Indian:
Do you guys have any achievements of your own to speak of, so that for once, you can thump your own chests?
Pakistani:
>> Yes one important achievement: Being the only small country in South Asia to check Bharat’s hegemony dead in its track. Given the disparity in size, this is no minor task. The second feat: Surviving against all odds. We have survived – even if you hate us – you must appreciate this fact.
It is not part of the Pakistani character to self-congratulate and self-promote. we don’t run to the internet to post the latest 5 rupee increase in per capita income. It’s just not part of our nature. However if you insist, indeed CHALLENGE me to produce ONE positive aspect, I will give in. Here are some humble facts and accomplishments about my humble country:
NOTE: This list was unwittingly compiled and cross-checked by an Indian by the screen-name of “Mortal1″. He claims India is the world’s best country — but lives in USA.
* 6th largest standing armed forces – 0.7 Million strong
* 7th Nuclear Power
* JF17 Thunder (equivalent to F16) completely built in Pakistan and being exported
* AGOSTA 90b submarines – completely built in Pakistan after French transfer of technology
* Al-Khalid Tank best tank by developing country
* World’s 6th largest Nation – 165.8 Million Population
* World’s tenth largest English Speaking Nation with 17 million
* World’s 5th largest democracy
* 5th largest standing armed forces – 0.7 Million strong
* 300 dailies, 400 weeklies and 700 periodicals (circul. of 10 million)
* One of the largest pool of scientists and engineers in the World.
Largest Deep Water Port: Gwadar
* Road on the top of the world – Karakoram Highway (16,000 feet)
* Pakistan – World’s 9th Biggest Produced of Cotton
* Pakistan – Third Largest Producer of Dairy Products
* Pakistan – Fifth Largest Producer of Dates
* Pakistan World Champion in Cricket, Hockey, Squash, Wrestling, Snooker, Boxing
* Complete Aircraft Rebuilding Complex in Kamra
* Indigenous Manufacturing of Pilot less Aircraft, “Uqaab”
* 90 Million Cell phone Users
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* The availability of natural gas in 60% of house-holds via net-work of pipes
* World’s Biggest Dam when built – Tarbela Dam
* Pakistan revenues from Information Technology Industry $ 5 billion
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* Pakistan is one of the world’s largest exporter of textiles and related products such as yarn and cotton.
* Garment exports are expected to increase from the current level of $ 1.5 billion to $ 5 billion by 2010.
* Pakistan is one of the world’s largest Jewelery and precious gems exporter in the world, its exports
* Mobile phones are growing by about 1.0 Million a month. Long distance rates are down by two-thirds in five years and by 80% for data transmission
* Pakistan is among Seven countries that launch their own satellites .
* Pakistan’s PAKSAT is among the world’s largest domestic satellite communication
* systems.
* Pakistan is among only few countries that have ADVANCED SPACE PROGRAM.
* Pakistan is one of the countries which intends to put its national Spacecraft in Space.
* Pakistan is among the few countries in the World that have built its own Nuclear Power Station
* Pakistan is among the few countries in the World that have built its own Training Aircraft (Mashaq) by its own indigenous technology.
* It has also prepaid millions owed to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
* Pakistan is providing aid to 7 countries
* The Pakistani pharmaceutical industry at $ 1.4 billion and growing
* at 8% annually, is the 8th largest pharmaceutical industry in the
* world, and is expected to be worth $2.0 billion by 2010.
* Its exports are over $0.75 billion. Pakistan is among the top ten bulk
* drug makers and at home, the local industry has edged out the Multi-
* National companies.
* Trade of medicinal plants has crossed $ 500M already.
* There are 40 biotechnology companies in Pakistan, involved in the
* development and manufacture of genomic drugs, whose business is
* growing exponentially.
Pakistan: Technology Power
* Over 50 Foreign Companies have plan to set up R&D facilities in Pakistan
* in the past five years. These include GE, Bell Labs, Du Pont, Daimler
* Chrysler, Eli Lilly, Intel, Monsanto, Texas Instruments, Caterpillar, Cummins,
* GM, Microsoft and IBM.
* Pakistan’s telecom infrastructure between Karachi, Lahore and New York,
* provides one of the largest bandwidth capacity in the world.
* With more than 50 universities, 15 research institutions and 20 highereducation
* institutes, Pakistan produces 20,000 engineering graduates
* and another 10,000 technically trained graduates every year.
* Besides, another 0.1 million other graduates qualify out in Pakistan annually.
* NED, UET- Lahore, NUST, GIK IST, LUMS, and FAST are among
* the top universities from where many of the world’s biggest consulting
* firms hire most.
Distinguished Pakistanis
* First Asian Governor General of British Common Wealth – Mohammad Ali Jinnah
* Nobel Prize in Physics, 1979 – Dr. Abdus Salam
* Designer and Architect of Sears Towers – Dr. Fazal ur Rahman
* Twice Nominated for Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Dr. Saleem uzzaman Siddiqui
* First Governor of Saudi Monetary Agency (SAMA) – Anwar Ali
* Author of Constitution of Malaysia – Fazal Qader
* Chief Advisor to Five Year Economic Plans, South Korea –Maboob ul Haque
* Founder of Int. Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy – Dr. Abdus Salam
* World’s Top Desalination Expert – Fayyaz Muddassir Mubeen
* King of Squash, President International Squash Federation – Jehangir Khan
Distinguished Pakistanis
* First Commander-in-Chief of Zimbabwe Air Force – Air Chief Marshal Dawood Pota
* MP in the British Parliament – Lord Nazeer Ahmed
* Developer of Indigenous Nuclear Technology in Pakistan – Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan
* Among Top Ten IT Investor (according to Forbes) – Asad Jamal (e-Planet)
* Pakistani Executive who was awarded British OBE Award – Munawar Hamid (ICI)
* Pakistani who gunned down 5 enemy aircrafts in single dog flight – Sq. Ldr. M.M. Alam
* President of U.N Gen Assembly/Judge of Int. Court of Justice – Zafarullah Khan
* World Squash Champions – Hashim Khan, Roshan Khan, Azam Jehangir Khan,
* Mohibullah, Jehangir Khan, Jan Sher Khan, Qamar Zaman
* Pakistani Admiral in British Navy – Rear Admiral Amjad Hussain (app. 15 April 2006)
* Pakistani who Conquered Mount Everest –- Nazir Sabir
Innovator of Doosra – Saqlain Mushtaq
Innovator of Reverse Swing – Sarfraz Nawaz
World’s greatest philantropist – Abdul Sattar Edhi
Distinguished Pakistanis
* Founder of BCCI and FAST – Agha Hasan Abdi
* Winner of King Faisal International Award – Maulana Abul Ala Maudoodi
* World Leader in Organic Chemistry – Dr. Attaur Rehman
* Member of 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Panel with Al-Gore – Prof. Adil Najam
* World’s Top Cricket Legend (499 in 1st Class/334 in Test)- Hanif Mohammad
* Poet of the East, Philosopher of the Nations – Sir Mohammad Iqbal
* World’s Top Hockey Legends – Islahuddin, Rashid Jr., Samiullah,
* World’ Youngest Certified Microsoft Expert – Arfa Karim
* Princess of Jordan – Princess Sarwat (Wife of Prince Hasan)
* Pakistani who Conquered K-2 Second Highest Peak –- Aman Ashraf
* Author of United Nations Human Charter – Ghullam Ali Allana
* Nominee for 2009 Nobel Peach Prize – Abdus Sattar Eidhi
* Architect of Saudi Desalination Program – Arshad Hussain
* Dean of Engineering/Jeddah University – Prof. Dr. Mohammad Ibrahim
* World’s Top War Planner & Strategist – General Hameed Gul
* Ruler of the State of Bhopal – Princess Abida Sultan
* Designer of the Singapore Seaport – Captain Jalal
* US Representative in Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC)- Sada Cumber
WORLD BOXING CHAMPION – AMIR KHAN
ere are many role models for young Pakistanis:
Dr Sarah Alam Malik is a postdoctoral associate in Experimental Particle Physics. Her research interests can be found athttp://www.sarahalammalik.com
- Fazlur R. Khan – Architect of Sears Tower (Chicago) , John Hancock Center (Chicago) , Ontario Science Centre (Toronto) , One Shell Plaza (Houston)
- Atiq Raza (Founder of AMD Nexgen Processors ? presi)
- Dr. Naveed Syed (Neural Cell, Microchip Connectivity)
A Pakistani medical scientist has made possible neural cell connectivity with microchip, which is considered as great achievement in the world of medical science. - Pervaiz Lodhie (Founder of LEDtronics)
LEDtronics has grown from a two-person operation in 1983 to more than 140 employees at its Torrance headquarters. Projects range from lighting on local bridges to walkway illumination on the next-generation space station. “The variety of markets for which we design is mind-boggling,” Lodhie says.Considered a global pioneer of the LED light bulb, Lodhie has also put this innovative technology to great use in Pakistan. “Many people there do not have lighting, so they burn toxic kerosene, or rely on candles - Dr.Aurangzeb Hafi (Scientist)
Dr Hafi made a breakthrough in the modern scientific research by developing the magneto sectorial model for the first time in the world. His research would vivid far-looking and long lasting effects on agriculture, environmental and medical sciences, space biology, magnetohydrodynamics and multi-disciplinary sciences. Dr Aurangzeb Hafi is one of the six scientists shortlisted out of 1,376 from 900 universities in 60 countries by the International Scientific Council, headquartered in Britain.
Sir Anwar Pervez – Multimillionaire owner of Bestway food products, estimated worth 500 million dollars - Shami Ahmed – Creator of the Joe Bloggs label
- Sheeraz Hasan, Founder and CEO of Tinseltown TV
- Micheal Choudry, Founder of Atlas Air, one of the biggest fleets
- A soil fertility and plant nutrition expert Dr. Muhammad Yaseen of Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad has invented Narali and Micropower that can significantly increase crop yield.
A Pakistani medical scientist has made possible neural cell connectivity with microchip, which is considered as great achievement in the world of medical science. - Dr, Naveed Syed , Head of Cell Biology Department, University of Calgary made the direct connection of microchip with cerebral cell and microchip with neural cell.
- The connection between signals of this silicone chip neural cell is so powerful that any body part can be controlled with them. In other world, any artificial thing could be controlled by human brain.
- The scientists of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission have introduced a new test for diagnosis of intestinal ulcer. The new research has revealed that the main cause of intestinal ulcer in most of the people is Helicobacter Faulicuri virus.
- The doctors trace the presence of this virus through endoscopy or taking the sample of patient’s blood and breath. This test is useful both for the doctors and patients in which the ulcer can be diagnosed in a few minutes with the help of latest machinery. The discovery of the new diagnostic test will help revitalize medical research in the country.
- The International Air Transport Association (IATA) that regulates the world-wide air travel business has opted for business process management solution introduced by Ultimus – a Pak-American joint venture in the information technology.
- Pak-Kuwait Managing Director Zaigham Mahmood Rizvi has been awarded internationally recognised “Outstanding CEO Award” for 2004 bestowed by the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and Pacific (ADFIAP).
- Confederation of Asia Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) has granted lifetime special membership to three Pakistani businessmen.
- They include former President of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Tariq Saeed, Arshad Riaz Fazail and Sultan Chawla, the members of FPCCI.
- Dr Farooq Hassan, distinguished international legal authority, political adviser, and attorney, has been appointed by the World Family Alliance as its Special UN Ambassador for the Family.
- Karachi-born Anoushka also has the distinction of being the youngest woman in the world as well as the first Pakistani to walk the last degree to the North Pole.It took eight exhausting days for the young adventurer to plant the Pakistani flag at the famous spot and mark the end of her journey.
- Tahir Ghani is currently Senior Principal Engineer in Logic Technology Development Group at Intel Corporation where he leads process integration team responsible for developing Intel’s next generation 90nm logic process technology. Since joining Intel in 1994 he has worked on transistor design and front end process integration on Intel’s 250, 180 and 90nm process technology nodes. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1994 from Stanford University under Prof. James. F. Gibbons, conducting research in the area of SiGe HBT Device Physics & Technology. Tahir has received two Intel Achievement awards for his work on transistor design.
- Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman is known internationally for his contributions in the field of isolation, structure elucidation and synthesis of bioactive natural products from terrestrial and marine organisms. Researches on the chemical constitutients of Pakistani medicinal plants have resulted in the isolation of over 425 new natural products and the publication of 380 research papers in international journals and led to the award of Sc.D degree in 1987 by Cambridge University, U.K., the first scientist working in Pakistan to have this distinction.
- Ali Ansari – Chairman Telecom, Media, Technology Venture (TMT Venture)
- TMT Ventures is primarily Mr. Ali Ansari’s vision who has been instrumental in guiding the company to its current success through the first two years. While most of his time is currently spent on managing AKD Securities (Aqeel Karim Dhedhi Securities Pvt. Ltd) as its CEO, he continues to provide considerable support and strategic vision to TMT ventures and its partner firms.
- Najeeb Ghauri is CEO of NetSol International, Inc. NetSol International is a leading worldwide Information Technology company which became the first Pakistan based US company to be listed on NASDAQ stock exchange. Ghauri has an MBA from Claremont Graduate School.
- Shaukat Aziz was born on March 6, 1949 and brought up in the southern city of Karachi. He received his early education from St. Patrick’s School at Karachi and Public School at Abbottabad, graduated from Gordon College, Rawalpindi in 1967 and achieved MBA in 1969 from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi in 1969. The same year, he started his career from Citibank as credit officer in Karachi and served in various countries including Greece, the United States, the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Singapore. After being promoted to many positions, as Citibank’s head of Corporate and Investment Banking for various regions, Corporate Planning Officer, Citicorp, country Manager for Citibank in Malaysia and in Jordan, a board member of Citibank subsidiaries and of several non-profit organizations, he was appointed Executive Vice President of Citibank in 1992. Before taking leave from Citigroup, he was the head of its global Private Banking division and progressed to a senior post with the bank in New York at the height of a 30-year career in global finance.
- Moeen Qureshi – Prime Minister of Pakistan & Ex Senior vice President World Bank
- Qureshi is a graduate of the University of Punjab in Pakistan and has a Doctorate in Economics from Indiana University in the United States . Qureshi served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1993 where he initiated a number of strong reform measures. He was the Chief Operating Officer of the International Finance Corporation from 1976-81 and Senior Vice President and Head of World Bank Operations from 1986-91. He is currently Chairman and Managing Partner of Emerging Markets Partnership, an international asset management company. He is a member of the Board of the American International Group’s Global Trade and Political Risk Insurance Company and a member of the Advisory Boards of the American International Group (AIG) and of the Council for Foreign Relations, New York . He has served as an advisor to several international institutions and has chaired a number of international commissions and committees dealing with international and public affairs. He has also written extensively on international economic and political affairs.
- Mr. Burki joined the World Bank in 1974 to serve as Senior Economist in the Policy Planning Division. He was promoted to Division Chief of the Policy Planning and Program Review Department in 1976. In 1981 Mr. Burki became Senior Economic and Policy Advisor in the Office of the Vice President of External Relations; in 1983 he became Director of the International Relations Department of that vice-presidency. He served there until 1987 when he was appointed Director for China and Mongolia. Mr. Burki helped design and implement the World Bank’s lending program in China – at one point the largest Bank financed program in the world. Under his supervision and direction the World Bank also carried out an ambitious program of analysis of various aspects of the Chinese economy.
- Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan was one of the world’s most prominent social scientists from Pakistan who proved his class by developing rural areas and low-income urban settlements through Comila project in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and the Orangi pilot project in Karachi. He achieved it through involvement and motivation of the common man.
- He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Michigan State University and was recipient of the Hilal-e-Pakistan, Sitra-i-Pakistan, and the Magsaysay Award.
- Zia Chishti is co-founder, chief executive officer and director of Align Technology, Inc., the Sunnyvale,
CA. firm that uses 3-D computer imaging technology to design clear plastic, removable, orthodontic
“aligners” that let adults straighten teeth without wearing metal braces. Align Technology also
manufacturers the “aligners,” marketed and distributed nationwide as the Invisalign System™.
In his position as CEO, the 28-year old Mr. Chishti is responsible for the general management of Align
Technology, overall corporate strategy, fund-raising and the development and application of the
technology process.
Mr. Chishti graduated from Columbia University (New York City) in 1992, where he studied
economics and computer science. He received his MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School
of Business (Palo Alto, CA) where he met Ms. Wirth and, together, the two started Align Technology in
1997.\\ - Dr. Khan has received several Senatorial and Congressional honors and was listed among the “Top Surgeons” in America by the Consumer Research Council.
- Iqbal Riza – UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s chief of staff
- Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Mr. Iqbal Riza as his Chef de Cabinet in January 1997.
- Nafis Sadik, is Special Adviser and has additional responsibilities as Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Asia. Since her separation from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as Executive Director in December 2000, Dr. Sadik has continued her association with the United Nations and remains active in the population and development field.
- . Hina Jilani – Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders in UN
The Commission on Human Rights in April of this year requested the Secretary-General to appoint a special representative to report on the situation of Human Rights Defenders in all parts of the world and on possible means to enhance their protection in full compliance with the “Declaration on Human Rights Defenders”. - Afshan Rafiq has become the Norway’s first Member of Parliament, also the first woman, with a non-western background to serve in Norway’s Storting.
She is a 26-year-old medical student in Norway and said she’s most interested in a seat on the parliamentary committee for health and social affairs.
Longtime Oslo Mayor Albert Nordengen of the Conservative Party was among the first to congratulate her and said she should be considered for a variety of posts. “The Defense Committee, for example,” he said. “She’s smart in so many areas. - Dr. Ashraf Choudhary made history in becoming the first-ever elected Pakistani MP to the New Zealand Parliament! He again, made history by becoming the first New Zealand parliamentarian to swear allegiance on the Quran. Choudhury, a Labor MP, went ahead with his plans to take oath on the Quran in the face of criticism that he was breaking a “centuries-old tradition” by doing so, but he had to bring his own Quran on which to take the oath. Choudhary donated his Quran to parliamentary officials, who did not have one.
- Choudhary, born to a poor farming family in Punjab province before migrating to New Zealand in 1976. A Pakistani agro-scientist, Dr. Ashraf Chaudhry, a graduate of Faisalabad’s Agriculture University, pursued higher studies in UK and after obtaining his doctorate, found a job in Massey University of New Zealand where he had been teaching as professor. He left the university after election as Member of Parliament
- Mehmood Bhatti – fashion designers
- Dominating in the fashion capital of the world, Paris, France – Mahmood Bhatti is one of the best fashion designers in the world.
- Safi Qureshi – Managing Partner of Irvine Ventures
- Born in Karachi in early 1950’s , did his graduation in Physics from Karachi university and B.S Electrical Engineering from University of Texas, He Lives in Irvine, California with family.
- Safi is Managing Partner of ‘Irvine Ventures’. Irvine Ventures is a regionally based venture fund, that invests in privately held early stage internet and technology companies. Prior to this, Safi co-founded AST Research.
- Now in his mid-forties, Qureshi was also co-founder and former chief of AST Research Inc., a personal computer firm that once ranked as the fourth largest computer manufacturer in the world.
- Jauher Zaidi, President and CEO Palmchip Corporation
- Jauher has over twenty years of experience in system design and integration. He has been both a director and the Chief Executive Officer of Palmchip since the Company’s inception. Before founding Palmchip in 1996, he was involved in SOC integration at Quantum Corporation, where he managed the ASIC Group. He also led the single-chip I/O and disk controller ASIC design projects, using co-simulation at Unisys, Amdahl and Samsung. Jauher received his BSEE and MSEE degrees from Pacific States University in Los Angeles, California. He has written and presented a number of articles and papers on SOC design and verification. He has also participated in many system-on-chip panels and is a recognized expert in the area of SOC development. He Holds several patents on SoC Technology
- Prof. Nasim obtained his MSc in Botany from the University of Punjab, Pakistan, 1957, and his PhD in Biochemical Genetics from the University of Edinburgh, UK, in 1966.
- He was appointed Advisor (Science), COMSTECH, in August 1996, after working for two years as Executive Secretary, Pakistan Academy of Sciences (1994-1996).
- Prior to that, Prof. Nasim was Principal Scientist and Head, Molecular Genetics Group, Biology and Medical Research Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1989-1993), and Senior Research Officer, National Research Council of Canada (1973-1989).
- Dr. Shaghil Ahmed – MD Social Policy & Development Center
- Prof. Riazuddin UNESCO Albort Einstein Gold Medal for Fundamental Science
Athar Osama – Doctoral Fellow(Ph.D.) at RAND Graduate School of Policy Studies, USA \\ - Dr. Shamshad Akhtar – Governor, State Bank of Pakistan
- Dr. Shamshad Akhtar took over as Governor, State Bank of Pakistan on 2nd January, 2006. She brings rich experience, both national and international, to her new assignment. Dr. Akhtar is the first woman and the 14th Governor of the State Bank since its inception in July, 1948.
- It may be recalled that the Federal Government has last month notified the appointment of Dr. Shamshad Akhtar as SBP Governor for a period of three years with effect from the date she assumes the charge of the post.
- Prior to her appointment as SBP Governor, Dr. Akhtar has been serving the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as its Director General, Southeast Asia Department since January, 2004. The Southeast Asia Department covers Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore. She looked after the operations of five divisions in the Southeast Asia Department—operations coordination; infrastructure; agriculture, environment, and natural resources; social sectors; and governance, finance, and trade. She also looked after ADB’s Resident Mission in Indonesia and the Country Office in the Philippines. Earlier, she was Deputy Director General of the Department. She also held the position of Director, Governance, Finance and Trade Division for East and Central Asia Department of ADB. She has developed a broad regional expertise in financial and economic matters of Central Asian Republics & Southeast Asia including the People’s Republic of China.
- Professor Haroon Ahmed – Professor at Cambridge University
- Professor Haroon Ahmed was a Fellow of the college for 33 years and he has been Master of the College since August 2000.
- He is Professor of Microelectronics and the Head of the Microelectronics Research Centre
- Prof. Noor Mohammed Butt
- Prof. Butt obtained his MSc in Physics from Punjab University, Lahore (Pakistan), in 1957, his PhD from Birmingham University (UK) in 1965, and was awarded a DSc from the University of Birmingham (UK) in 1993.
- Prof. Butt’s last designation was Director General of the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH), Pakistan. At retirement he became the First “Scientist Emeritus” honoured with this life-title.
- Prof. Butt has published more than 100 research papers in the field of Nuclear Solid State Physics. His specific fields of scientific interest are Neutron Diffraction and Scattering, Research Reactor Utilization and Moössbauer Spectroscopy.
- Mr. Furquan Kidwai
- Mr. Kidwai was recently selected as the best International Student from the South West England, following which he was invited to 10 Downing Street to a reception by the Prime Minister Tony Blair.
- Aaref Hilaly – President & CEO, Clearwell Systems
- Aaref is the President and CEO of Clearwell Systems, a pioneer in Email Intelligence funded by Sequoia Capital and Redpoint Ventures. Prior to Clearwell, he was Co-Founder, President and CEO of CenterRun, which he led from inception in 2000 to its acquisition by Sun Microsystems in August 2003. CenterRun was a leading provider of application provisioning software and today forms the basis of Sun’s data center automation product suite.
- Mohammed Khaishgi – Chief Operating Officer (The Resource Group)
- Prior to co-founding The Resource Group, Mr. Khaishgi was Senior Director for Customer Relationship Management for Align Technology, where he was responsible for the establishment and operations of Align´s offshore call center operations. Prior to Align, he spent five years at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Mr. Khaishgi has an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He earned his Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology in Lahore
- Ajaz Ahmed
- Ajaz Ahmed is the Founder of Freeserve, the UK’s largest ISP now known as Wanadoo.
- Adil Jaffry – Chairman & CEO, Tara Energy
- Adil Jaffry is the co-founder of Tara Energy, the largest independent commercial electricity provider in the state of Texas.
- World renowned American Academy of Ophthalmology presented the “Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award” to Prof. Ghulam Qadir Kazi. The American Academy of Ophthalmology is been giving two awards every year for the outstanding performance world wide and Prof. Ghulam Qadir Kazi is the first international member & first Pakistani to receive this award.
Sohail Inayatullah – prominent futurist - Riz Khan is a recognised face worldwide following extensive careers with the BBC and CNN prior to joining Al Jazeera.
- He was a presenter and reporter at the BBC for eight years and was the first mainstream Asian newsreader for their international network.
- He hosted the news bulletin that launched BBC World Service Television News in 1991.
- After presenting there for two years he was poached by CNN for their own international channel where he became a senior anchor for the network’s global news shows and special events including the historic live coverage of the Hajj.
- Sukh Chan Wellness Club CEO Nina Akbar was awarded the Asian businesswoman of the Year award 2006-07, by the Asian Cultural Assoc-iation for her outstanding entrepreneurial abilities and contribution towards business development.
- A Pakistani documentary-maker based in Karachi, Paris, New York and Canada, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has won accolades from all over the world — the most notable being the Livingston Award for journalism and being the only non-American so far to have received it. She is also one of the 25 people picked out to represent 25 years of the Livingston Awards.
Hillary Clinton’s mysterious, glamorous and eerily unflappable aide de camp, Huma Abedin. - Mahbub ul Haq (February 22, 1934 – July 16, 1998) was an influential and world renowned Pakistani economist. One of the founders of human development theory (and a personal friend of Amartya Sen, whom he met while studying at Cambridge), together with Amartya Sen he created the Human Development Index, which came to be one of the most influential indices and has been used since 1990 by the United Nations Development Programme for its annual report (Human Development Report –http://hdr.undp.org). He also served as the World Bank’s director of policy planning (1970-1982) and headed Pakistan’s Finance Ministry as its minister of finance and planning (1982-1988).
- Mir Zafar Ali along with his colleagues picked up an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for The Golden Compass
- Adrees Latif, a Pakistan-born photojournalist, has won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for “Breaking News Photography”, according to media reports.
- Latif of Reuters, who is based in Bangkok, won the prize on Monday for his dramatic photo of a Japanese videographer being attacked in Myanmar.
- ‘Johar Joshanda’ gets a mention in TIME mag as 6th best thing for the body
- When Khalid Hussain collected his young entrepreneur award at the Institute of Asian Businesses gala dinner last November the joke at the ICC was that this was the first night in memory that PAK Supermarket had closed.
- If not strictly true it reflects an approach that has seen this 36-year-old businessman rise from stacking the shelves of a small corner shop grocery store to boss of a chain of supermarkets that has just opened a new £8 million superstore.
- Farrukh Abbas Chaudry. A scientist in Oslo, leads a group of 10 scientists. Some of his articles have been posted in magazines such as Neuron, Cell and Science. He is one of few Norwegian scientists to get the award “Young Investigators Award”. He has also won several awards in Norway. I didn’t find any English articles about him, so that’s why I’m not giving any link.
- Hadia Tajik
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- She is only 24 years old, but still she has managed to come on the list of Norway’s most powerful women. She is the 20th most powerful woman in Norway. She has roots in Quetta. Her mother has Bachelor of Education from Lahore, and her father has Bachelor of Art and Diploma in Associate Engineering from Karachi. Her brother is a doctor in the Norwegian city of Bergen. Her own education is a bachelor in journalism from Stavanger, a bachelor in law (I’m not sure what it is called in English. You study it to become lawyer) from Oslo, and a master in human rights from Kingston University, London.
- Her cv is impressive. She has worked as a journalist in some of the biggest newspapers in Norway, and has been political advisor for a minister. Right now, she is the political advisor for the Norwegian prime minister.
- The United States has appointed Pakistani-born Asif Chaudhry as its ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Moldova.
- Pakistan’s first billionaire. Born during the tumultuous Partition winter of 1947, when his parents were among those Muslim families making the trek from India to Pakistan. His father and uncles jumped into textiles with Nishat Mills in 1951. Mian went to college in the U.K.; joined family business after graduation. Father died one year after his return. Eventually split with uncles and took over his family’s business in West Pakistan decades ago. (The East Pakistan division later went bankrupt). His Nishat Group is now Pakistan’s largest exporter of cotton clothes (for brands like Gap) and nation’s largest private employer; also invests in power projects, cement and insurance. Smart bet in banking: Won a controversial bid for Muslim Commercial Bank during the country’s privatization push in 1991. Sold more than half of his MCB shares for $900 million May 2008.
James Caan (formerly Nazim Khan) (born 1960) is a British entrepreneur of Pakistani origin from Lahore . He is CEO of private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw and has been building and selling businesses since 1985. In October 2007, Caan joined the panel in the fifth series of BBC Two’s Dragons’ Den. Having founded the Alexander Mann Group in 1985, a recruitment company with a turnover of £130m and operations in 50 countries, Caan sold the company in 2002.
Caan also co-founded executive head-hunting firm Humana International with his partner, Doug Bugie, growing the business to over 147 offices across 30 countries from 1993-1999.
In 2001 Caan was awarded the ‘BT Enterprise of the Year’ award for outstanding success in business and having already been a finalist in 2000 he was named PricewaterhouseCoopers ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ 2003. That same year, having successfully graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, Caan also won the Entrepreneur category in the Asian Jewel Awards.
Professor Asim Khwaja has become the first Pakistani to achieve tenure at Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Tenure guarantees academic freedom as well as job security. Tenure is offered to the best and brightest of the professors who show the most promise in increasing the university’s reputation through their research, books and unique ideas.
Farooq Leghari – Chief Excecutive Officer of Ethan Allen.
Shahid Khan – owner of NFL franchise Jacksonville Jaguars
