Zara Zaman, 25, appears confident without being cocky, completely at ease with a tone of maturity that surpasses her age. What’s more, while a good chunk of Islamabad’s body of young professionals are busy twiddling their thumbs trying to figure out the direction of their lives, Zaman has already started her own and very successful interior design company.

What makes her unique is that she’s a one-man-show and like many young, creative professionals, she’s working against the odds — the small market of Islamabad.