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The
founder of the Company, he was born in Jetpur, India in 1926. Scion
of a well-known textile trading and manufacturing family, he learnt
the ins and outs of the textile trade from his father and grandfather,
the latter being the first of the family to venture further afield
than the cloth shop which had been their mainstay for generations.
Undaunted by the many challenges he faced, Rajab Ali, like his entrepreneurial grandfather before him, set out to break new ground. From the fabric store he and his partner set up in Karachi’s oldest cloth market in the early days of Pakistan’s history to today’s flourishing M. J. Textiles, his long journey is as much of a testimony to his perseverance in the face of hardships as to his business acumen. |
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Eldest
son of the Chief Executive, he was also the first to join his father
in business, in 1978. For many years, he assisted his father in all
his multifarious business affairs, enabling him to expand the scope
of his activities. In 1996, when a detailed study of the market revealed
a need for more specialized retail operations, the M. J. Textiles
management decided to launch its own chain of fabric retail outlets.
Ever since then, he has concentrated on this aspect of the family
business, through the years introducing various innovations that have
become role models for others in the market. |
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He has the responsibility of the financial and administrative aspects of the business, which includes devising and applying various controls on collections and disbursement, all legal reporting, MIS, factory management, human resource management and selection of markets, as well as some areas of customer management. Before he joined the family business, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and worked for a US-based multinational company as its Finance Director. Overall, he has more than 20 years of national and international professional experience. |
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He
joined the family business in 1991, after he graduated. Initially
involved in the general operations of the business, he later assumed
the responsibility for the entire supply chain and warehousing operations.
He also handles customer queries and pays particular attention to
satisfaction of all customer needs. |
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Only 17 when he first joined the family business in 1987, he concurrently continued with his studies and finally acquired degrees in Commerce and Law. His major responsibilities are in sales and marketing. However, in 1992, when the company embarked on manufacturing, he also assumed other responsibilities, such as looking after the production operations, which involve areas such as production planning and scheduling, as well as supervision of designs and maintaining quality specifications. He pays considerable attention to changing market trends, as well as customer tastes and design preferences. In order to help maintain M. J. Textiles’ enviable reputation as a market trendsetter, he travels extensively abroad to ascertain international trends and innovations. He also looks after the Dubai business affairs, which are operated under the banner of Mansoor Bohri Textiles Limited. |