“THE 13TH LADIESFUND® WOMEN’S AWARDS FOR PAKISTAN 2022 VOTING BOOTH”

RAFIA ILYAS

Rafia Ilyas is Founder of Tangent Square. She’s redefining architectural spaces in innovative, cutting-edge ways.

AYESHA MIAN

Ayesha is an associate professor in psychiatry at AKU and head of the University’s Gender Equality programme.  She was awarded the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Jeanne Spurlock, MD, Award on Diversity and Culture in recognition of her enduring efforts to advance and promote the field of child and adolescent psychiatry and build capacity in the field.

FOUZIA SIDDIQUI

Fouzia is the proprietor of FLOC, Pakistan’s first third wave coffee shop and introduced keto to the nation on a commercial level.  There are currently two locations with the third in progress, despite all the COVID-19 lockdowns.

NUSRAT HIDAYATULLAH

Nusrat is a health and fitness coach as well as the executive director of the 42 Day Challenge. A lawyer by profession, Nusrat co-founded her company a few years ago in Karachi. Today, the 42 Day Challenge hosts multiple workouts across three of the country’s major cities.

ZIL MALIK

Zil is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Edvisory, a very successful independent educational consultancy that assists students based in Pakistan, the Middle East, Europe and Asia research, select, and gain admission to colleges and graduate schools in North America and the United Kingdom.  She graduated from Harvard (B.A., 2000; Juris Doctor, 2003), where she received the Detur Prize, the Elizabeth Cary-Agassiz Scholarship, and the John Harvard Scholarship multiple times.

AYESHA NOORANI

Ayesha is an architect by profession, and has taught at Lahore’s well-known National College of Arts (NCA) for years, & the Founder of Daachi (A nonprofit organization, geared towards promoting the craft of local artisans & artists of Pakistan).Ayesha states that she gave up her career to do something which gave her life a sense of purpose.Daachi came about as a ‘divine calling’ for her.Ayesha graduated in Architecture, from the National College in 1982. Her approach to architecture is contemporary, with a strong regional identity & incorporating principles of sustainability. She has designed/executed various types of commercial & domestic projects.Her teaching experience has been associated with N.C.A.as a visiting faculty since 1996; to date.

FLORENCE VILLIERS

Florence Villiers is the proprietor of the very successful Café Flo.  She was born in in 1947 in France and has lived in Pakistan since the 1970s, when she married Madam Noor Jehan's son Akbar Hussain Rizvi

HIJAB FATIMAH

Hijab is founder of Pakistan’s first community school. She is a visual merchandiser, public artist and urban beautification architect. She is renowned for erecting Pakistan Momument at Shakarparian Islamabad.

HINA USMANI

HinaUsmani is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and the Founder and Managing Partner of Usman & Co. (UCO), the first women led accounting practice in Pakistan.UCO has pioneered the provision of work-from-home opportunities for women accountants globally and connected them digitally with women entrepreneurs. Hina is the first elected woman Council Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.

MARIUM TALHA RAHMAN

MariumTalha Rahman is an IVS graduate and valedictorian of her class who started Tiny Tots in 2015 after her first daughter was born. Recognising the need for good quality kids furniture especially that which is child friendly, she started her own brand of bespoke furniture pieces and Tiny Tots was born. From a small set up of just two craftsmen, she has now expanded her business to 15 plus employees and caters to a wide array of clients. Marium is also a director in a digital ad agency, Brand It which she manages on the side while juggling the joy and madness of two young kids.

Shamama-Tul-Amber Arbab

Shamama-Tul-Amber Arbab, Co founder Euro industries Pvt Ltd, is amongst the first few women Industrialists of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa who has a vast experience of working in various capacities at strategic level. Presently Member BoD Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa Board of Investment, Chairperson Pakistan Stone Development Company (PASDEC), Member Senate Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Women University, Chair Wecreate Pakistan, Board Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs TIE, founding Member South Asian Women Entrepreneurs Network.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL NIGAR JOHAR KHAN

Lieutenant General Nigaris a three-star general in the Pakistan Army. Nigar is the first and only woman in the history of Pakistan Army to reach the rank of lieutenant-general, and the third to reach the rank of major-general. She belongs to the Pakistan Army Medical Corps and currently serves as the surgeon general of Pakistan Army. 

NIRMALA MAGHANI

Nirmala has contributed to the South Asian musical genre with “TuJhoom,” for which she was not given recognition for her creation.  Hailing from a humble Hindu background in Umar Kot, when she was refused due credit for her allegedly stolen tune, she bravely sued for PKR 100 million.

POMME GOHAR

CEO of Phenomena, Pomme has made a name for herself as a Creative Director as well as with her event management company.  This year, however, she did something truly special for Phenomena by Pomme’s10th year celebration by curating and presenting  an art show in the Sadequain Gallery of Frere Hall, honouring masters Ismail Gulgee, Sadequain and Jamil Naqsh, as well as 10 modern day artists, all under the gender-sensitive theme "Zenana Mardana.”

SHAZIA PARVEEN

Shazia is Pakistan’s first woman firefighter and today has trained more than 1000 male and female recruits at Punjab Emergency Services Academy, in a programme that takes 6 months to complete.