle Vue<br />
Boys School and seeing many of<br />
his friends turn to crime. despite<br />
this, Shakeel achieved outstanding<br />
academic success, obtaining 3 a<br />
grades at a level (scoring 100 per<br />
cent in several papers). he then<br />
graduated with a law degree<br />
from cambridge University<br />
following in the footsteps of his<br />
oxbridge role models imran<br />
khan and allama iqbal. Shakeel<br />
was elected president of the<br />
cambridge University pakistan<br />
Society, has advised the pakistani<br />
high commission and has been a<br />
governor of Belle Vue. he is an<br />
ambassador of Bradford council’s<br />
Bsomeone campaign which aims to provide outstanding role models<br />
for youngsters in the area. Shakeel is now a solicitor at leading firm<br />
walker morris where his clients include Bradford council, leeds<br />
United, and moss Bros Group plc.<br />
SAIMA MIR<br />
Writer<br />
Saima mir is an award-winning journalist who has worked at the BBc,<br />
and written for various media outlets including the Guardian and the<br />
times. in 2010 she was the recipient of the commonwealth Broadcast<br />
association travel award. She spent time reporting from pakistan.<br />
Saima presented the Jinnah awards 2010 and 2011 at the foreign<br />
office, and will be presenting the Brit writers awards 2012 in<br />
london later this year.<br />
S<br />
he is co-founder of the world’s first social ancestry site for South<br />
asians, whosthedaadi.com. the site has received attention from the<br />
wall Street Journal, the new York times, the BBc, the Guardian, and<br />
the times.<br />
She is currently writing a book and developing a documentary with<br />
mobeen azhar and early day films.<br />
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IRFAAN AFZAL<br />
Entrepreneur<br />
ADIL ANWAR<br />
Boxer<br />
irfaan is currently focusing on the expansion of imran’s restaurant<br />
which has been serving its authentic halal pakistani cuisine since 1981.<br />
But imran’s restaurant heritage goes back further; based in the heart of<br />
the world- renowned Balti triangle of Birmingham, imran’s restaurant<br />
was founded in 1971 as a small family business, and is now one of the<br />
best-known restaurants in the region and a major player within the<br />
industry.<br />
imran’s secret? Simple, they’ve kept to a single-minded vision to use<br />
authentic fresh ingredients to produce authentic dishes of the punjab and<br />
the northwest frontier of asia. imran’s food is all about sumptuous<br />
flavours that once tasted will never be forgotten.<br />
advising irfaan on future developments is his father mohammed afzal<br />
Butt and helping with the day-to-day operation of imran’s restaurant are<br />
his brothers imran and Usman.<br />
the future is certainly bright for the family, with the development of<br />
exciting new brands which include: Spice Bazaar - inspired by snacks<br />
originally served by street vendors in northern india, Spice Bazaar offers<br />
a rich tapestry of flavours that will fire your appetite and aroma’s that<br />
awaken your senses.<br />
Bakery Bazaar is the ‘art & Soul’ of fresh baking. all products are freshly<br />
made daily, with a lot of devotion and love, all made by hand to<br />
traditional recipes and working methods. the assortment consists of<br />
many classics like cakes, traditional asian sweets, pasties and pastries.<br />
MAHMOOD UL HASSAN<br />
Chairman Islamic Aid<br />
mahmood ul hassan, an entrepreneur with diversified business and social<br />
interests, is the founder and chairman of islamic aid, an international relief<br />
and development charity that he established following his own experiences<br />
of being born and brought-up in some of the most deprived areas of<br />
pakistan. he has an mBa from imperial college, University of london. he<br />
started his career as a university lecturer in marketing and strategic<br />
management and most recently runs his successful portfolio of businesses<br />
specialising in marketing and management services and project and<br />
investment management.<br />
having fought in over 60 amateur fights, winning 2 national titles, adil<br />
anwar was picked for the Young england boxing team in 2005, where he<br />
came through against Young italy as the victor. a boxing fan from a<br />
young age, anwar had high aspirations to compete in the 2008 Beijing<br />
olympics until a near fatal accident almost ended his prospering career<br />
and set him back from the boxing world for 18 months.<br />
his impressive record of 18 fights 17 wins & 7 by knockout is a feat that<br />
not many people can showcase. anwar is a determined and challenged<br />
fighter and won the english title with only 4 days notice. today, he is<br />
recognized mostly for winning the light-welter weight prizefighter<br />
tournament in february 2012 and has now set his sights higher. anwar is<br />
a step closer to the British title as he prepares for his final eliminator.<br />
HUMAYOUN KHAN<br />
Easy Eastates<br />
humayoun khan was born in 1962 at a hill station of murree in the district<br />
of rawalpindi pakistan with a very humble back ground although belonging<br />
to the elite family of herat (afghanistan) from the maternal side.<br />
humayoun always had an innate business attitude therefore after settling<br />
down in the United kingdom around 20 years ago started his own business<br />
by climbing up the property ladder for starters and the property market<br />
entrepreneur by establishing property letting and management business in<br />
the cosmopolitan area of east end of london and within the span of few<br />
years became well known and trust worthy figure.<br />
also he has always been treated as the pioneer of letting and management<br />
service providers in the whole of east london. easy estates is one of his<br />
well established business ventures which has grown vigorously over the last<br />
few years and now covers various boroughs of london and listed as an<br />
accredited agency.<br />
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ZACHARY LATIF<br />
Finance<br />
DR UMRAN<br />
CHAUDHRY<br />
NAVEED KHAN<br />
Entrepreneur<br />
Zachary latif joined tlG capital in<br />
2011 to focus on credit and liquid<br />
markets. tlG capital is a company that<br />
invests in frontier markets, specifically<br />
Sub-Saharan africa, South asia & South<br />
east asia. the core focus is directed<br />
towards consumer led growth in<br />
sectors like healthcare driven by the<br />
rising middle classes.<br />
Zachary has traded emerging market<br />
debt and is a specialist in hard to value<br />
assets. he has also reviewed investment<br />
teams on projects as diverse from<br />
Uganda’s premier pharmaceutical plant<br />
to cancer health care facilities in west<br />
asia to the establishment of a family<br />
medicine practice in liberia (the only<br />
surviving clinic in monrovia after the<br />
civil war in liberia).<br />
Zachary has been invited to speak at<br />
numerous conferences and has a<br />
widely-read monthly newsletter on<br />
asset allocation within the credit<br />
markets. he holds a masters degree in<br />
finance achieved at the age of 18 from<br />
cass Business School in 2003.<br />
dr Umran chaudhry is a rising star in the<br />
world of healthcare. a Gp registrar,<br />
healthcare investment consultant, sports<br />
doctor, technophile, scientific philanthropist<br />
and medical relief worker are few of his<br />
titles.<br />
Umran initially trained as a surgeon with the<br />
royal college of Surgeons of edinburgh but<br />
to endeavour his philanthropic interests and<br />
community involvement, he trained in<br />
General practice. an active medical<br />
researcher, Umran has presented in national<br />
and international medical conferences. one<br />
of his special interests is innovative<br />
healthcare models and he runs his own<br />
consultancy firm advising on future<br />
healthcare investment opportunities.<br />
Umran was heavily involved with the 2005<br />
pakistan earthquake relief efforts and he<br />
currently aspires to commission an<br />
international institute of Scientific<br />
philanthropists. recently he has founded<br />
the telemedicine club and aims to raise<br />
awareness of telemedicine, especially<br />
amongst junior doctors. dr chaudhry is also<br />
the team doctor for the British asian rugby<br />
association.<br />
naveed khan started off with very humble beginnings setting<br />
up in the back yard of his house working on his first car, his<br />
own. at the same time he was going to college, and also<br />
selling car parts on ebay.<br />
after completing his vehicle body repair course at keighley<br />
college and winning a national award naveed decided to<br />
concentrate fully on his passion for cars and took the decision<br />
to move into a unit and set a business up in 2003. initially<br />
the company was set up in 1000sq unit with just naveed and<br />
one member of staff. over time the business grew from<br />
strength to strength and eventually ended up occupying a<br />
20,000 sq ft workshop. in 2011 the whole industrial site was<br />
purchased as a major investment and expansion. from<br />
vehicle body repairs the company also moved onto vehicle<br />
styling which lead to another company being born called<br />
Barugzai ltd design and manufacture of car body kits for cars<br />
such as lamborghini, ferrari and Bentleys. enkhanz<br />
currently employs nearly 50 staff.<br />
LATIF MIR<br />
Muslim Court chaplin<br />
latif is currently the only muslim court chaplain in the Uk.<br />
working part time for Bradford court chaplaincy Service<br />
since 2009 when this unique innovation was established. the<br />
charity prides itself on providing free personal, practical and<br />
spiritual assistance for all court users at both courts in<br />
Bradford. Sharing his time between roles as a community<br />
resource manager at a primary school where he is a valuable<br />
asset to staff, parents and pupils alike. living and working<br />
amongst the community, latif is seen as a positive inspiration<br />
to others. 2008 saw the birth of madrassa tul fatiha, the first<br />
madrassa to be run in the Uk as part of a state school. latif<br />
is currently the coordinator of the organisation, which is<br />
providing islamic teachings to140 students. the transferable<br />
skills and qualities he has gained have led him to be in a<br />
privileged position to help others.<br />
.<br />
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INDEX<br />
Aamer Anwar 76<br />
Aamina Sheikh 76<br />
Aamina Taseer 17<br />
Aamir Ijaz 86<br />
Aaqil Ahmed 19<br />
Abdul Sattar Edhi 27<br />
Abida Parween 18<br />
Adeeba Malik 54<br />
Adil Anwar 100<br />
Adil Anwar 76<br />
Afzal & Akmal Khushi 11<br />
Ahmed Rashid 31<br />
Aisam ul Haq 77<br />
Akeel & Jameel Amini 78<br />
Ali Moeen Nawazish 77<br />
Ali Zafar 81<br />
Amber Haroon 19<br />
Ameena Saiyid 31<br />
Amin Gulgee 31<br />
Amir Khan 79<br />
Amjad Hussain 40<br />
Amjad Malik 86<br />
Anas Sarwar 77<br />
Andleeb Hanif 77<br />
Aqeel Karim Dhedhi 42<br />
Arif Naqvi 43<br />
Arif Nizami 19<br />
Arif Zaman 78<br />
Art Malik 19<br />
Arts & Literature 30<br />
Asghar Ali 80<br />
Asif Rangoonwala 11<br />
Asim Siddiqui 80<br />
Asma Jahangir 25<br />
Atif Bajwa 43<br />
Ayesha Vardag 54<br />
Azhar 82<br />
Azhar Mahmood 86<br />
Azhar Siddique 82<br />
Badar Khushnood 77<br />
Balal Ali 84<br />
Baroness Warsi 39<br />
Basit Khan 77<br />
Bilawal Bhutto 83<br />
Bilquis Edhi 25<br />
Bunto Kazmi 57<br />
Bushra Nasir 56<br />
Corporate & Finance 42<br />
Dr Feriha Peracha 60<br />
Dr Kamal Munir 77<br />
Dr Kaukab Rajput 60<br />
Dr Malik 100<br />
Dr Mohammed Ali 48<br />
Dr Nighat Awan 68<br />
Dr Sophia Khalique 62<br />
Dr Suhail Chughtai 47<br />
Dr Syed N Abidi 49<br />
Dr Umran Chaudhry 101<br />
Ebba Qureshi 84<br />
Ehsan Malik 43<br />
Faisal Butt 85<br />
Painting by Afsana Karim<br />
renowned artist afsana karim has been commissioned by power 100 to create a series of paintings for each global power 100 title. for private<br />
commissions from afsana please contact: sara@power100.co.uk<br />
Faraz Khan 84<br />
Farrah Qureshi 56<br />
Farrok Captian 25<br />
Farzana Baduel 91<br />
Fatima Bhutto 59<br />
Fauzia Aziz Minallah 58<br />
Fehmida Mirza 58<br />
Ghouse Akbar 11<br />
Gugsy Ahmed 88<br />
Hanah Caan 89<br />
Hanif Kureshi 30<br />
Hassan S Yasin 23<br />
Hina Rabbani Khar 35<br />
Huma Abedin 35<br />
Humayoun Khan 100<br />
Hussain Dawood 11<br />
Hyder M. Ibrahim 77<br />
Iftikhar Muhammad 34<br />
Ikram Butt 88<br />
Imam Asim 90<br />
Imam Qasim 25<br />
Imran Aslam 19<br />
Imran Khan 29<br />
Irfan Malik 92<br />
Irfan Mustafa 43<br />
Izzat Majeed 43<br />
Jahangir Siddiqui 43<br />
James Caan 15<br />
Jamil Naqsh 31<br />
Jamshed Anwar 80<br />
Javad Haider Rana 92<br />
Javed Khan 92<br />
Jehangir Malik 49<br />
Johngir Saddiq 48<br />
Kadeer Arif 95<br />
Khalid Patel 96<br />
Khawar Mann 91<br />
Kiswer Falkner 35<br />
Latif Mir 101<br />
Lord Nazir Ahmed 38<br />
Maajid Nawaz 96<br />
Mahira Khan 96<br />
Mahmood ul Hassan 100<br />
Maleeha Lodhi 63<br />
Mansoor K Shaikh 19<br />
Meesha Shafi 65<br />
Mehreen Jabbar 63<br />
Mehreen Rizvi 62<br />
Mian Gohar Ejaz 10<br />
Mian Mansha 11<br />
Michael Nazir Ali 41<br />
Mir Shakil ur Rahman 19<br />
Moazzam Malik 37<br />
Mohammed Adil 16<br />
Mohammed Iqbal 47<br />
Mohammed Jawad 37<br />
Monis Rahman 48<br />
Mukhtar Mai 67<br />
Musharaf Hai 43<br />
Mustafa Mohammed 94<br />
Na’eem Raza 93<br />
Nadia Jamil 72<br />
Naeem Sattar 94<br />
Naeem Ghauri 16<br />
Nafees 98<br />
Nafis Sadik 35<br />
Namira Salim 71<br />
Nasreen Kasuri 69<br />
Nasreen Rehman 70<br />
Naveed Khan 101<br />
Nazir Afzal 97<br />
Nigar Ahmed 24<br />
Muhammad T Sohail 36<br />
Qais Ashfaq 98<br />
Qaisra Shahraz 64<br />
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan 20<br />
Rashid Rana 32<br />
Reedah El –Saie 64<br />
Rizwan Beyg 18<br />
Roshaneh Zafar 26<br />
S.M Khalid 48<br />
Sadiq Khan 38<br />
Sadruddin Hashwani 14<br />
Saeeda Ahmed 97<br />
Saima Mir 99<br />
Salman Ahmed 21<br />
Salman Iqbal 20<br />
Samina Ahmed 66<br />
Sarfaraz Alam 44<br />
Saudal Haq 98<br />
Seema Aziz 26<br />
Shabir Hussain 46<br />
Shahid Ali Shah 10<br />
Shahid Azeem 42<br />
Shahid Sheikh 49<br />
Shakeel Dad 99<br />
Sharmeen O Chinoy 22<br />
Sherry Rehman 55<br />
Shirin Tahir Kheli 34<br />
Shoaib Mansoor 19<br />
Shoaib Sultan Khan 24<br />
Sir Anwar Pervez 11<br />
Souriya Anwar 25<br />
Sultan Ali Allana 13<br />
Surraiya Zia 68<br />
Syed Baber Ali 12<br />
Syed Kauser Kazmi 47<br />
Syed M Ali Naqvi 43<br />
Syra Munir 99<br />
Tariq Ali 31<br />
Tariq Saigol 14<br />
Tehmina Durrani 33<br />
Yasmin Quershi 62<br />
Zachary Latif 101<br />
Zakir Mahmood 45<br />
Zamir Akram 35<br />
Zeeshan Memon 87<br />
Zia Salik 98<br />
Zouhair A. Khaliq 44<br />
Zuffar Haq 46