Syed Mustafa Kamal - City Nazim of Karachi

Syed Mustafa Kamal is the elected City Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi. He is one of the well-known leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), the third largest political party in Pakistan.

He was born in 1971 in Karachi, Sindh. He studied in Karachi till Intermediate and left for Malaysia where he completed an Associate Diploma in Business Executive studies. He earned his MBA in Marketing from the University of Wales (UK).

Before being elected as the Mayor of Karachi, he had served as the Minister for Information Technology with the Sindh government.

He has been associated with the MQM for more than a decade. He was working at Nine Zero, which is the main office of the party in Azizabad, Karachi.

He was nominated as the Mayor (City Nazim) by the Haq Parast panel, in local bodies election. He won by 1,493 votes against 800 votes obtained by his main rival, former city nazim Naimatullah Khan, fielded by the Tameer-i-Karachi Ittehad of the combined opposition parties.

The residents of Defence Housing Authority (DHA),the most prestigious neighborhood of Karachi, have desired to pay taxes to the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) headed by Mustafa Kamal. They acknowledged the City government's efforts of carrying out relief operations in their area.

The city government had started work on 3 multistoried parking plazas two in Saddar Town and one in Clifton area and these would be unique and one of its kind projects in Pakistan.

The International Standardization Organization (ISO) Geneva has granted ISO certification 9001 to City Government Karachi for providing best services to its citizens

Mustafa Kamal was praised by the Supreme Court of Pakistan for his efforts to make Karachi a mega city and to carry out relief operations.

Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Cheif Minister Sindh

Name: Syed Qaim Ali Shah
Father Name: Syed Ramzan Ali Shah
Date of Birth: 13.09.1933 @ Khairpur Mirs
Marital Status: Married
Address (1) : Jilani House, Khairpur

(2) : Chief Minister House, Dr Zaiuddin Ahmed Road Karachi, Sindh,

Tel#: 9202051-4
Profession: LAWYER, POLITICIAN
Educational Qualification: B.A from Karachi University L.L.B from S.M Law Collage, Karachi.
Political Carrear / Position Held 1. He was elected as Chairman District Council Khairpur in Ayub Khan’s Era.
2. Pioneer Member of PPP in 1967.

3. Elected as MNA in 1970 & Become federal minister for industries & Kashmir Affairs.

4. Elected as MPA in 1990 & appointed as a leader of Sindh Assembly
In 1997, He was elected as a Senator in Senate.
3. Elected as MPA in 2002.

5. Elected as MPA in 2008 & once again become Chief Minister, Sindh for second time.

6. As a meter of fact he remained six times MPA of Sindh Assembly, Where as one time each as MNA & Senator respectively.

7. Moreover, Syed Qaim Ali Shah remained President of PPP Sindh for three tenures, i.e 1973 to 1977, 1987 to 1997 & from 2004 till to date.

Social Interest: Syed Qaim Ali is a democratic person, therefore, he loves to live among people in order to resolve their issues / problems on priority bases

MUHAMMAD YASIN LAKHANI

Mr. Lakhani is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Lakhani Securities (Pvt.) Ltd. His previous experience reflects his involvement with the capital markets of Pakistan as he has held the position of Chairman of The Karachi Stock Exchange (Guarantee) Limited (KSE) during the years 1994, 1998-9, 2001 and 2005. In addition to above, Mr. Lakhani has been elected as director for KSE during the years 1969, 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1990.

He has also served as Chairman of Advisory and Arbitration Committee, Administration Committee, Rules and Regulations Committee, Taxation Committee, Company Affairs Committee and Defaulters� Committee of the Exchange in various terms. He was also the member of the Pakistani Delegation in the Investment Conference held in Seoul, Hong Kong, Singapore and London. He represented Pakistan in the Asia Pacific Forum on Securities Market Regulations and Supervision, General Assembly of the Euro Asia Stock Markets and Capital Market Forum of Islamic Countries. He is also the Member of Committee on Code of Corporate Governance drafted by ICAP.

Currently, he has been nominated to the Boards of Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited and National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited to represent KSE and as Trustee of Clearing House Protection Fund and Investors� Protection Fund. Furthermore, he has been appointed as Chairman of Companies Affairs & Corporate Governance Committee and as member of Human Resource and Audit Committees.

Kamran Y. Mirza

Mr. Kamran Y. Mirza is a qualified Chartered Accountant from United Kingdom. Mr. Mirza started his career in Pakistan as an auditor with A. F. Ferguson & Co. Mr. Mirza then made a career move in December 1970 and joined Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited, a multinational pharmaceutical company as Chief Financial Officer. He became one of the youngest Managing Directors of his time in the year 1977 and remained in that position for 29 years till September 2006. Mr. Mirza held the position of Chairman-Export Processing Zones Authority since February 2007 to March 2009 and has recently joined Pakistan Business Council as its Chief Executive Officer.
Apart from holding the positions of Chairman of the Board and HR Committee of Karachi Stock Exchange, Mr. Mirza is also serving as Director on the Boards of several organizations, which include Abbott Laboratories, National Commodity Exchange, State Bank of Pakistan and Pakistan Textile City Limited. Previously, he served as President of Overseas Chamber of Commerce & Industry (OICCI), President of American Business Council, Chairman of Association of Pharmaceutical Multinationals and Director of Pakistan State Oil, Pakistan Steel and National Bank of Pakistan. Mr. Mirza has also been a past Member of Economic Advisory Board and Sindh Wild Life Board

Adnan Afridi, MD Karachi Stock Exchange

Mr. Afridi has a degree in Economics (A.B, Magna Cum Laude, 1992) from Harvard University and a degree in Corporate Law (JD, Magna Cum Laude in 1995) from Harvard Law School. Mr. Afridi has over 15 years of experience in managing businesses in emerging markets. He started his career with Monitor Company, USA as a Strategy Consultant, designing business unit and corporate strategies for Fortune 50 companies in the financial services sector. Over the past ten years, Mr. Afridi has been facilitating foreign direct investment into Pakistan by assisting in Private Equity transactions, including key privatization transactions. Prior to joining KSE, Mr. Afridi served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI).

At the Karachi Stock Exchange, Mr. Afridi has been responsible for restructuring the organization into a commercial entity with the introduction of professional management, new products including derivatives and data-vending, enhanced branding and agreements with regional exchanges. The Karachi Stock Exchange is now well positioned to be corporatized and demutualized. Mr. Afridi is also on the Boards of Central Depository Company (CDC), National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited and Institute of Capital Markets. He is also the current Vice Chairman of the South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE).

Mr. Afridi is an active supporter of charitable organizations. He is the President of the Old Grammarians Society & Trust and member of the Executive Committee (Fund Raising) of Kidney Centre.