In the Line of Wire

Imran Zia of Vahzay, Zafar Khan of Sofizar, Jawwad Farid of Alchemy and I didn’t miss the opportunity to have a picture taken with the big guns – hey guys you think Junaid Iqbal of BMA Capital qualifies as a big gun?

See some familiar old faces?

Just being friendly? Or is there more behind this Hussain Dawood-Ken Morse handshake? The word is that Hussain Dawood, Farrouk Captain and some other hotshot business tycoons are working with Ken Morse, the MD of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, on setting up a LUMS-like business school in Karachi – in fact, better than LUMS is what they are saying. Is there any truth to these rumours? Well, apparently Ken Morse spent the early part of the afternoon on Thursday locked up in a room with the rich and famous of the Karachi business community discussing the idea. Watch this space for more info as the dust settles.

I finally got a TicketNest.com t-shirt from Zafar Khan of Sofizar - in fact he gave me two so I would stop complaining. But at WHAT price? He told a room full of people at an industry event that he had discovered that I was bribe-able – YIKES – and that t-shirts were an adequate enough bribe. Ouch! I guess he is not aware that lunches at Sakura (sushi, prawn tempura and the tarkay walay kaylay) are a lot more effective. Lovely t-shirts but at what cost! <Sigh> How will I regain my much-valued reputation for integrity? Zafar how could you??

Above are some pictures of Zafar sharing his business secrets with the Alchemy team while Jawwad and Imran Chishti and Imran Zia watch with amusement.