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"Oh ye Muslims, Our Allah is one, Our Prophet (P.B.U.H) is one and our Quran is one, Our Voice and Country must be one". (Addressing in Delegate Srinagar at the reception of the Muslim Conference and Kashmir Muslim Students Union)

Ibrahim Shahid, the son of a university professor of electrical engineering and educated at the private Beacon House School in Islamabad, set the record by achieving 23 A grades in 24 subjects in the Cambridge exam. Dutifully thanking his parents and teachers Ibrahim Shahid said "Its the recognition for my country. This has never been done at O Levels.

"My teacher in Australia told my father 'Mr Shahid your son is an average student and he never can excel,' and then I decided to prove myself," he said in reference to two years he spent in Australia at primary school.

Shahid is drawn to physics and economics, wanting to do something to help his homeland, teetering on the edge of economic meltdown and beset by poverty.

"I want to do something for my country -- something unique," he said. He confessed to being "worried" about Pakistan, which suffers a critical "brain drain" of talent to the West.

Shahid takes inspiration from Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, widely hailed a hero in Pakistan. He wants to serve Pakistan and accepts, the future generation has to believe in hard work. They should not be disheartened. They should work hard to make the impossible possible.

The Cambridge O Level is an internationally recognised qualification for children aged 14 to 16, as part of preparation for university entrance and before end of school examinations. It is designed especially for the international market and students whose first language may not be English.

Shahid's school teachers welcomed his achievement as a rare piece of good news and a "message of hope" for Pakistan's future.

After an attack, referring to casualties as "sacrifices for the nation" is wrong on a lot of levels.
The Pakistani people don't offer their lives to the Taliban... They're just murdered.
However, every now and then, we witness some very special exceptions... People who make up their minds in a matter of seconds while they're under attack and actually do offer their lives for the greater good. These people are not just , they are also our .
No civilian should have to make tough decisions in such tough situations. That's what our armed forces are trained and paid to do.
These 3 people were neither trained nor paid to do what they did.

Charsadda, Pakistan. Jan 20, 2016: Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain. PhD in chemistry. A professor at the university & a father. When his university was under , this brave man decided to open fire on the so that his students could escape safely. Most of his students managed to escape, but he didn't. May he rest in heaven. Aameen

Peshawar, Pakistan. Dec 16, 2014: Mrs. Tahira Qazi. Principal of the school and wife of an army officer. While the school was under attack, she was escorted out safely. But she didn't stay... she said she couldn't be out there while her students were being butchered by the Taliban inside the . She went back in and never came out. May she rest in heaven. Aameen

Hangu, Pakistan. Jan 06, 2014: Aitzaz Hasan. A 14-year-old student. He saw someone suspicious walking towards his school. He approached that man & realised that he was a . Aitzaz tackled him & kept him from entering the school. The bomb went off. Aitzaz never went back to school but he saved the lives of 2000 fellow students. May he rest in heaven. Aameen

Ayan Qureshi, a British Pakistani, has become the world's youngest qualified computer specialist after passing a Microsoft Windows exam at the age of just five. Ayan has passed the 'Supporting Windows 8.1' assessment. He has only started primary school, but passed the test at Birmingham City University to become a Microsoft Certified Professional.

In doing so he has set a new world record for the youngest person ever to pass a Microsoft exam, at the age of five years and 11 months, beating the previous record held by six-year-old Mehroz Yawar, also from Pakistan.

Ayan was first introduced to computers when he was only three, by his father Asim Qureshi, who realised his son’s natural aptitude for technology. Asim, the IT consultant then built his son a computer lab at the family’s home and started preparing Ayan for the complex Microsoft test. After just five months training, Ayan sat the 'Supporting Windows 8.1' assessment for IT professionals alongside several adult candidates, even though at five he will not be able to work for another eight years.

Ayan now has his own computer lab at his home in Coventry, West Midlands. He sat the exam alongside adults and finished with time to spare. Test is usually taken by people who want to become IT technicians. Invigilators said he was too young for test, but Microsoft let him sit it. Ayan breezed through the two hour 'Supporting Windows 8.1' exam at Birmingham City University.

The test is normally taken just before or after university by young adults aiming to be information technology technicians. Sections of the assessment included multiple choice fill in the blanks, drag and drop, and several scenario based questions. The computer based outline test examined the applicant’s knowledge of hardware, software, and their understanding of how Windows works. And the certificate, which he keeps in his bedroom, shows he can use operating systems created by USA computing giant Microsoft.

We are so proud of him, said Asim Qureshi. He has plans to take an advanced test in the future but he has to concentrate on school for now. He was very interested in computers from the age of three so I started explaining to him about hardware and software and installing programmes. I found that whatever I told him, he was able to remember it the next day, so I built a computer lab for him to use, and he loves it.

Asim showed his son Ayan, how to install Windows and then decided to enter him for this exam. It wasn’t easy teaching Ayan every day but he picked it all up in the end, said Asim Qureshi. When Ayan and his father arrived at the university invigilators were so shocked to see such a young candidate and they said he couldn’t take the exam. However, a phone call to Microsoft rectified the problem and Ayan took his place at a computer alongside the other adult candidates.

Ayan wants to keep on learning so I am sure he will be ready to take more exams quite soon. He also enjoys playing computer games like any kid but now he is more interested about how they work, said Asim Qureshi.

Ayan was born in Lahore, but his father Asim Qureshi, moved to London in 2009. The youngster is yet to decide on a career path but hopes for a job involving his favourite subjects of maths and computing. Employment laws mean the youngest age a child can work part-time is 13, except children involved in areas such as acting and modelling, who can work as long as they have a performance licence. Children over 13 can work for 12 hours a week in term time, and 25 during school holidays.

Major General Shahida Malik, HI (M), SI (M), SJ, is a retired and high-ranking two-star general officer and a former deputy commander (Surgeon-General) of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps. She is the first woman in the Pakistan Armed Forces to have reached to a two-star rank, and was also a first woman general officer in the history of Pakistan as well as in the Muslim world.

Trained as an army medic and a field combat officer, her army career well served in the Indo-Pakistani wars and is also a recipient of highest military decoration as well as the most-decorated female general officer. She took an honorary retirement in 2004 and retired as the inspector-general and deputy commander of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps.

Shahida Malik worked day and night and never stood 2nd in class. She passed her Matric and gained FSc as a Talent Scholar. In matric, she stood 1st in Rawalpindi Division and in FSc she stood 2nd in the board with just one mark. Shahida joined Fatima Jinnah Medical College Lahore and always worked hard and stood amongst the top students. Later when Shahida qualified in 1969, she had distinction and Gold Medal in Surgery.

Shahida started her house job in the hospital attached to Fatima Jinnah Medical College Lahore. She was utterly disappointed to see the state of poor patients and apathy of most of the doctors. There was no accountability at any stage and this made her extremely unhappy, as soon as her father told her that Army was inducting doctors, she applied immediately.

Shahida Malik joined Army Medical Corps in February 1970 as GDMO (General Duty Medical Officer) and was posted as Lieutenant at CMH Jhelum. In 1972, she was posted to CMH Risalpur and was promoted to the rank of Captain, following this it was CMH Rawalpindi and then for a very short time in PNS Shifa Karachi. From Karachi Shaihda was posted to CMH Quetta and promoted to the rank of Major.

Shahida accompanied her husband to UK for his fellowship from 1977 to 1979. On returning from UK, she was posted to CMH Rawalpindi as Staff Surgeon till 1986 when she was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1986, she was then posted to CMH Peshawar as MO I/C Family Wing till 1995.

In 1995, Shahida reported to AFM College Rawalpindi for MSc Advanced Medical Administration Course held by Quaid-i-Azam University. She topped the course and was awarded ‘Burki Gold Medal’. This qualification prepares the administrator of various hospitals to perform even more efficiently in further managing and providing excellent patient care to patients in hospitals. In short, it is a detailed one year course that prepares a hospital administrator to perform his job in the best possible manner.

During all this period her competence and compassion with patients were rewarded by excellent Annual Confidential Reports (ACR) and this made her promotion possible whenever due. In short, her honesty, hard work, excellent doctor-patient relation won for her many friends and excellence in her profession.

In 1996, Shahida was appointed Deputy Commandant (Administration and Support Services) a daunting job, but she took it as a great challenge. AFIC/NIHD is a premier institute of the country with a state of the art cardiac care both in Cardiology and Cardiac surgery. Her immediate desire as an administrator was to provide the best medical care to cardiac patients.

Shahida gave the best to her very successful family and the same to her profession. The end result was excellent in both fields.

A field hockey player, Islahuddin Siddique was born on 10 January, 1948. Islahuddin, a right winger, led Pakistan to Hockey World Cup glory in 1978. Not only did Pakistan win the World Cup in 1978 under his leadership but it completed a grand slam by winning the Champions Trophy and an Asian Games Gold medal as well.

Islahuddin Siddiqui played between 1967 and 1978. He was capped 130 times and scored 117 goals. He won Silver in the 1972 Olympics and Bronze in the 1976 Olympics. Islahuddin won the 1971 World Cup. When he was Captain, Isahuddin was runner-up in the 1975 and 1978 World Cups.

After his retirement from the sport he has been associated with hockey as a coach and manager of the National team along with commentator and member of the FIH rules board. FIH awarded greatest award in hockey services, the diploma of merit, in recognition of his international hockey services.

He was also the captain of the Pakistan hockey team in 45 test matches (43 matches were won and 2 matches ended in a draw). He was a gold medalist in the 1970 Asian games (Bangkok). Islahuddin Siddique won a gold medal in the first world cup in Barcelona (1971)

President of Pakistan (Zia ul haq) gave him pride of performance and sitara e imtiaz in the services of hockey (sitara e imtiaz in 2007). He was also the manager and chief coach of Asian 11 in 1990 and Asian 11 won 5 continents tournament.