Driver · Researcher · Team Owner
They saidit wasn'tnormal.So I made it normal.
The first Pakistani woman to hold an FIA racing license — racing wheel-to-wheel, fighting cancer as a clinical researcher, and building the next generation of drivers at Box Motorsports.
The why
It was never a hobby. It was the plan.
I started karting at five years old in Riyadh. Then I was told to stop — women couldn't legally drive in Saudi Arabia until 2018.
I didn't quit. I waited, I moved, I built the career on my own terms. I came back to racing in medical school and never looked back.
People kept telling me racing wasn't normal for someone like me. So I decided to make it normal.
“We make our own norms. If you truly believe something should be normal — and you do it — then it becomes normal.”
At a glance
Who she is, fast.
On the F1 feeder ladder
Global community
“We make our own norms.”
Lahore-born · Riyadh-raised · racing in the U.S.
Trackside at F1, WEC & MotoGP
Cancer researcher by day. Race driver on the grid.
In motion
Straight from the track.
Raw clips from the grid, the garage and the wheel.
The journey
From a kart in Riyadh to an FIA license.
First kart, Riyadh
Strapped into a kart as a child in Saudi Arabia. The obsession started early.
Forced to stop
Racing paused — women couldn't legally drive in Saudi Arabia until 2018. The dream went on hold, not away.
Moved to the U.S.
Relocated to America to chase both careers at once — medicine and motorsport.
The sprint begins
Started formal race training. In months: production cars → Formula Vee → F4. Named 'Most Improved Driver' two weeks after learning manual.
Podium at Road America
Rookie season in Formula Regional Americas — a breakthrough podium at Road America and P4 in the season points standings.
Formula 3
First Pakistani woman with a professional FIA license — stepping up to Formula 3 on the road toward the super license, while trackside at F1, WEC and MotoGP.
Three arenas
Racing is science. So is medicine.
The Driver
FIA-licensed and now racing Formula 3. From her first formal training to a podium at Road America to F3 in under two years — self-funded, against grids who've run these circuits for years.
The Researcher
Full-time clinical cancer researcher in oncology, working with the U.S. FDA to bring experimental chemotherapies and diagnostics to market. Dean's list. Published in scientific journals.
The Owner
Founder of Box Motorsports — a science-driven driver-development team operating across the U.S., Italy, the U.K. and the Gulf. 'It's where I'm the happiest.'
In frame
The energy, in motion.
On the grid, behind the wheel, off the clock — the story in frames.
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07Recognition
The story the world is watching.
“Pakistan's first woman racer breaks ground in global motorsport.”
The impact
I'm not the exception. I'm the proof.
My goal isn't to be the only one. It's to open the door — for Pakistani women to enter motorsport as drivers, engineers, team principals and technical leaders. If you don't see women at that level, people start to believe they aren't there. I'm here to change what people believe is possible.
“When you're the first one doing something, you're figuring it out as you go.”
The business
Box Motorsports
Science-Driven Racing Driver Development.
Box develops elite racing drivers through data analytics, engineering insight and sports science — an honest, affordable pathway from karting, sim racing and grassroots into competitive Formula racing. No hype. Real careers, on and off the track.
- Telemetry- and data-led coaching
- Race engineering & hands-on track support
- Realistic career pathways beyond F1
- Operating across the U.S., Italy, U.K. & the Gulf
Partnership
Put your brand on the first.
Sponsoring Arshia isn't buying ad space — it's owning a story no competitor can replicate.
An un-buyable narrative
The first Pakistani woman with an FIA pro license. No brand can manufacture that story — only partner with it.
A 31K+ global community
A fast-growing, engaged audience across Pakistan, the U.S. and the Gulf — exactly the emerging markets brands chase.
Earned, not paid, press
Featured by Arab News, RACER, Dive Bomb and more — credibility that compounds every season.
A rising trajectory
F4 to F3 in under two years, on the F1 feeder ladder. Get in before the rest of the world catches up.
Get in touch
Let's work together.
Tell me why you're reaching out and it'll land in the right place.