Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) (Urdu:لاہوریونیورسٹیآفمینجمنٹسائنسز) is a private research university in Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan.
Muhammad Ishaq Dar is a Pakistani accountant and politician who currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan since 11 March 2024.
The National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES),commonly known as Foundation for Advancement of Science and Technology (FAST),is a private research university with multiple campuses in different cities of Pakistan.
Chaudhry Parvez Elahi Warraich is a Pakistani politician who was the Chief Minister of Punjab from late 2002 to late 2007 and again from late 2022 to early 2023. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023,when he,as chief minister,dissolved the assembly. In 2023,he left the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) along with his son,Moonis Elahi,and 10 other former PML(Q) MPAs over political rifts with the party president and cousin,Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. He was appointed as,and is currently serving as the president of the PTI. He also served as the president of the Punjab Division of the PML(Q).
Hina Rabbani Khar is a Pakistani politician,who served as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 19 April 2022 till 10 August 2023. She was previously appointed in July 2011 as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan,she was the first woman to have held the position. Khar had been a member of the National Assembly from August 2018 to August 2023.
The Lahore Chamber of Commerce &Industry(LCCI) was established in 1923. It was established to serve and represent the interests of the business community in Lahore,Pakistan.
Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB) is the constituent business school of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). Established in 1986,it is the oldest of school at LUMS. It is named after Pakistani business tycoon Suleman Dawood,father of former commerce minister Abdul Razak Dawood and is Pakistan's only AACSB accredited school.
Umar Saif is a Pakistani computer scientist and academic. He is known for his contributions to the tech ecosystem in Pakistan. He is the founder and CEO of aiSight.ai,Chief Digital Officer of the Jang Group and CEO of Khudi Ventures. He served as interim Federal Minister For Science and Technology,as well as Minister of IT from August 2023 to March 2024. He is also serving as an advisor to the United Nations Development Programme in Pakistan.
Descon is a group of companies headquartered in Lahore. It operates in the engineering,power and chemical sectors. Descon is active in UAE,Qatar,Saudi Arabia,Kuwait,Oman,Iraq,and South Africa.
Walid Iqbal is a Pakistani politician,lawyer,law professor serving as a member of Senate of Pakistan from Punjab,Pakistan and the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Human Rights.
Asad Umar is a Pakistani former business executive and politician who served as the Finance,Revenue,and Economic Affairs Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to April 2019 and the Federal Minister for Planning,Development,Reforms and Special Initiatives from November 2019 to April 2022. Prior to entering politics,he served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Engro from 2004 to 2012.
Ahmed Dawood was a Pakistani industrialist and a philanthropist. Dawood founded several companies and The Dawood Foundation (TDF),which established the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology.
Mian Muhammad Aslam Iqbal is a Pakistani businessman and politician who had been the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information and Culture from 19 July 2019 to 2 December 2019. He also had been the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Industries,Commerce and Investment,in office from 27 August 2018 till 1 April 2022. He was elected as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in 2024 and had previously been a member of the assembly from November 2002 to November 2007,from June 2013 to May 2018 and from August 2018 to January 2023. He also served as Senior Minister of Punjab from September 2022 till January 2023. He was chosen by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to be candidate for Chief Minister of Punjab in the 2024 Punjab election.
Mamnoon Hussain was a Pakistani politician and industrialist who served as the 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018. He was first appointed Governor of Sindh in June 1999 by President Rafiq Tarar;but was removed from the post in October 1999 due to the 1999 military coup d'état. Hussain was then nominated for the presidency by the PMLN in July 2013 and was elected through an indirect presidential election. Hussain took over the presidency after an oath administered by the Chief Justice of Pakistan on 9 September 2013.
Hussain Dawood is a Pakistani-Maltese businessman and philanthropist who is the chairman of Engro,Dawood Hercules,and The Dawood Foundation. He is also the chairman of the Karachi School of Business &Leadership (KSBL),and a director of the Islamabad Policy Research Institute.
Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry is a Pakistani politician and entrepreneur. He started his political career in 1987 when he was elected as the Vice Chairman for district Bahawalnagar. In 1993 he was elected as member of the provincial assembly from Haroonabad,Bahawalnagar and in 1997 he was elected as the Chairman for district Bahawalnagar. In 2003 he became a member of the Senate. As a senator he also served as the chairman of standing committees for sports,tourism and culture.
Fariha Razak Haroon was a Pakistani politician and journalist who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 2002 to 2007. She became the first Pakistani writer to be recognised by the International Federation of Journalists. Her writing also earned her and Pakistan for the first time the prized European Commission's "Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism" in 2000.
Abdul Aleem Khan is a Pakistani politician and businessman from Lahore. Abdul Aleem Khan currently serves as a member of the National Assembly after being elected from Constituency NA 117,Shahdara Lahore in the general elections held on 8 February 2024. Abdul Aleem Khan owns PEMRA Samaa TV and Vision Group. He was also the Senior Minister of Punjab and Minister of Food from 2020 to 2021. He also served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 to 2021. He announced his separation from politics on Twitter in a tweet. Later in a statement to the media,he said that he had no intentions of joining politics again and that he would focus on the welfare through the Abdul Aleem Khan Foundation. In June 2023 he launched the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party along with Jahangir Khan Tareen. He is a founding member and the incumbent president of the party.
The Imran Khan government was the federal cabinet of Pakistan from 20 August 2018 to 10 April 2022. It was formed by Imran Khan following general elections on 25 July 2018,which saw the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf come to power. The cabinet had 34 federal ministers,7 ministers of state,10 Advisers to the Prime Minister and 35 Special Assistants to the Prime Minister (SAPM),most of whom assumed office on 20 August 2018. The government was dissolved on 3 April 2022 following the dissolution of the National Assembly of Pakistan by the President,Arif Alvi at the behest of the Prime Minister,Imran Khan. On 7 April 2022,the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the restoration of the Federal Cabinet and National Assembly. On 10 April 2022 the government was defeated in a Vote of No-confidence (VONC) against Imran Khan,leading to its subsequent dissolution.
The Dawood Foundation (TDF) is a nonprofit family foundation based in Karachi,Pakistan. TDF has been working in Pakistan since the 1960s and has been heavily involved in establishing various formal and informal education institutions across the country.
