Imran Hashmi

British-Pakistani entrepreneur. And someone who has watched too many people suffer in silence — because in our culture, we do not talk about this.

Why Anxiety.pk exists

Mental illness affects an estimated 24 million people in Pakistan — roughly one in ten. There are fewer than 500 registered psychiatrists in the entire country. And over that gap sits a wall of silence: stigma so deep that families would sooner attribute a breakdown to black magic than seek help.

Imran built Anxiety.pk because he understood that wall. As a British Pakistani who has straddled two worlds his entire life, he knew how the cultural script — log kya kahenge, what will people say — stops people from reaching out before it is too late.