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Meet Zoe Viccaji, an upcoming music artist who is making a name for herself in the music industry of Pakistan...Click here for the complete interview
 
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Interview with Faisal Gill, candidate for the VA House of Delegates... arrow

 
Interview with Adil Sher
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Interview with Shah Mehmood Qureshi, President PPP Punjab... arrow
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imran khan
Interview with Imran Khan... arrow
Interview with Adeel Asghar Choudhry
Nomi Ansari is the man behind one of Pakistan's popular and contemporary fashion labels. 
Interview with Nomi Ansari... arrow
ghalib iqbal - pakistani consul general toronto
 
Interview with Pakistan's Consul General in Toronto, Canada.. arrow
Interview with Shela Qamar
Interview with Ayeshah Alam... arrow
Dr. Salman Shah, Advisor to Pakistani PM
Interview with Dr. Salman Shah... arrow
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Sajid & Zeeshan
Interview with Sajid and Zeeshan... arrow
Hina Rabbani Khar
State Minister Economic Affairs
Hina Rabbani Khar is Pakistan's State Minister for Economic Affairs. She is responsible for multilateral and bilateral grants and loans, and her Ministry is the official signatory for any project that is launched in Pakistan with foreign financial assistance. Her father, Ghulam Rabbani Khar, drove Hina's entry into politics, setting her on a different path from the hotel management career she had been pursuing with great zeal. A graduate from the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Hina also holds a Masters from the University of Massachusetts. She is also one of the owners of the Polo Lounge, an upscale, popular restaurant located on the Lahore Polo Grounds
Hina Rabbani Khar's complete interview... arrow
Interview with Sophie Ernst... arrow
Thalassa Ali
Interview with Thalassa Ali... arrow
DCM Aslam Khan
Click here for DCM Aslam Khan's complete interview
DCM Aslam Khan's complete interview... arrow
Interview with Fatima Chaudry... arrow
Shehzad Hasan
Interview with Shehzad Hasan... arrow
Munir Hafiez
Gen. Munir Hafiez former chariman National Accountability Bureau

Gen. Munir Hafiez's complete interview arrow
Interview with Hasan Ibrahim, real estate professional... arrow
Haroon Rashid
Interview with Haroon Rashid... arrow
Mohammad Sadiq
Mr. Mohammad Sadiq is the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington DC. He has been in his current position for three years - all of which have spelled dramatic and remarkable progress in the Embassy's operations, community outreach and public relations, and the integration of young Pakistanis into the mainstream activities of the Embassy. Mr. Sadiq is perhaps one of the best known faces of the Pakistani Mission, who has opened his heart to new ideas and people, and put his mind to garnering support for critical initiatives that have fueled a rapid integration and connectivity within the Pakistani American community. From a small school in rural Sindh near the Thar desert, Mr. Sadiq has taken an educational journey through the University of Peshawar for his MS Political Science, and then the Columbia Univeristy for his MS in International Relations. As you will read from his interview below, his quest for learning was a main motivation for his career choice, and his intellectual journey still continues on the job. We walked away convinced that his intellectual curiosity and his ability to develop innovative solutions to old problems is the foundation for the successful initiatives he has implemented, for the benefit of all Pakistanis living in the US. We felt extremely proud of this gentleman, who is humble, approachable, and a very progressive thinker in all respects, with a great track record to boot.
Interview with former Deputy Chief of Mission Mohammad Sadiq... arrow
Interview with Ifran, architect and model... arrow
Asad Amanat Ali Khan
A tribute to Asad Amanat Ali Khan... arrow
Jahangir Karamat
The Pakistani Ambassador to the United States talks about the Pak-US ties, his mission, issues faced by Pakistani Americans, Bahria Town, the role of media, and a lot of other things that will help you learn about our most significant representative in the US.
Eeman Siddiqi
Interview with Eeman Siddiqi... arrow
Adeel Hashmi
Interview with Adeel Hashmi... arrow
Dr. Saleem Ali
Interview with Dr. Saleem Ali... arrow
Heartless in America...
Madeeha Faryad is a 20 year old heart transplant candidate
Madeeha Faryad's Story... arrow

 
Fasi Zaka
Interview with Fasi Zaka... arrow
Vajid Jafri
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Winning Delegates World Model UN 2006
The LUMS Model UN Society won top accolades
Interview with LUMS Delegates to the World MUN 2006 ... arrow

 
Louis Pinto "Gumby"
Interview with Louis Pinto aka Gumby... arrow
Omar Nabi
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Interview with Omar Nabi of Studio O... arrow
Usman Sabir
Usman Sabir
 
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Nadia Sani
Interview with Nadia Sani... arrow
Navaraja Gyawali (CARE)
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Interview with CARE's Pakistan Head Navaraja Gyawali.. arrow
Fauzia Tariq
Fauzia is the Executive Director of Rising Leaders, a DC based youth organization. Born in Karachi, Fauzia has lived in the US since the age of four and a half. Fauzia says that growing up in towns with little diversity, she started campaigning about her heritage and culture at a very young age. Her interest has grown into a career now, as she works with Pakistani American youth on a nation-wide basis, to manage political lobbying and community service initiatives. Fauzia is certainly in the right place to further her longterm interests in activism, lobbying, public relationing, and community service. With the things she's done and the vision she has about her own and the community's future, we can see her continue to work wonders for the Pakistani nation abroad in the future!
Interview with Fauzia Tariq... arrow

 
Abbas Aly Khan
Interview with Abbas Aly Khan... arrow
Aftab Ahmed
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Hafiz Aftab Ahmed's complete interview arrow
Jassem Hashmi
Jassem is a versatile young man, working as a systems analyst with the Small Business Administration in Washington, DC and remixing music by night. Jassem's work with the US SBA has won him Presidential Proclamation Awards two years in a row, and he has been recognized numerous times for excellence in customer service. Jassem's days are spent in his government job, and he pursues his music interests, hosts a radio show on the weekends, and is a regular guest at many social events around the DC area. Jassem and his wife Sehr live in Northern VA
Interview with Jassem Hashmi... arrow
Arjumand Rahim
Interview with Arjumand Rahim... arrow
Maj. Nawaz Ahmed
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Interview with Maj. Nawaz Ahmed, Parkland Towers arrow
Atiya Ahsan
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Atiya Ahsan 's complete interview arrow
Nadya Mistry

Interview with leading fashion designer Nadya Mistry... arrow
Waheed Khalid
Interview with Waheed Khalid (Studio Q)... arrow
Sakib Chishti
Interview with Sakib Chishti, makup artist & fashion designer)... arrow
Maheen Kardar
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Interview with Karma's Maheen Kardar... arrow
Stella Guillen
Stella Guillen and her husband, Kamran Akhtar, are the proud owners of Cradle and Crayon, a brand new retail outlet in Reston, VA. Stella was born in Peru, raised between Peru and Brazil, and Kamran is from Pakistan. They have a beautiful little daughter, whose birth was the impetus for Stella and Kamran's entrepreneurial debut. The Saturday Post team met with Stella at her store to bring you the inside scoop on this really creative retail outlet, what inspired Stella and Kamran, and how they have distinguished themselves from mass-retailers and other specialty stores.
Interview with Stella Guillen, owner of Cradle & Crayon... arrow
Sarah Qureshi
Sarah is a real estate agent with Long & Foster in Northern VA. With a background in Economics and Math, Sarah's ability to identify and analyze property values is very much in line with today's marketplace. With buyers apprehensive about jumping in at the wrong time, and sellers holding on to their properties alongwith a gazillion questions on when to sell, someone like Sarah can truly help. Not just through her real estate buying and selling skills, but also through her analytic mind which enables her to gauge trends both at the macro and micro levels.
 
Interview with Sarah Qureshi, Realtor... arrow
Imran Malik
Interview with Imran Malik... arrow
Khalid Umerani
Khalid is a civil engineer turned insurance guru, with a tremendously interesting story for all professionals who dream of quitting their jobs one day and doing something on their own! With a bachelors and masters in engineering, and several years of field and design work under his belt, Khalid made the courageous decision to quit his job and seriously pursue an entrepreneurial career. He made a short stop in textiles and then got into insurance, with an agency from Allstate Insurance. Almost ten years later, Khalid sits proudly at his desk, managing his clients and his staff, with a content smile that clearly says "no regrets!"
Interview with Khalid Umerani... arrow
Faisal Qureshi
Interview with Faisal Qureshi... arrow
Ahmed Ali Butt
Ahmed Ali Butt
Interview with Ahmed Ali Butt... arrow
Armughan Javaid
Armughan is a Senior Project Manager at AOL, where he is leading projects in the Platform Services group at AOL which is responsible for migrating AOL's legacy infrastructure to Services-Oriented Architecture. Prior to joining AOL, Armughan worked as Principal Consultant for McFadyen Consulting. Armughan's consulting engagements have spanned verticals such as eBusiness (Retail and B2B), eLearning, and Internet/Media. He has led multidisciplinary (on-shore and off-shore) teams on projects involving complex customer and stakeholder relations. In addition to his impressive technical and professional abilities, Armughan is an exemplary member of the Pakistani-American professional community. In both his jobs within the US, Armughan has played a major role in promoting and hiring other qualified Pakistani professionals. A graduate of the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Armughan is also highly active on the North American chapter of the LUMS alumni association, the PMI Washington D.C. Chapter, and the Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs (OPEN).
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Syed Babar Ali
For those (and there can't be many) who don't know Syed Babar Ali, he is one of the most respected and accomplished individuals in Pakistan. The man behind Packages Ltd., Nestle-Milkpak, InterBank, Ali Institute of Education, and Lahore University of Management Sciences, is perhaps among the biggest success stories in the world, yet immensely humble and approachable
Interview with Syed Babar Ali... arrow
Ali Khan
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Interview with Ali Khan... arrow
Amina Khan
Amina Khan is a highly accomplished young woman with a remarkable policy making career in her background, and a life of entrepreneurship and community activitism ahead of us. Amina is a founding member of the Committee for Global Relief (CGR) which was formed to bring the Pakistani and Indian communities together in the interest of friendship and humanitarian causes. She works at her family business, a highly successful furniture retail store called the McLean Furniture Gallery. Amina is married to Firas Al-Hindi, who is originally from Damascus, Syria. Amina and Firas live in DC and are expecting their first child in January.
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Dr. Kamal Munir
Dr. Kamal Munir is a University Senior Lecturer in Strategy at the Judge Business School at Cambridge University (UK). Originally from Lahore, and a graduate of the University of Engineering and Technology, Dr. Munir holds a PhD from McGill University (Montreal, Canada). We met with Dr. Munir as he winds up a one year sabbatical at LUMS and prepares for his return to Cambridge. He shared many valuable insights with us about issues that are commonly debated among thinking Pakistanis.
Interview with Dr. Kamal Munir... arrow
Mashal Peerzada
Mashal Peerzada
Interview with Mashal Peerzada... arrow
Shafiq Khan
Shafiq Khan is the man who led the online revolution in the US airline industry. Working for United Airlines and then US Airways in the 1980s, Shafiq identified the biggest cost challenge for airlines, i.e. the cost of distributing a paper ticket, and turned it into a strategic engagement to develop and implement the first online reservations and paperless ticketing system in the country. Shafiq Khan has a Masters from Government College Lahore, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and is presently the Vice President of eCommerce for Marriott Hotels.
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Mehar Jawad Patel
Mehar is the lead for Developments in Literacy (DIL)'s DC chapter. Having lived in the US for almost 17 years, Mehar is an exemplary woman in her ability to maintain a successful family and social life, as well as give back to the society through selfless community service. Originally from Karachi, Mehar completed her college education in Karachi, and went to the UK to obtain a graduate degree in Marketing and Advertising.
Interview with Developments in Literacy DC Chapter head Mehar Patel... arrow
Ayesha Khan
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Interview with author Ayesha Khan... arrow
Aatish the Band
Aatish - an upcoming music band
Interview with Aatish the Band... arrow
Gurus Trilogy
guru's trilogy
Interview with Gurus Trilogy... arrow
Hassan Sheheryar Yasin
Hassan Sheheryar Yasin is one of Pakistan's leading fashion designers, if not the top designer, in bridal and formal wear. Hassan's HSY Studio has been a rage with young brides, and everyone attending a wedding for the last several years, but it has truly reached the frenzied "I am not getting married without a dress from HSY" heights in the last 2-3 years. These days, Hassan (known as Sheru to his friends) is in the US, where he has choreographed a series of fantastic fashion shows for a non-profit, charity organization called Developments in Literacy (DIL). "I am here for DIL. When we make sales or take orders, a large percentage goes towards the charity we are supporting. DIL is a good organization! They are doing great work and have made huge changes in the educational field, especially for girls in the rural areas. I'm just glad I can help them."
Interview with HSY owner Hassan Sheheryar Yasin... arrow
Sadia Salam
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Interview with artist Sadia Salam... arrow
Danish Rahi
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Interview with Danish Rahi... arrow
Mehreen Raheal
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Interview with Mehreen Raheal... arrow
Strings: Faisal & Bilal
Since 1990, the music of Strings has played softly and constantly for millions of listeners in Pakistan. Since their return to the music scene in 2000, Strings has gained wide international popularity.
 
Interview with Strings: Faisal Kapadia & Bilal Maqsood... arrow
Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
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A Rendezvous Special in the memory of Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi... arrow
Rung's Iftikhar Habib (Ifu)
Iftikhar Habib (Ifu), founder and lead vocalist of a new, upcoming band "Rung" (which means 'color').
 
Interview with Rung's Iftikhar Habib (Ifu)... arrow
Overload's Farhad Humayun
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Interview with Overload's Farhad Humayun... arrow
Emmad Irfani
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Interview with leading model, Emmad Irfani... arrow
Noori
Noori Ali Noor Ali Hamza Gumby
 
Noori: Ali Noor & Ali Hamza's complete interview arrow
Arooj Aftab
Usman Sabir
Arooj Aftab's complete interview arrow
Haroon Khalid
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Interview with author Haroon Khalid... arrow
Jal The Band
Jal's song "Aadat" first hit the airwaves a couple of years ago; it started at a party where Gohar, the founder of Jal sang the song to friends at a party. He then put the song on the internet, starting what became a big trend for new musicians in Pakistan. The song received tremendous response, with hundreds of downloads. From there started Jal's journey towards the top of Pakistani charts, subsequently reaching a much wider South Asian audience in India, Bangladesh, and gradually making its way to the far West.
Interview with Jal the Band... arrow
Aqsa Shakil
Aqsa Shakil is a talented artist, making her name in the US art circles. Born in Tanzania, raised in Pakistan, and having lived in and traveled to the Middle East, Far East, and Europe, Aqsa has developed a diversely informed perspective that she brings to bear in her creations - which include eggshell installations, miniature paintings, and photography. With aspirations to first join the ranks of renowned young artists like Shazia Sikander and Ambreen Butt, there's no limit to where Aqsa's talents will take her. Aqsa's talent has been recognized with a Visual & Performing Arts Achievement award from the Golden Key International Honor Society, the Dennis M. Cratz Dean’s Award during this year's Spring Show at UTD, and other rewards in juried events. She is currently a full time graduate student, doing her Masters in Fine Arts from the Meadows School of the Arts, at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.
Interview with artist Aqsa Shakil... arrow
Shiraz Uppal
An MBA by education, and a banker in his former life, Shiraz is not a new name for music listeners in Pakistan. His music career was paced in a gradual, deliberate way until recently, when he wholeheartedly stepped into making his talent known to the world. He has recently made waves with his new single "Jhuki Jhuki" and listeners have liked his album a lot. He has recently signed a contract with TIPS music in India for an international release of his album.
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Sabiha Khanum
Sabiha Khanum ruled the silver screen in Pakistan much like Rekha, Madhuri, or Aishwarya. Her glamorous presence, an impeccable character, and her marriage to leading man Santosh Kumar (Musa Raza) were all a part of this wonderful lady's charisma.
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Vneeza Ahmed
Interview with Vaneeza Ahmed
Shahzad Nawaz
Shahzad Nawaz is perhaps best known outside of Pakistan for his role in Moth Smoke's adaptation, Daira. What was less known was that this creative man is the winner of 102 international advertising awards and heads the Media Assets business for the Jang Group, in addition to being their Head of Special Programming.
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