ALUMS Chat is an informal, one-on-one virtual conversation with an alum where we ask the questions that are on everyone’s mind and hear unique, personal stories about their journey. Each episode features one alumni guest who will share their story. Join us for an exciting chat with Mohammad Omer Saleem (EMBA 2017).
Facebook Live
With this exciting new series comes an opportunity for our community to hear firsthand the authentic and remarkable stories of our accomplished alumni across Pakistan and around the world. Learn from the real stories behind the successes and failures of LUMS alumni as they navigate different paths, and garner candid insights from these inspirational stories.
Tune into Episode 6: Becoming Pakistan’s First Horseback Archer and Promoting Sports with Mohammad Omer Saleem (EMBA 2017) on Facebook Live.
About the speaker
Omer Saleem (EMBA 2017), the founder of The Drakken School. Omer is an equestrian, who is well-known in the sport of horseback archery. He is the first ever Pakistani to have been awarded the colour for horseback archery and is the first athlete to represent Pakistan at the 16th Horseback Archery Championship in 2021. He is also the official representative of the World Horseback Archery Federation (WHAF) in Pakistan. Being a true equestrian, Omer has also participated in national level competitions for the sports of Tent Pegging and Endurance Riding. He runs an equestrian club, Drakken Shahsawars, where he trains a selected group of passionate individuals.
In addition to being a sportsman, he is one of the oldest Egyptian Arabian horse breeders in the country (since 2011) and runs his own facility that is well recognised by the name of Al Saleem Arabians.
Alongside Equestrian sports and Arab horse breeding, Omer has made contributions to the education sector and is the founding director of Drakken, which now has around 500 students. While the school in itself is an old-school disciplinarian institute founded on the lines of his alma mater, Cadet College Hasanabdal, having a unique blend of Cambridge education, sports and basics of religion, the style of teaching is participative, engaging and based on his learning and experience at LUMS.
Join the chat with Omer as he shares his story of sport and education and reflects on the passion behind his journey.