aqeel karim dhedhi

1. Aqeel Kareem Dedhi; Supporting Youth Aqeel Kareem Dedhi – the master mind behind a number of successful real estate, finance and development projects, is also the most regarded member of Karachi Stock Exchange with over thirty years of mainstream experience in stock brokering. The man started off his professional career at a very young age. When he was a student of class 8 he used to accompany his father, who was a stick exchange broker himself. Aqeel Karim Dedhi being a business minded child, he quit his studies after intermediate and joined his family business. The business freak kid, at the age of eighteen made his first investment in stock exchange and happened to last a lot of money. This is where he begin to learn ‘how to do business?’ By 1984 he set up his own AKD Group of companies taking over property businesses and other assorted family businesses. His roots are so deeply grounded in Karachi’s that you can scarcely do business in this city without being in competition or collaboration with him. He has his fingers dipped in a little bit of everything, cut himself a piece of every pie. But his diverse business approaches are not just a game of winning bucks and playing cards. Many of his projects are not financially stable as yet but still he choose to stay devoted to them and never quits investing in new ventures. To him business is more than just money. He believes in innovative ideas and creativity. Thus he supported many start-ups, through which he craved uncharted territories in different business sectors. These start-ups proved to be a huge success in Pakistani business industry. Animation – Commander Safeguard The first eponymous local superhero, Commander Safeguard was every kid’s super favorite. It was a start-up of animation in Pakistan by Post Amazers, which became a public service icon for children’s hygiene. Aqeel Kareem Dedhi funded the project through AKD Trade. He trusted in the true potential of newbies and supported him to introduce animation in our country. TMT Ventures – giving financial aid to potential business start-ups Aqeel Kareem Dedhi encourages young minds to promote and work hard on their ideas and never sold them at any cost. In regard to that AKD Investment Company, TMT Ventures gives money to fresh graduates and students with innovative ideas looking for capital to set up their technology and media businesses. Call Centre – DV Communications AKD also set up an outbound call centre of Pakistan, dealing in long-distance and international calls. His call centre slashed the price of trunk calls to five rupees a minute, at least three times less than what its closest competitor was. The project succeeded in undercutting the competition, attracting bulk traffic.