Jehan Ara

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Jehan Ara is a Pakistani businesswoman who was the president of P@SHA for over 20 years. She resigned at the end of April 2021 to start Katalyst Labs, a startup accelerator and women leadership program. [1] She also headed the Nest i/o, a startup incubator supported by Google and Samsung. She also served as a member of the Prime Minister's Task Force on IT and Digital Economy and on the Board of Punjab IT Board, the Central Depository Company and IDEAS.

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Early life

Ara was born in Karachi, Pakistan and raised in Hong Kong where her father was working as a banker. [2] She received her early education from Rosaryhill School. [3]

After completing her graduation, she started her career as a journalist in a Hong Kong newspaper for a year before moving into advertising. [4] [2]

She worked in Dubai for several magazines and journals when her father moved to the United Arab Emirates where she worked for Gulf News in the advertising marketing department. [5] [2]

She later moved back to Hong Kong and joined Headway Media Services as managing director. [5] She moved to Pakistan in the mid-1990s after the retirement of her father. [3] [2]

Career

After moving to Pakistan, Ara started her own multimedia company, Enabling Technologies in 1994. [4] [2] In 2007, Ara became president of P@SHA. [3] In November 2018, she became a member of the Prime Minister's Task Force on IT and Telecom. [6] [7] . In 2021 she launched her own company named Katalyst lab, an accelerator and innovation hub for startups in Pakistan. [8]

Recognition

In 2016, Ara was invited by US President Barack Obama to speak at Global Entrepreneurship Summit. [9] [10] In 2023, she was awarded Tamgha-i-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan. [11]

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References

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