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AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MIAN WAQAR UL ISLAM

MISS HINA ASGHAR House2House, recently interviewed a shining star of today, MIAN WAQAR UL ISLAM. The following are the open-ended questions which she has asked from this young Pakistani intellectual.

Interview Starts Here …

Hina: Hello Waqar. Welcome to House2House, as a Director Operations of Niazi Group, Principal Consultant of Marvel System, highly regarded speaker, highly inspirational poet and writer, your free time is very limited and I appreciate you sharing it with me.

Waqar: Hi Hina. First of all, thank you for your interest in my work and I am really honored to be interviewed by House2House. Secondly, I congratulate Mr. Nasim Malik and his dedicated team for their marvelous achievements such as winning “The Asia Pacific International Property Award for 2009”. I wish you all for more successes.

Hina: Thank you Waqar. So let’s begin. Please share a little about you, your family and your education?

Waqar: Well. As you know Hina, my name is Mian Waqar ul Islam and I belong to a Saraiki speaking Arain family. Actually, I am settled in Lahore and my family is living in Mailsi, Vehari-Multan. Our relatives are chiefly associated with farming. However, my father is an experienced advocate and he remained the president of “Mailsi Bar Association” for the various times.

In academic qualification, I hold an “MBA” degree from Newport University-USA. After that, I finished Cisco and Microsoft Professional Certifications from Corvit System. Later, I participated in various on-job professional training sessions from world’s leading manufacturers and solution providers such as SebaKMT-Germany, Dynacord-Germany, Media Bop-China, Bannermate-China, Chocolate Graphics-Australia, GAP America-USA, Guinn Consultancy Group-USA and GTCCL-China.

Hina: Oh wow. Please also share a little about your professional activities?

Waqar: Well. At present, I am working with Niazi Group as a “Director Operations” and engaged in the company's strategic planning and innovative solution practice areas. Here, I am actively involved in three projects including Adan Villas-Murree, Alnoor Cargo City-Gwadar and Int’l Rite Aid Pharma-Lahore.

I am also the Co-founder and Principal Consultant of Marvel System, which represents Guinn Consultancy Group USA in Pakistan. I have over 10 years consulting experience in the areas of diversity and inclusion, franchising and licensing, international marketing, team-building, business development, event management, strategic planning and executive counseling.

Hina: Great. Are you affiliated with any literary or social organization?

Waqar: Yeah. Firstly, I am a regular member and also a media adviser of Adab Saraae, which is an Urdu literary organization, working in Pakistan since 1988. Secondly, I am also member of South Asian Alliance of Medical Experts – SAAME which is conducting free medical camping in various cities of South Punjab.

Hina: Nice to know. How does your social work fit in with your other roles?

Waqar: I do not see any conflict between social work and professional activities because it’s a question of managing time. It’s a question of having a team and creating a sustainable and integrated organizational concept, which can continue work even if you are not there all the time.

Hina: That’s true. Now tell me about the most influential people in your life?

Waqar: Undoubtedly, the most influential people in my life have been my MOTHER and FATHER. It is to them that I credit many of my educational, professional, accomplishments and successes. Here I also give an inclusive thanks to my wife, who strongly encouraged me to complete my book “Man Katehra”.

Waqar: Let’s talk about your poetry. What had motivated you to write poetry?

Waqar: Firstly, I think by nature I am a self-motivated poet. Secondly, my father’s social writings, political speeches and interpretations of Alama Iqbal’s poetry had always motivated me to write poetry, at that time I was very young and ever since I have been fascinated by poetry being a form of self expression. However, there have been a vast number of lives that have touched my soul including my relatives, friends, associates, teachers, spiritual scholars, executives, advisors, partners and various writers.

Hina: Okay. How would you describe your book “Man Katehra”?

Waqar: Well, “Man Katehra” is the title of my Icebreaking publication and also the core message of my first poetry collection. English Translation of the word “Man Katehra” is “self-catharses and self-purification”. However, “Man Kathera” is a multi-facet book that deals with various aspects of one’s daily life including love, humor, culture, religion, passion, belief, pain, friendship, happiness and hope. “Man Katehara” is a vibrant poetic source that communicates about self-actualization.

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