PROFILES OF DIRECTORS & KEY EXECUTIVES
Ms. Zeba Bakhtiar
Independent Director
Date of Appointment
May 28, 2021
Ms. Zeba Bakhtiar is a renowned name all over Pakistan. She belongs to the province of Baluchistan, and is the daughter of Mr. Yahya Bakhtiar, a prominent barrister and political figure in the history of Pakistan who had played a key role in framing of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan as the attorney general, when he served in Prime Minister’s cabinet.
Ms. Zeba Bakhtiar studied at St. Josephs Convent Quetta, Karachi Grammar School, Kinnaird College Lahore and Baluchistan University. She began her acting career in 1988 from PTV. In 1999, she established a film production company Nirvana films and in 2004 Sagar Entertainment for television production. In 2012 she was selected in the Eisenhower Fellowship South Asia program to study possibilities of using media for social change and development. In 2017, she made a career shift to her paternal family’s business of real estate development in Quetta and began her first real estate development project “Bakhtiar Mall” in the heart of Quetta city. She is honorary President for Diya women’s football club (Pioneers of women’s football in Pakistan) and supports women’s empowerment and career development at every opportunity. She served as President of Quetta Women’s Chamber of Commerce 2020-21.
In 2021 Zeba partnered with “BETI” a social impact organization to increase outreach and service to women in the areas of empowerment and inclusion.
Official Address : Arif Habib Centre, 23,M.T Khan Road, Karachi - 74000