Mian Akthar Waheed
The chairman and founder of The Asian Business Association he has vast experience in volunteering work on significant management level. He has spent a number of years working alongside the local communities up and down the country but resided in the town of Huddersfield- West Yorkshire mainly.
Always known to be a very popular and well-respected individual. He was the founder and chairman of The Asian Arts Society in the early 1990s. This project consisted of Mian Waheed working with young British born Pakistani students in the local areas who had never experienced Pakistani culture or seen the sight of Pakistan.
His countless community work was showcased in the newspaper such as the ‘Examiner’ (Huddersfield paper), ‘Watan’, ‘Jang’, ‘The Pakistani Times’, ‘Daily Khabrain’ and many more. He also appeared on British TV Programmes such as ‘ITV’ and ‘Look North’ and Pakistani TV channels such as ‘ARY’, ‘GEO’, ‘Samaa’ and more.
Mian Waheed later went onto further his venture and help the community by opening a marriage bureau under the name of “Kismat marriage Bureau”. He provided a service with a small fee to those who struggled to find their life partners and opened the door to love marriages for the culture that once found it Taboo.
Many Pakistani politicians and great business men have all had the pleasure of welcoming Mian Waheed into their lives and introducing him to their ventures and help him better people’s future.
Overall this man has lived the past 50 or so years of his life helping others and promoting others to do better for themselves and the people around them. His energetic and caring personality entices everyone to know him. He loves socialising as well as spending adequate time with his family. This platform of ABA has been built for the very same reason by the same man who changed many lives and wants to continue doing so for as long as he can.
