Winners

FLA 2026 Winners

Celebrating excellence across 17 categories — Future Leaders Award 2026, Expo Centre Karachi.

AI & Data Science

AI & Data Science (8 winners)

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Amjed Ashraf

PSO

Sr. Manager Data Analytics

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Dr. Khalid Mahboob

Institute of Business Management

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Erum Mumtaz

Institute of Business Management (IoBM)

Senior Lecturer

Mateen Sohail

Tapal Tea (Private) Limited

IT Business Partner SAP FICO and Financial Systems

Shadab Ali

Indus Motor Company Ltd,

Sr. Manager IT

Sheikh Muhammad Saad Bin Zahoor

JazzWorld

Senior Data Scientist

Syed Uzair Hussain

Zaythera AI

Founder

Taha Siddiqui

Artistic Milliners Pvt Ltd

Sr.Manager AI & Digital Transformation

Best in Data Engineering

Best in Data Engineering (5 winners)

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Abdulwajed Farooqi

Badri Management Consultancy

Head of BI & Enterprise Solutions

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Aisha Rana Anwer

Softech Digital Group

Founder

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Farrukh Naseem

Atlas Engineering

Sr. Manager Cybersecurity & infrastructure

Muhammad Unais Bin Munawar

Atlas Engineering (Private) Limited

Assistant Manager IT

Shahrukh Hussain

AEL

Software Developer

Best in Software Engineering

Best in Software Engineering (6 winners)

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Imran A. Sattar

Patel Hospital

Sr. Manager IT

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Muhammad Muzamil khan

Atlas Engineering

Assistant Manager Software Developer

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Muhammad Talha Baig

TechSirat Technologies Private Limited

Head of Development

Syed Muhammad Ali Bukhari

Zensoft (Pvt.) Ltd. Ghulam Faruque Group

Deputy Manager, IT

Talha Tariq

TCS

Senior Software Engineer

WAJIH HAIDER

ComplySec

Senior Software Engineer

Cloud & DevOps

Cloud & DevOps (10 winners)

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Aqila Abbas

Sherdil Cloud

Solution Architecture & Devops Engineer

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Bhawesh Kumar

Arcana Info

Devops Engineer

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Bilal Jawaid

A2Z Creatorz

Sr. Manager Support & Information Security

Faiz Mustafa Khan

JS Bank Limited

Cloud Administrator

Liza Shaad Ali

Sherdil Cloud

Cloud & DevOps Engineer

Muhammad Farhan Khan

Sherdil Cloud

Senior DevOps Engineer

Muhammad Haris Khalil

JS BANK LIMITED

Unit Of Infrastructure and DevOps

Raees Khan

Zong CMPak

Assistant Manager Cloud Products & Platform

Syed Farhan Ali Sabri

Defined Solutions

Cloud Architect

Younus Saleem

Gaditek

IT Infraops Engineer

Emerging Young Stars

Emerging Young Stars (11 winners)

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Adrash Bhatia

RouteBook

Founder & CEO

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Aleena Fayyaz

Fast University

Lecturer

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Maheen Fatima

Iqra University, Licious Store

Student Support Services, CEO of Licious

Mahnoor Iftikhar Ahmed

Amanrasoft PVT Limited

HR Manager

Muhammad Ahmed

LinkNTech for Education - LNTFE

Founder & President

Rehmat Khalid

Governor House IT Initiative - GIAIC

Sanaam khan

Digimarvixx

CEO and founder

Shoaib Ahmed

Gerrys Information Techonology Pvt Ltd

Manager Projects

Syed Maaz Hashmi

Bank AL Habib Limited

IS Auditor

Syed Shahood ul Hassan

Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited

Deputy Manager SAP

Tunjina Ali

Women Techmakers

Project Manager

GRC & Compliance

GRC & Compliance (8 winners)

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Adeel Zeeshan

Habib Bank

Senior Manager

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Farida Damani

Mashreq Global Network

Audit Manager

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Laiba Waseem

ComplySec

GRC Analyst

Mahjabeen Khan

1LINK PVT LTD

AM - Security Governance , Compliance & Risk Management

Muhammad Saad Khan

Pak Arab Refinery Limited (PARCO)

Group Lead Auditor

Sapna Devi

1LINK private limited

Sumbal Malik

Habib Bank AG Zurich

Deputy Head of GIT Governance

urooj ansari

Al baraka bank

Manager IS governance

IT Infrastructure

IT Infrastructure (9 winners)

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A.Rehman Ul Haque

Awan Distribution

Product Manager

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Hizbullah Bullo

Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi

Additional Director IT

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Kashif Ahmed Saeed

Awan Distribution

Associate Director Sales

KHWAJA ADNAN AHMED

Sui Southern Gas Company Limited

Dy. Chief Engineer

M Umair Akhtar

Liaquat National Hospital

Assistant Manager Infrastructure

Mian Taimur Gul

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB)

Assistant Director (GA&RM)

Muhammad Arsalan Khan

PTCL

Manger Cloud Solutions

Muhammad Shakeel

Leopards Courier Services (Pvt.) Ltd

Senior Network Administrator

Nauman Ahmed Shakeel

Liaquat National Hospital

System Engineer

Network & Telecom

Network & Telecom (7 winners)

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Farhan Mairaj

Dream Networks & Technology (PVT) LTD

Head of VoIP

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Hummad Ali Abbasi

Middle East Telecommunication company LLC

Technical Pre-Sales Manager

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Muhammad Faheem

Ghulam Faruque Group

IT Manager Networks & Security

Muhammad Fawad

PTCL

Executive EDN

Muhammad Hassan Shareef

Multinet Pakistan

Assistant Manager Customer Experience

S M Ghazanfar Ali

VRG Pvt Ltd

Manager Networks

Syed Farhan Ali

Arwen Tech Pvt Ltd

Senior Technology Consultant

Offensive Security

Offensive Security (10 winners)

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Arsalan Shahid

K Electric Ltd

Lead Cyber Offense

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Faiza Habib

NBP

Head Application Security

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Farhan Iqbal

DataSol Technologies

FOUNDER & CEO

Jahanzeb Feroze

Engro Corporation Limited

Deputy Manager - Cyber Security

maryam farhan

Dawood engeering of univeristy

cyber security

Mian Hussnain Javed

ALLIED BANK

Manger IS Engineering Architecture

Muhammad Huzaifa Bin Naseer

1LINK

Associate Offensive Security

Muhammad Sudais Usmani

Hack4Bug

CEO

Rabail Naseer

Wemsol Pvt Ltd

AM-Offensive Security

Syed Muhammad Saeed Shaheryar

HBL Bank

Manager Information Security

Product & Design

Product & Design (5 winners)

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Akbar Shah Khan

Cinergie Digital

TSM

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Ambreen Siddiqui

Virtual Security

Managing partner

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Amna Batool

10 years

Product Manager

Hassham Mansoor

Virtual Remittance Gateway

Cheif Operating Officer / Head of Applications & Operations

Salman Ahmed

Virtual Remittance Gateway Pvt Limited

Assistant Product & Research Manager

Rising Star of the Year

Rising Star of the Year (9 winners)

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Aina Alyana

Multinet Pakistan

Software Developer

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Alina Nisar

TPS Worldwide

Agile Delivery Lead

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Attka Tabassum Sheikh

Commtel

Contracts & Planning Specialist

Fareha Mahmood

New Concept Training

CEO

Maham Noor

Bank Alfalah Limited

Senior Manager - IT Ops

Neha Fahim

Zandrelix

Full-Stack & AI Developer | Co-Founder at Zandrelix

shayan farrukh

Mazik Global

Technical Content Writer

Tahir Husain

Sui Southern Gas Company Limited

Deputy Chief Manager

Yumna Shahid

Institute of Business Management

Senior Lecturer

SOC & Defensive Security

SOC & Defensive Security (8 winners)

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Hafiz Tabish Imran Bilgrami

JS Bank

Unit Head - Cyber Security Operations

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M. Shabbir Anwer Khalidi

1LINK Private Limited

Deputy Manager - Security Engineering & Threat Management

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Mehmood Ahmed Khan

Soneri Bank Limited

Head of SOC

Mohammad Bin Akhtar

Trillium Information Security

Cybersecurity Engineer

Muhammad Tayyab Aslam

Raqami Islamic Digital Bank Limited

Manager SOC

Syed Hyder Hasan

Tech20Four

Cyber Security Consultant

Syed Muhammad Shahab Uddin

JS BAnk

Head Infrastructure Security

Umar Saeed Khan

Engro Corporation Limited

Deputy Manager SOC

Tech Education & Academia

Tech Education & Academia (10 winners)

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Dr Umme Laila

Institute of Business Management

PROFESSOR/PROGRAM HEAD

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Dr. Jawwad Ahmed Shamsi

FAST-National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

Dean (Computing)

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Hadiqa Riaz

Bahria University

Sr.Lecturer

Iqbal Uddin Khan

Hamdard University

Assistant Professor

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

The Hunar Foundation

HOD Digital Transformation & ICT

Muhammad Junaid Haroon

All Pakistan Memon Federation

Chairman I. T. Committee

Muhammad Muslim

Al-Khair Technical Center

Head of Technical Cemter

Prof. Dr. Amir Mehmood

Al-Kawthar University

Dean Faculty of Computing

Raazia Sosan

DHA Suffa University

Head of Department (Software Engineering)

Saadia Karim

Salim Habib University

Senior Lecturer

Tech Entrepreneurship

Tech Entrepreneurship (9 winners)

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Anusha Qasim

Governor Sindh Initiative for Artificial Intelligence & Computing

Agentic AI Engineer| Founder of XORA

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Asad Khan

AsonTech Solutions

Founder

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Muhammad Ali

HNB Consultancy (Pvt.) Ltd

CEO

Muhammad Farhan Aslam

Forteve Private Limited

Founder & CTO

Muhammad Hamza

SECURICX

Founder /Security Consultant

Muhammad Soban Saud

CodeVerse Soban

I am the Founder of CodeFusion.AI, an AI-powered website builder, and a Full-Stack AI Developer specializing in AI agents and web applications. I also work as a Tech Instructor, teaching Web Development, Python, and AI, and run my YouTube channel, CodeVerse Soban, where I share tech tutorials, AI tools, and programming knowledge.