SZABIST launched the first Retail Management Society of Pakistan (Students’ Chapter) on October 13, 2004. Ms Saira Rasheed (MBA, Class of 2005) was selected President of the society with members comprising of Zain Sethna, Rizwana Niaz, Adnan Shekhani, Yasir Durrani and Umair Ali Zai (MBA, Class of 2005). The society’s launch was celebrated with a seminar on ‘Retail Culture in Pakistan’. Speakers included Rafiq Rangoonwala, CEO Cupola Pakistan, Y H Thara, CEO Nando’s, and A G Saeed, Consultant EDC Network. Chief Guest for the launch was Usman Sattar, CEO Park Towers. At the launch, RMS also published and distributed their newsletter ‘Retail Insight’. The session was sponsored KFC, Nando’s and Ideas by Gul Ahmad.

RMS conducted a live two way interactive session from Dubai to Karachi on February 28, 2005. The session lecture was delivered by Mr Tharuvai Narayanan Pratap, CEO Bin Hendi Enterprise UAE. Placed among the top 100 business entities in the UAE, Bin Hendi occupies a leadership position in the hospitality, real estate, fashion, jewelry, and interior designing along with multiple interests in the property, furnishing, and oilfield supply sectors. The company currently operates twenty-nine highly successful fashion, jewelry, accessory and food retail outlets, while the trading division reaches in excess of one thousand retailers, thus establishing the company as a leader in one of the world's most exciting and affluent markets. It boast of international brands such as Brioni, Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, Graff diamonds and precious gems; Ulysses Nardin, Cerruti, Porsche design and Carrera Sports comprise of the watches retail division; Bella Donna restaurants, Café Havana, Mini Chinese restaurant Japengo Café, and Second Cup in the hospitality division; and trading and distribution of Carrera luggage, Texas Instruments calculators, Dieterba Baby Food other household goods. The portfolio for industrial goods includes oil and petrochemical products distribution and real estate.