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Female entrepreneurs represent the fastest growing category of entrepreneurship worldwide. Especially in our region, woman entrepreneurship can lead to a tremendous social change, making women financially empowered and independent.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Dun & Bradstreet Pakistan recently hosted a lunch in collaboration with PINE Global – a business incubation that provides entrepreneurship training to start-ups and SME’s works.
They launched the Boss Women Pakistan programme in which 100 + women were trained under the Commonwealth Businesswomen’s banner. Both companies have joined hands to empower women in business by providing an international platform for women led businesses to engage with international trade. In attendance were professionals like Designer Huma Adnan who supported the brand’s initiative for women entrepreneurs. Erum Noor Muzaffar and Sumeha Khalid were present from the media personalities along with PINE board of advis
You
Tue, 04, 21
Of late, online cab services in urban cities, like Karachi and Lahore, have provided job opportunities to a number of women drivers. In this regard You! talks to a few women cab drivers…
Women taxi drivers were unheard of in Pakistan till the 1980s. It was totally considered a male domain until Zahida Kazmi broke the chain and hailed as Pakistan’s first female taxi driver in the late ’80s. Out of necessity, Kazmi decided to get behind the wheel and started driving a taxi in Rawalpindi. Her late husband, who himself was a taxi driver, had taught her how to drive. Her journey was like a bumpy road as during those days a woman driving a taxi was a strange phenomenon. However, Kazmi remained steadfast against all odds and set an example for other women to follow suit.
You
Tue, 12, 20
For our New Year’s special, some of our favourite stars shared their thoughts on the past year and the lessons they learned…
1. What’s the best thing happened to you in 2020?
2. What’s the biggest challenge you faced in 2020?
3. How did you manage your time during lockdown?
4. What lessons did you learn from this pandemic?
5. What were your favourite books/series/movies this year?
6. How will you remember 2020?
7. What are your expectations for 2021?
By Erum Noor Muzaffar and Adeela Akmal
Mehwish Hayat
1. I think that like everybody else, 2020 has proved to be somewhat circuit breaker. It has allowed me time away from the rat race, to take stock, reassess my life and decide what I really want to be doing. It gave me a great opportunity to slow down and be with my family. For the first time in so long, I was able to be just a daughter, a sister and an aunt. With my non-stop schedule over the past few years I’d actually forgotten what that felt