The Unsung Heroes of Pakistan
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Recently I
got to read about a young girl – Arfa
Karim, who was talented beyond her age, someone that we as a nation should
have been proud to call our own. In 2005 she received numerous awards for being
the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in the world. However, on the 14th
of January 2012, our very own Small Wonder, past away in CMH after weeks of
treatment.
The sad
part to all of this is how the government wasn’t able to provide any support to
the family in terms of treatment. Besides the treatment, what did the
government do since 2005 to try and foster the genius of this child, did they
put her in a special advanced program, did they offer her opportunities to
further her skills, perhaps making it possible for her to spread her ideas and
develop more geniuses such as herself? So far to my knowledge, they did nothing!
This got me
thinking, we have so many more gifted people in our country and yet we hardly
hear anything about them. The media shows one interesting story about these
people and then goes back to how our country is going to the dogs (no pun
intended).
Unlike what
our own media shows, we’re not a bunch of terrorists or idiots begging for America to love
us and show us their mercy – that’s just our government. The nation on the
other hand is a bunch of highly gifted individuals with the potential to do great
things, inspire others and perhaps be the future think tanks of the world. Here
are some examples of individuals from Pakistan that I was able to come up
with in a matter of 20mins on Google.
1. Ali
Nawazish – took 23 subjects in his A’levels and scored 21A’s, 1B and a C.
He didn’t require any tuition, just a lot of hard work and a lot of energy
drinks. He’s currently enrolled to study in Cambridge University.
2. Pakistan’s
First Fuel Efficient Car – Made by 12 PAKISTANI students from NED the car
is able to do 80km in a single liter. The last report on these individuals
indicated that they were trying to secure sponsorship to take their car for a
world competition back in 2010, whatever happened to them, is still unknown. I’m
sure we can use such cars in Pakistan
nowadays, but unfortunately I’m sure no one from the government has tried to
make this project into a reality.
3. Solar
Powered Car by Pakistani Students – Although the video on this project is
doubtful on credibility, but I do remember reading something online for a
similar car. Just goes to show we have the intelligence to make such
inventions, but what lacks is the exposure to the creators and business
opportunities and investors. The government should provide investment
opportunities to such deserving inventors. Something on the lines of the Export
Promotion Bureau, which was set up to promote our industries should be set up
for the identification of investors and venture capitalists.
4.
Car +
Power Generator – A Pakistani Invention
- Necessity is truly the mother of all inventions and we in Pakistan
therefore have a lot of great inventors. A generator that can power your house
is also used to run a car. The person who made this invention isn’t even
college educated. Speaks wonders for our people and yet no one from the
government cares.
5. Moin Khan
travels the world on a motorbike – Moin Khan travelled half the globe from America to Lahore,
Pakistan on his
motorbike as part of his campaign called “A different agenda”. He too realized
that Pakistan
wasn’t presented in the best of ways and wanted to do something to change all
that. His story is one to be shared and learned from. He was able to change the
minds of many regarding Pakistan
and its people, during his 6month trip. He could easily be used as a good will
ambassador by our country for the youth across different countries of the
world, but then again that would require the Government to give a hoot about
its people and the image of the country, which it currently does not.
With so
much talent in our country, why does our government not invest in education,
vocational training and infrastructure development? We need to fix our problems
ourselves and not rely on the so called friendships with other nations. We have
all the potential we need to do this, all we need now is for the government to
listen and act.
Agreed!
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