Usman Riaz - Firefly
Pakistani guitarist Usman Riaz has been chosen as one of the nineteen people from the world to be part of the TED fellows. His name is amongst neuroscientists, engineers, mathematicians and more! Do check this out.
He’ll be travelling to Edinburgh, Scotland in June.
We wish him the best of luck and hope he has a wonderful experience :D
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Abdul Sattar Edhi nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Known for establishing the world’s largest ambulance service, a Karachi man is now in line to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Farhan Saeed: It’s the ability that matters, not disability
Being handicapped is not disability — the polio-stricken Farhan Saeed, representing Pakistan with a crutch, illustrates that aptly as he runs in to bowl fast.
The physical handicap is easily overcome through hard work and determination, proving his ability just like any other. The 26-year-old isn’t as fast and fearsome as Shoaib Akhtar was but is not short on resolve, showing not just the handicapped that there is life beyond the disability but also able individuals who have given up on life following minor setbacks.
Farhan is not the only one showing courage beyond his limitations, the whole team is. But the sight of him – a fast-bowler – amazes spectators when he hops, part runs, in, maintaining his balance with utmost ease despite the use of a crutch as he gets into his delivery stride.
With a humble background, Farhan, aged two, had the added worries when polio tendered his left leg unusable. But, instead of adding to his woes, it proved to be the direct opposite.
“My disability has actually given me strength,” said Farhan, who is part of Pakistan’s disabled squad currently playing a one-day series against England. “I couldn’t have achieved all this success without it.”
Photo Credit: AFP PHOTO/ LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
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FAISALABAD: Child prodigy Aarifa Karim Randhawa continued to startle the world on Friday, when she showed signs of life a day after doctors at Lahore’s CMH hospital gave up all hope for her survival after she suffered a cardiac arrest on December 22. A day after her doctors suggested switching off her life support saying there was ‘no hope’; Aarifa started showing some brain activity and twitched her fingers, her father Lt Col (Retd) Amjad Karim Randhawa told The Express Tribune. The youngest-ever Microsoft certified professional, however, is still in critical condition. The family has been receiving calls from across the world for Aarifa’s health and prayers for her recovery, her father said. After the latest development in her condition, doctors and experts at the hospital shifted their strategy on trying to save Aarifa.
Moin Khan: A young Pakistani’s world tour on a sports bike
Moin Khan on a mission to improve the perception of Pakistan, started his journey from San Fransico (USA) to Lahore, Pakistan on a Honda CBR 600 F4i sport bike. He has travelled 40,000 kilometres and visited around 20 countries including Canada, Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovania, Greece (to name a few).
Do check his website out: www.adifferentagenda.com
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The Kalasha or Kalash residing in the Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.Kalash mythology and folklore has been compared to that of ancient Greece.Some of the Kalash people in their own traditions claim to be descendants of Alexander the Great’s soldiers
Οι Καλάς είναι φυλή του ορεινού Πακιστάν.Οι Καλάς υποστηρίζουν ότι έχουν ελληνική καταγωγή, αφού θεωρούν τη φυλή τους μακρινή απόγονο των στρατευμάτων του Μεγάλου Αλεξάνδρου.
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Qasim teaches students in a remote village around 400 km from Lahore, in a barren landscape with no electricity or cell phone coverage. PHOTO: EXPRESS
LAYYAH: Meet Ghulam Qasim, known as Master Saab in Bhakkarwaala, a village comprising around 80 houses.
A matriculation level student, Qasim has been running the only school in his village, single-handedly, for more years than he spent at school himself.
He opened the school in 1994, two years after he cleared his tenth grade examinations. His motivation was not just the passion to educate, but also to make access to education less cumbersome.
“For my primary school, I went to a place 10 kilometres from home. For matric, I had to travel even further,” he says.
Qasim’s village is in Layyah district, 400 kilometres west of Lahore, in the province said to be the most literate in Pakistan. A visit to the area, however, punctures this claim.
Sand dunes dot the barren landscape in this remote village, with no electricity or cell-phone coverage and an almost non-existent road leading up to it. In these conditions, Qasim has taught more than 1,000 children in the last seventeen years.
Educating, under a tree
“I was the first one in my village, in 1992, to pass the tenth grade and I wanted to change things here,” Qasim reminices.
“I did not want my children growing up illiterate so I decided to open a school with whatever resources I had.”
The first class, of 10 students, was taught under the shade of a tree. Now, there’s almost a 100 students, sitting on mats.
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