By FARYAL AMER

Adeel Javed wears Pakistan’s flag proudly everyday everywhere. It has become part of his body and soul and gives him a sense of belonging and pride. With a motivation to give back to his country, he has become the founding member and President of non-profit welfare organization, Pakistan Citizens Alliance. He is also an entrepreneur and CEO of his own business setup Vizrah. At the age of 23, he is not only running his own setup along with his studies (MPhil), he is also inspiring youth as a motivational speaker.

·         Your interests?

Reading, social work, speaking (a motivational speaker)

·         Your motivation?

My own self and my dreams are my motivation, the work I am doing motivates me, whenever I get de motivated.

·         A wish you want to fulfill?

I want that one day my father call me and say “Adeel I am proud of you my son”

·         Who do you idealize?

My biggest idealization is  Muhammad (SAW), I believe in idealism and if talking in broader aspect then there are many, I get inspired from so many, depending upon the struggle I’m doing like I idealize Imran Khan too (specially in social work and education). I idealize Allama Muhammad Iqbal (I idealize him in my thought making process). I idealize Quaid-e-Azam because of the struggles he made for this country, great sense of humor and intelligence.

·         What did you wish for when you were a kid?

When I was a kid, I wanted to become doctor.

·         What inspired your welfare work?

Two things shaped the course of my life. Since my childhood, I have lost many things. I know the pain of nothing. But at the same time I experienced the feeling of having much blessings which Allah has granted to me. This made me feel that it is my responsibility to share the blessings with those who don’t have them. The other important reason of doing welfare is the teachings of my mother who taught me to help others since my childhood. 

·         What is the purpose behind starting your own business?

 I have always been a doer, instead of being a talker only. I want to be the helping hand not only for the poor but also want to create opportunities for my friends and family.

·         What is the story behind the name of your business venture?

Vizrah is the combination of two words and those are visionary and rah which means visionary way. I believe that all of us are traveling on a specific path of life in a special way, and what I always wanted is to enlighten the path of others and give them a direction so it’s an initiative of having so many things, not focusing on a single field but carrying different paths for different people in order to clear their vision and to provide respective opportunities to the people according to their respective interest.

·         What was the most emotional moment of your life?

The death of my mother.

·         What’s the secret behind these eloquent speeches?

Since my childhood, I always get more interest in doing debates and it is because of Allah’s blessings that I can make people influenced through my talks. Though I consider myself at a learning stage.

·         Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

I foresee myself a successful entrepreneur, a good writer and an inspirational speaker, a social worker and a person known to people as a source of inspiration and motivation. Basic purpose of my initiative is to create more jobs especially for fresh graduates.

I want to work for the professional development and capacity building of youngsters.

·         What if you were not an engineer?

If not an engineer, then I think I’ll definitely be in the field of public administration and management.

·         What is the most satisfying moment of your life?

Every next achievement is the most satisfying moment for me, like while coaching if someone remarked me with the words “I have learned this from you”, yes this is the most satisfying moment for me then.

But If I listen to my heart’s voice in this matter then going into sajda sometimes is the most satisfying moment me.

·         If you want to describe yourself in one word, what it will be?

Resilient (a person able to stand quickly after struggling)

·         How do you take criticism?

Every criticism, that makes me feel that I cannot do this, makes me stronger.

·         How do you feel when people who criticized you, appreciates you?

That is when a person who initially don’t believe in you and one day tells everyone that how they met you. This is what motivates me a lot.

·         Share your feelings when someone earns a living because of you?

I can’t describe those feelings in words. Bringing smile on someone’s face is the best feeling.

Published in Young Nation magazine on November 5, 2016