13/10/2021
Our Vice President, Shariq Nasirullah has been involved in e-commerce, provision of It services since the age of 12. He has international clients online and an impressive PR rep in Pakistan
He was invited by the CEO of Midlink Traders, where he discussed RMC's Entrepreneurship Society, and he helped create significant business PR for our society. And because our Vice President believes that experiences of knowledgeable businessmen are vital for those interested in entrepreneurship, he collected advice and motivation from this CEO for the benefit of our society.
Currently as of now, the CEO of Midlink Traders is a self taught businessman, his office being located in Kemari. Midlink Traders is a trading company which deals with custom clearance and he has been in this field for over 30 years.
He started off working for this trading company, owned by his brother-in-law, in 1987 while he was dealing with financial issues. His job included doing menial tasks like cleaning desks, sorting paperwork, for which he was paid Rs.1600. Another task he had to do was take any consignment received by the company to the port to be cleared. He noticed, however, that along with the paperwork the business paid around Rs.20,000 to Rs.30,000 to the officers who were supposed to clear the consignment and fill all necessary documents.
Once he realised that the additional money was a bribe, he questioned this concept and decided to take a stand against it. So the next time he took the consignment to the port, he didn't take any money and instead filled out all the monotonous documentation himself, which wasn't his job. Nevertheless, he cleared the consignment without bribing the officers and his effort was appreciated by his boss to such an extent that his brother-in-law made him CEO of the company and he has held that position since then.
One very noteworthy piece of advice he dispensed was that education will only take you to a certain limit, it is how you pair your determination with it that matters.This businessman states how he had poor English speaking and computing skills, or has never put his hard-earned business degree to use. Yet with his strong resolve and faith in himself he has come very far, so much so that he has profited enough to contribute significantly to his family and keep his business running smoothly, even during the lockdown.
However, he has stated how important education is to learn and adapt to new changes and to act as a backup, in case one's business fails. He himself has expressed regret for not being able to adapt to technological changes or communicating efficiently with foreign clients, which have somehow limited his business.
To all the future entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs in the making, he has a message to share through his life which is to never give up hope and believe in yourself so you can make your dreams into reality.