Jehan Ara

Jehan Ara is a Pakistani businesswoman who is the current President of P@SHA, in office since January 2008. She heads the Nest i/o and is also a member of the Prime Minister's Task Force on IT and Telecom and Punjab Board of Investment and Trade.

Early life

Ara was born in Karachi, Pakistan and raised in Hong Kong where her father was working as a banker.[1] She received her early education from Rosaryhill School.[2]

After completing her graduation, she started her career as a journalist in a Hong Kong newspaper for a year before moving into advertising.[3][1]

She worked in Hong Kong for several magazines and journals before and then moved to the United Arab Emirates where she worked for Gulf News in the advertising marketing department.[4][1]

She moved back to Hong Kong and joined Headway Media Services as managing director.[4] She moved to Pakistan in mid-1990s after the retirement of her father.[2][1]

Career

After moving to Pakistan, Ara started her own multimedia company, Enabling Technologies in 1994.[3][1]

In 2007, Ara became president of P@SHA.[2]

In November 2018, she became a member of the Prime Minister's Task Force on IT and Telecom.[5][6]

Recognition

In 2016, Ara was invited by US President Barack Obama to speak at Global Entrepreneurship Summit.[7][8]

Reference
  1. "Pakistan's Only Powerful Women In Business". Pakistan Today. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  3. Magazine, Spider (7 May 2013). "Women that defy". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  4. "The Big Bird's-eye view of Pakistan's IT Industry". Pakistan Today. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  5. "17-member PM's Task Force on IT and Telecom granted cabinet approval". DAWN.COM. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  6. "Cabinet approves 17-member PM's task force on IT and telecom". Pakistan Today. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  7. "Obama invites Pakistani tech entrepreneur to address global summit". The Express Tribune. 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  8. Baig, Mariam Ali (2016-08-15). "Life in the start-up lane". Aurora Magazine. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
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