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"I take pride in wearing hijab. It solves and stalls many problems instead of adding to them," says Ishrat Shahbuddin Shaikh.~All Ishrat Shahbuddin Shaikh wants to do now is to hand over the restaurant to Omar and focus on the school run by her family.~"I take pride in wearing hijab (veil). It solves and stalls many problems instead of adding to them," says Ishrat Shahbuddin Shaikh.~"I knew nothing -- the management, the accounts. Perhaps, a little knowledge of English helped me also besides a very supportive staff and sincere teachers," says Ishrat Shahbuddin Shaikh.~Clearly, nothing in her resume prepared her for this: a sprawling multi-crore, multi-cuisine restaurant that employs 300 people and serves on an average 1,000 diners every day.~Ishrat Shahbuddin Shaikh plans to hand over the restaurant business to her son and take full charge of the school started by her husband.~"I take pride in wearing hijab. It solves and stalls many problems instead of adding to them," says Ishrat Shahbuddin Shaikh.~

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