ABOUT US

OMER SALEEM – OS

His riding journey began with a few riding classes at Remount Depot Mona in 1993 when he was 9 years old and then he occasionally rode in Lahore at the Remount Stables in RA Bazar in 1996. In 1998 he joined Cadet College Hasanabdal where he was a regular member of the riding club and was awarded the college color in 2003. His passion for horses was then put on a pause while he completed his engineering degree in Mechatronics from NUST -EME.

In 2011, after establishing his own engineering company by the name of Drakken Pvt Limited and in 2012 he founded an Arabian horse breeding stud by the name of Al Saleem Arabians where he began breeding of imported Arabian Horses. In 2014 he gathered a small team of breeders and founded Arab Horse Association of Pakistan (AHAP) as a group and
played a vital role in spreading the Arabian horse throughout Pakistan.

In subsequent years (2014-2016), Omer initiated endurance events in Pakistan where he planned and assisted in the arrangement as well as participated in all events of 40 KM, held at various locations such as
Cholistan, Kot Fateh khan, Sheikhupura and many more. In 2018 onwards Omer began to properly participate in Tent Pegging events and in 2019
became the first person to lead a section of Arabian horses at the F9 Park Event in Islamabad.

Later on he developed an interest in Horseback Archery and went to Iran to get himself trained by Mr Ali Ghoorchian. In 2021, he was awarded the Pakistan Color and became the first person to represent Pakistan in this sport at the 16th Horseback Archery Championship. He is also the
first certified horseback archery judge and the official representative of World Horseback Archery Federation (WHAF) in Pakistan.

In 2020, Omer was interviewed by Monika Savier and that interview was published in world renowned Arab Horse Magazine – Tuttu Arabi.

To read the interview online please click on the following link

https://issuu.com/alimeditrice/docs/rdz-pakistan

Born in 1984, Omer completed his early education from The International School Seychelles. After moving to Pakistan in 1992 he joined Bloomfield Hall School in Lahore and then later got admission at Cadet College Hasanabdal in 1998 from where he completed his O and A Levels. In 2003 he joined NUST, EME College from where he did his Engineering in Mechatronics. He founded his own company, Drakken PVT Limited, and Fatima Tuz Zohra Foundation in 2011. He also founded Al Saleem Arabians the same year. He also founded Arab horse association of Pakistan in 2013. After the completion of his EMBA Degree from LUMS he founded The Drakken School in 2017 and laid the foundation of Drakken Shahsawars. He has recently started work on his own clothing and leather brand – Asasiyun by OS. Moreover, he is in the process of writing a book on Arabian Horses which is expected to hit the market soon.