Guest Speaker Session with Naila Kiani
On October 25, 2022: IBA Career Development Center (CDC) organized a guest speaker session with Naila Kiani, the first Pakistani woman to summit 38,000m peaks K2, GI & GII. The session was sponsored by Mr. Razak Dawood, Founder of BARD Foundation.
Malahat Awan Director Corporate Relations and alumni affairs welcomed Naila to IBA. Dr. Abdullah Zafar, Professor and Dean School of Business Studies, welcomed Naila and thanked Mr. Razak Dawood for setting up an endowment fund for deserving students at IBA and also offering sports scholarships to students with exceptional sports talent under the BARD Foundation.
Naila shared her inspirational story of how she fulfilled her dream of becoming a mountaineer. She said that she belongs to a very humble family from Pindi, who did not have any means of supporting her passion. She is a younger mother, an Aerospace Engineer, and a Banker by profession. She shared her experience of climbing K2 and the obstacles she had to face.
She encouraged the students by saying that every one of us has the power to make the impossible possible. She also thanked the Balquis & Abdul Razak Dawood (BARD) Foundation which played a vital role in her mountaineering journey and has supported her at every step of the way.
Later, Mr. Razak Dawood, shared that the BARD Foundation is eager to support individuals who have courage and determination and have an exceptional talent in any sport.
Dr. Ishrat Husain, former Dean IBA attended the event and later accompanied Razak Dawood for a campus tour.
