A magnificent fun-filled
motivational session was organized by Iqra University - North Campus on Sunday,
14th Oct, ‘IUNC Ratiocination' where influential names of the Media &
PR industry joined Mr. Owais Rabbani, Miss Aaniya Jabbar, Mr. Rizwan Choudhry, and Mr. Usman Mazhar shared their ultimate
experiences to help out students for their future career challenges. FM91 was
the Radio Partner as their broadcast media.
I was invited by Hamza J. Sheikh
to attend “IUNC RATIOCINATION” and give blog coverage to the entire
event, for which I am honored to be part of such a great event organized where
I myself learned different parameters of PR and marketing being a digital
marketer and blogger. Plus, this event has given me a huge motivation that what
I am doing and how I am doing is right and I should follow my path. Sooner or
later, with constant dedication, I will
get to the destination. The event began with the welcome note of Hamza J.Sheikh
and then followed by speaker’s sessions.
Mr. Rizwan Choudhry
Mr. Rizwan Choudhry the phenomenal
leading real-life counselor and master
speaker shared his experiences how difficult life was and how he combats the difficult ties to get at this
stage. One of his best sayings was, “make your vision clear what you want to do
and what you are doing”? He gave so many real-life
experiences examples how to make life simple. The best one of these is “start
giving favor you will be amazed to see the results it gives you.” “You will
start receiving the favors too”. Moving
ahead, he further shed some light on how we could utilize the content and
produce some fruitful results, out the available content. We have so much work
to do in the market that us beyond our imagination, only we have to utilize our
skills efficiently and effectively to our niche, he added while giving tips and
tricks to media sciences students as carrier advice.
Mr. Usman Mazhar
Mr. Usman Mazhar an actor and a standup comedian started off his speech from
a very energetic activity to bring some energy back among the students and
guests. At the end, of the activity when
everyone was charged enough he gave a quick professional introduction, which
followed his real-life early childhood
activities to the date he became a great actor. He shared boldly and bluntly
how innocent he was when he was young and shared his adorable naughtiness. He
shared how he got fascinated with those
cartoon characters and old Hindi songs played on VCR. Coming back to
getting associated with media science he said, “It was pretty difficult to
convince family especially the father who
is a little bit dicey, and brothers had a different
opinion since all of them were associated with corporate jobs. Since I have
done my graduation in computer science and then did MBA, so everyone in the
family thinks that I should be more
looking towards the corporate sector.
But, frankly, I had no interest in the corporate job. In fact, I tried but I wasn’t satisfied. So I left and followed and
listen to my heart voice and get into the field of acting”. He further said that was the turning point
for him and his entire career because finally, he chooses the right path.
In addition, Mr. Usman Mazhar
also shared with us how he started his career by simply giving tuitions to
students. Later, adopted it as a profession
for a small period of time since he
enjoys teaching but his ultimate goal is to be an actor. For which, he had been
through many ups and downs yet he didn’t step back keep on moving. He said,
there was a single thing that stopped me from achieving my goal, and the reason
is, I have confined “Passion” for it,
he added. Like, Mr. Rizwan Choudhry, Mr. Usman Mazhar also stressed on one
point that, we need to find out what we want and how eagerly we want it? And,
to get the answer for this, we need to discover ourselves”- Self Exploration.
But, remember self-exploration will never end, it will continue every time we
will come to know about a new thing hidden inside us. Again, he said, one thing
needed to be kept in mind, “whatsoever we do, it must reflect the passion we
have for it”. Then, only we will be able to feel the great pleasure of winning the
battle in the ground.
Besides, he shared some of his
great experience when he entered stepped into
the theatre. Usman, at this point, shared
how hard it was for him to prove his directors that he is the chosen one and
that how passionate he is for acting. Nevertheless, he is said to be the great
inspiration for all of us especially for the students who are seeking their
career as a acting, anchor or in any form in media.
Mr. Owais Rabbani
Mr. Owais Rabbani a renowned TV host and great motivational speaker, he started off his speech by praising
Allah Almighty and P.B.U.H and then
appreciates to all the speakers for what they said. In his words, he said, “I heard all the speakers and
what they said, is true and spoken their directly from the heart, for which I salute them”. Since he was running out of time, he quickly
came back to the topic and shared how this universe and its mechanism is
running under the guided supervision of the creator our master “ALLAH”. He then
linked that to our daily lives and the way it is connected to it. He then gave
the example of Thomas Edison, that one positive approach of his mother changed
his entire life and he became scientists
from a school dropped out kid. If at that very point, his mother wouldn’t have
taken that decision and instead she yelled on him, shouted or showed him what
in reality his school teachers have given remarks about he would have
definitely failed and shattered. Another example he gave is of Shahid Afridi,
how he became the great cricketer and what leads to his fall.
With this, the best advice that
Mr. Owais Rabbani gave, “choose the right path, the right mentor, take the
right decision at the right time and
never afraid of failure. It is that failure, which is the next the step of our
success. There is no one who doesn’t fail in his life, everyone fails but some
learn some just let it go and again get failed.” Another advice that he gave to
us, “choose one idol for yourself and follow his footsteps, you will end up
achieving your goal easily. You know why?
The reason is that now you have the clear vision, a set target and defined a set of rules to be followed.” Before, taking
questions, he also shared some real-life
examples of Jinnah the great leader and the founder of our nation as he himself
inspired by the Jinnah and his life’s struggle.
Ms. Aaniya Jabbar
Ms. Aaniya Jabbar is a PR and Marketing Specialist started off her
speech by a brief introduction of her own. Ms. Aaniya shared how she entered in
this field and became RJ/DJ and finally marketing/PR specialists. She shared
how difficult it was for her to get out of the comfort zone and get into the
market and deal with the people. She shared how tough it was for her to
convince her family that she wanted to pursue her career in this field. Yet,
she remained confined on her goal and keep on moving, having firm believe on
Allah that she will get what she wants.
Despite facing retaliation she still manages to reach on events to be covered
and ensure she complies her duty no
matter how tough the situations are. Being associated with FM91, she said, “it
was never easy for me to switch from RJ to marketing head, yet I managed to do
so. I faced so many challenges and the biggest one is that I wasn’t familiar
with computer operations; I learned everything on my job. The only thing that
made me stick to my work is my own willingness and courage, which is the most
essential especially for girls and I will say like me all of you can do what
you want to do, but only if you are eagerly willing.” Before ending she shared
some tips and tricks with students seeking their career in PR and marketing.
Here we come to an end of
speaker’s sessions, which is then followed by a small question and answers
session. The event ended with a thank you note of the Dean of University and followed by refreshment and
networking session.
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