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Javed Afridi

Pakistani business executive and entrepreneur

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ21004737
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Muhammad Javed Afridi (Urdu, Pashto: محمد جاويد افريدی; born 14 August 1985) is a Pakistani businessman based in the United Arab Emirates. He is best known as the CEO of Haier Pakistan and as the owner of MG Motors Pakistan. Afridi is also the chairman of the cricket franchise Peshawar Zalmi in Pakistan Super League (PSL) and also co-founder/CEO of JoChaho. His net worth is estimated to be US$313 million.

Business career

Haier Pakistan

MG Motors Pakistan

MG JW Automobile Pakistan is owned by JW Auto Park, which in turn is owned by Javed Afridi.

MG Motors Pakistan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Morris Garages (MG) Motor UK Limited, owned by SAIC Motor to bring electric vehicles in Pakistan. It will establish an electric car manufacturing plant. MG Motors has launched two models namely MG HS and MG ZS EV in Pakistan in 2020. Morris Garage (MG) Motors Pakistan launched MG ZS priced at Rs 4.1 million in the same year.

Cricket

Javed Afridi has sponsored many cricket tournaments under his supervision including Haier Super 8 T20 Cup and Pakistan Super League.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1985-08-14. The account is most persuasive where Javed, Afridi and Pakistani can be independently traced.
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