Muhammad Javed Afridi (
, ps, محمد جاويد افريدی ; born 14 August 1985) is a Pakistani business executive and entrepreneur.
Business Interests
He is best known as the CEO of
Haier Pakistan and
owner
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of
MG Motors Pakistan. Afridi is also owner of the
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
franchise
Peshawar Zalmi
Peshawar Zalmi ( ur, ; ps, پېښور زلمي; literally meaning "Peshawar's youth") is a Pakistani franchise T20 cricket team which plays in the Pakistan Super League and represents Peshawar, the capital city of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa pro ...
in
Pakistan Super League
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league contested during February and March of every year by six teams representing six cities of Pakistan. The league was founded on 9 September 2015 with five teams by the Paki ...
(PSL) and also Co-Founder/CEO of JoChaho.
MG JW Automobile Pakistan
MG JW Automobile Pakistan is owned by JW Auto Park, which in turn owned by Javed Afridi. MG Motors Pakistan has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
Morris Garages (MG) Motor UK Limited, owned by
SAIC Motor to bring electric vehicles in Pakistan. It will establish Electric car manufacturing plant. MG Motors has launched two models namely
MG HS
The MG HS is a compact crossover SUV manufactured by Chinese automobile manufacturer SAIC Motor under the British MG marque. The vehicle was launched in 2018, replacing the MG GS. In China, it is the brand's largest crossover SUV above the ZS ...
and
MG ZS EV in Pakistan in 2020. Morris Garage (MG) Motors Pakistan launched
MG ZS The MG ZS is an automobile nameplate of MG used for two different vehicles:
* MG ZS (2001), a small family car manufactured between 2001 and 2005 by MG Rover
* MG ZS (crossover), a subcompact crossover manufactured since 2017 by MG Motor, a subsi ...
priced at Rs 4.1 million.
Investment in cricket
Javed Afridi has sponsored many
cricket tournaments under his supervision including
Haier Super 8 T20 Cup and
Pakistan Super League
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league contested during February and March of every year by six teams representing six cities of Pakistan. The league was founded on 9 September 2015 with five teams by the Paki ...
. Afridi has also owned a cricket franchise
Peshawar Zalmi
Peshawar Zalmi ( ur, ; ps, پېښور زلمي; literally meaning "Peshawar's youth") is a Pakistani franchise T20 cricket team which plays in the Pakistan Super League and represents Peshawar, the capital city of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa pro ...
for a ten-year period.
In an interview he said: “Peshawar and KP are close to my heart, and I want to develop the infrastructure around the game in my homeland.”
See also
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MG Motors Pakistan
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Haier Pakistan
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Super 8 T20 Cup
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Pakistan Super League
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league contested during February and March of every year by six teams representing six cities of Pakistan. The league was founded on 9 September 2015 with five teams by the Paki ...
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Peshawar Zalmi
Peshawar Zalmi ( ur, ; ps, پېښور زلمي; literally meaning "Peshawar's youth") is a Pakistani franchise T20 cricket team which plays in the Pakistan Super League and represents Peshawar, the capital city of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa pro ...
References
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Pakistani chief executives
Pashtun people
Pakistan Super League franchise owners
1985 births
Edwardes College alumni
Alumni of the London School of Economics
Alumni of Saïd Business School
People from Khyber District
Living people
Peshawar Zalmi
Javed
Pakistanis named in the Pandora Papers