Ideas, turned into action.

Nasir M. Qureshi founded Paramount and still leads it day to day as Chairman and Chief Executive. Known for an unconventional approach and a habit of turning ideas into reality, he built the group on a simple plan: independent units of care in each part of healthcare, eventually working together for the health of the community.

His career began in pharmaceutical sales and marketing, trained by Australian experts at Aspro-Nicholas. He then spent some fifteen years in Japan, the place where, he says, he matured as an entrepreneur. He learned Japanese well enough to write a popular weekly column for the Asahi Shimbun, appeared on Japanese television and wrote a book in Japanese, representing Pakistan along the way.

Japan taught him two lessons that still run the company: believe in yourself, and be disciplined, so that excellence is the minimum standard. He brought both home in 1994 to found Paramount Pharmaceuticals in Islamabad, and later Paramount HealthCare. Today the group exports to more than ten countries, and he continues to travel to Africa and beyond to show international partners that they can rely on Pakistani medicines.