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Trailblazer Sana Khan is Pakistan’s First ACCA Qualified Transgender

by Ayesal A
written by Ayesal A

Pakistan’s Sana Khan has proved to the nation that if you put your mind to it and have passion, you can achieve literally anything, no matter who you are.

Sana Khan is now the country’s first ACCA-qualified trans person. Belonging from Multan and settled in Islamabad, Khan had to face a number of challenges before she could make this breakthrough.

Sana Khan’s Journey Was a Rollercoaster

Because of her connection to the transgender community, she had more barriers in her path including nonacceptance. Nonetheless, she emerged victorious and remained positive no matter how ugly things got.

Since childhood, Sana was passionate to get quality education and make a career, and she has certainly achieved so. She completed her matriculation from a government school and later pursued her studies in finance.

In an interview with Samaa, Sana said that she studied (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) ACCA and later completed her Bachelors in Science in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brooks University.

Her passion and interest in finance made her the first ACCA-qualified transgender in Pakistan. Sana is currently working as a finance manager at a private organization.

Unfortunately, due to her sexual orientation, her siblings do not talk to her anymore, and ‘suggested’ she move out of the house and live on her own.

Sana Khan’s Message to the Trans Community in Pakistan

Moreover, she gave an inspiring message to the trans community, telling them that people like her should not consider disreputable jobs as an earning source but rather choose the path of education to earn a respectful livelihood for themselves.

Sana Khan’s inspirational journey is motivational for her fellow community members and is a lesson to others. No matter how much trans are frowned upon, they always find a way to climb their way up the ladder.

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Kudos to Sana Khan for showing the world that the community is not as fragile as others assume them to be. More power to you!

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Ayla Majid
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Pakistan’s Ayla Majid Becomes the First South Asian Woman VP of ACCA

by Ayesal A
written by Ayesal A

Pakistan’s very own Ayla Majid has become the first ever South Asian woman to become the Vice-President of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Majid was elected as the new Vice President after earlier serving as a member of the ACCA Global Council. Moreover, she was honoured as a Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Future Council on Energy Transition.

Ayla Majid is an MBA from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), an LLB from the University of London and an ACCA.

On the other hand, she advocates energy transition towards sustainable, affordable, and reliable energy for the larger global population and is the founder and CEO of Planetive.

Another historic milestone was achieved by ACCA when Joseph Owolabi was elected as ACCA president, the first-ever from Africa to lead the world’s leading professional accountancy body.

‘Being a finance professional has equipped me with the tools and connected me with people who are working towards creating action-oriented solutions for a sustainable world,’ she shared.  For Ayla promoting the role of women in governance is something she is very passionate about.

She said: ‘It is the need of today’s forward-looking organisation.’ Ayla is a champion of board diversity and actively engages in promoting women on boards. She was the first female to sit on the board of any stock exchange in Pakistan. Thanks to pioneers like her, the influence and impact of women is changing the face of Pakistan.

We’d like to congratulate Majid for creating history and setting an important stone in the country’s foundation for young girls who want to follow in her footsteps.

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