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FINAL <strong>POWER</strong> 100 <strong>BOOK</strong> 2.59 TUE_Layout 1 14/02/2017 13:54 Page 25<br />
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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