Ahead of the Pack

Newsline Magazine, Pakistan

By Feisal Ahmad

On a rainy Saturday in October, over a hundred people gathered in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the Pakistani Women in Leadership: Profiles in Professional Success conference, a joint event sponsored by OPEN-US and the South Asia Initiative, Harvard University.

OPEN, an organisation of Pakistani entrepreneurs in the US, conducts similar events every quarter along with a $50000 Business Plan contest each year.

Imran Sayeed, CEO NetNumina, Inc and President, OPEN New England, kicked off the event along with Sugata Bose, head of South Asia Initiative at Harvard University. Dr. Bose emphasised the need to promote joint cooperation among South Asian countries to achieve shared needs and objectives. He acknowledged the achievements of Pakistani women that he had worked with at Harvard and elsewhere.

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