Separate from the appliances business, the joint venture--the Haier-Ruba Economic Zone--will be the operator of the park.

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Over a period of eight months and countless trips he convinced Haier executives that Ruba was the ticket to the Pakistani market.

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Shah Faisal, chief executive of Ruba, expects this number to reach 150.

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All three women - Fatima al-Zaabi, Fatma Abdulla Hussain, and Ruba al-Araji - have a determination and energy to succeed.

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So far 28 companies, including telecom equipment makers ZTE and Huawei and bus manufacturer Xiamen King Long Automotive, have signed up for the Ruba-Haier industrial park.

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Closely held Ruba Group of Pakistan and Haier Group, its Chinese joint-venture partner in the plant, have made air conditioners, washing machines and refrigerators there for seven years.

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"This has been my baby for two years, " says Faisal, 38, who has built Ruba (he is vague about the source of the name) on his dirt-poor family's trading origins in Pakistan's frontier provinces.

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Other al-Rabeei AKA's include Fawaz Yahia Hassan Aribii, Fawaz al-Rubai, Fawaz Yehia Hassan al-Rabie, Fawaz Yahya Hasan al-Rabi'i, Fawaz Yahya al-Ribi (al-Ruba'i, al-Rabia'i, al-Rabi'i), Forqan al-Tajiki, Furqan al-Tajiki, Furgan al-Tajiki, Furqan The Chechen, Faris al-Baraq, Sa'id, Musharraf, And Salem al-Farhan.

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