Anwar Pervez Biography

Full Name: Anwar Pervez

Date of Birth: 15 March 1935 (age 86)

Place of Birth: Rawalpindi, British India (now Pakistan)

Occupation: Chairman, Bestway

Anwar Pervez Biography :

• Mohammed Anwar Pervez was born on 15 March 1935 to a subsistence farming family in Rawalpindi.
• He did his matriculation in Pakistan. He was studied at Forman Christian College. In 1956, he moved to the UK at the age of 21.
• His first job was as a telephone operator in the state-owned telecommunication company PTCL.
• In 1956, he emigrated to England. There he became a bus conductor and driver in Bradford.
• In 1963 he established his first convenience store, Kashmir, in London’s Earls Court for the Muslim community.
• In 1976, Pervez opened Bestway’s first wholesale warehouse in Acton, West London.
• He is the founder and chairman of Bestway Group.
• The company has since grown to a multibillion-pound enterprise, and as of 2014 Bestway is the second-largest independent wholesaler in the UK.
• In March 2000, he was awarded Hilal-i-Pakistan by the Pakistani Government for his services to the Pakistani nation.

( Last Updated: 23 June  2021 )