Pakistan IT Industry Association PASHA has announced the mentor lineup for its CXO Mentorship Programme 2026, bringing together ten of Pakistan’s most accomplished technology executives to mentor, guide, and support emerging leaders from across the country’s information technology and IT-enabled services sector. The programme, delivered under the Tech Destination Pakistan initiative, reflects PASHA’s ongoing commitment to building the next generation of leadership talent within an industry that has been growing rapidly but requires a more structured pipeline of senior-ready professionals to sustain that momentum.
The confirmed mentor lineup for 2026 includes M. Tanveer Nandla of iSkills, Sirbuland Atlas of Visnext Software Solutions, Jibran S. of TEO International, Faisal Farooq of AlphaRages, Muhammad Haris Naseer of InfoTech Group, Asad Ur Rehman of Cubic Solutions Inc., Moiz S. Varind of Devsinc, Muhammad Gohar Shafique of Buzz Interactive, Nauman Faridi of DPL, and Asim Ajmal of Tekrowe Digital. The group spans a diverse range of technology companies covering software development, digital services, enterprise solutions, and creative technology, giving mentees access to perspectives drawn from different corners of the industry rather than a single homogeneous segment of it.
The CXO Mentorship Programme is designed to create structured, high-quality mentoring relationships between seasoned technology executives and the emerging leaders who will shape Pakistan’s information technology sector in the years ahead. At a moment when the sector is dealing with rapid change driven by artificial intelligence, shifting global outsourcing dynamics, and increasing competition for both talent and contracts, access to senior mentors who have navigated complex business environments at the executive level carries particular value for professionals looking to accelerate their own leadership development. The programme gives mentees a direct line to the kind of experience, network, and perspective that is difficult to develop through formal education or standard career progression alone.
Pakistan’s information technology exports surpassed USD 3.39 billion in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, and the freelancing sector has grown to over 2.37 million professionals, a scale of industry activity that requires a proportionate investment in leadership capacity to ensure that growth is managed, sustained, and translated into long-term institutional strength rather than remaining dependent on a small number of established players at the top of the sector.
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