Who is Aasia Saail Khan?
Aasia Saail Khan the Founder/ Designer launched her brand and her company in 1992. She has been bringing out summer & winter pret and couture lines regularly over a span of 27 years. Her forte has always been couture, made to order, bespoke outfits for men and women. She has designed for films, television, music videos, movie stars, models, rockstars and celebrities. She has always been on trend evolving with time. Trained in the UK she excels in western pret and couture. For womenswear she uses embellishments and fabrics of the east on cuts and styles of the west brilliantly. She believes in the revival and the uniqueness of the embellishments and craftsmanship of Pakistan. For menswear she excels in the cut, shape, fit and quality of stitching of the garment which is a science in itself. Her suits are immaculately cut and stitched and can last you a lifetime.
Achievements Of Aasia Saail
Business:-
Founder/Designer : Designer Collection
Director Supply Chain : Schazoo Zaka (PVT) Ltd.
Education:-
Masters Gender & Development : SOAS, University of London, UK
Bachelor of Pharmacy : Punjab University, Lahore
FSc : Kinnaird College for Women
School : Queen Mary. Convent of Jesus & Mary
Training:-
Running Family Owned Businesses : Rausing Centre, LUMS, Lahore
Business Training for Entrepreneurs : University of Technology MARA, Malaysia
Production Operations Management : Rausing Centre, LUMS, Lahore
TVET Workshop : INWENT, Koln, Germany
TVET Workshop : INWENT, Dusseldorf, Germany
Negotiation Skills : Rausing Centre, LUMS, Lahore
Women in Management : Rausing Centre, LUMS, Lahore
Start your own Business : Rausing Centre, LUMS, Lahore
Practical Skills in Fashion Design : London, UK
Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry:-
Executive Committee Member : 2012 – 2014
Executive Committee Member : 2008 – 2010
Convener Women Resource Centre : 2008 – 2017
Convener Technical Education Committee : 2003 – 2014
Other Affiliations:-
Member Core Committee SMEA, USAID : 2018
Member WLTP, PREIA, USAID : 2016 – 2017
Member Appointing Board PBTE : 2010 – 2014
Member Lahore District Board TEVTA : 2003 – 2014
Member PEP Committee GIZ : 2012
Member Curriculum Board PBTE : 2006 – 2010
Gender Specialist and Speaker:-
Women Empowerment Summit, SPIEF, St Petersburg, Russia 2018
Member Steering Committee Project Women X World Bank 2014 -2018
World Entrepreneurs Investment Conference, Bahrain 2017
Women Economic Empowerment 5th Conference Chamber Trade/SIDA 2016
Mentorship Training WEE Forum, Chamber Trade/SIDA Cape Town, South Africa 2014
Women Economic Empowerment, UNESCAP, Delhi, India 2013
10th Women Ministerial Conference, Commonwealth, Dhaka Bangladesh 2013
Asian Women Entrepreneurs Congress, Seoul, Korea 2010
6th World Chambers Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2010
CSR / Charity:-
Director Almas Zaka ur Rehman Foundation (AZRF) running the following `
Zaka ur Rehman Group Non-Profit Haj & Umra Services since 1988
AZRF Free School at Kalalwala, District Sheikhupura since 2008
AZRF Free Hospital at Kalalwala, District Sheikhupura since 2017
AZRF Free Dispensary A3, Gulberg 3, Lahore since 1987