By Sara Danial
In most offices, remote work is still a work in progress. Managers struggle with Slack threads, video calls drag on, and deadlines get lost in the shuffle. But for gamers, the idea of collaborating with strangers across the world and under pressure is nothing new. They鈥檝e been doing it since their teens, only their 鈥渙ffices鈥 were digital battlefields.
In Pakistan, this isn鈥檛 just an interesting cultural quirk, it鈥檚 a business story. The players at the top aren鈥檛 just earning prize money; they鈥檙e building personal brands, managing fan communities, and making real-time decisions under pressure.
Pakistan鈥檚 star players
Take Arslan Ash; the Lahore-based Tekken player has played and won against international players from Japan to the US, winning championships and rewriting the narrative about Pakistan鈥檚 place in competitive gaming.
His success is about more than fast reflexes. In Tekken, as in business, victory depends on reading your opponent, anticipating moves, and adjusting strategy in seconds. It鈥