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Change Mechanics and the art of the useful introduction
A mentor is useful only if the right founder reaches the right table. Change Mechanics turns that small logistical problem into a business spanning women’s entrepreneurship, startup training and institutional innovation in Pakistan.
Diyaar Wants to Take the Office Out of the Offsite
IRVI’s new nature base near Islamabad replaces the standard corporate retreat with something slower: shared meals, local craft, cultural memory and enough quiet to hear a different idea.
Afshan Azhar
Afshan Azhar is the Chief Executive Officer of Mural, a leading visual collaboration platform headquartered in San Francisco, California, with over 900 employees and $193 million in total funding. Based in Islamabad, Pakistan, Azhar leads a company that has become a cornerstone of enterprise collaboration - enabling remote and hybrid teams to brainstorm, map customer journeys, run design sprints, and facilitate workshops through an AI-powered digital canvas. Mural serves thousands of enterprises globally, integrating deeply with Microsoft 365, Slack, and other productivity ecosystems.
Wahaj Siraj
Wahaj us Siraj is the co-founder and CEO of Nayatel, Pakistan's leading fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) telecom company. A mechanical engineer by training who pivoted to entrepreneurship out of frustration with government bureaucracy, he sold a Suzuki car to fund his first venture and went on to build Pakistan's first FTTH network - a first for all of South and Southeast Asia. Under his leadership, Nayatel has grown to 170,000+ customers, 2,500+ employees, and operations in 17+ cities, while also launching Pakistan's first HD TV channels and partnering with Facebook to expand fiber across 8 cities.