Tribute to Arfa Karim (World's Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional) (1995-2012)

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Arfa Karim Randhawa (Urdu: ارفع کریم رندهاوا‎) (1995 -- January 14, 2012), in Jatt Randhawa family was a student from village Chak No. 4JB Ram Dewali, Faisalabad in Pakistan, who in 2004 at the age of 9 years, became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCPs) in the world,[1] a title she kept until 2008.[2][3][4] She was invited by Bill Gates to visit the Microsoft Headquarters in USA.[5] S. Somasegar, the vice president of the Software Development Division, wrote about it in his blog.[3] She also wrote a poem about Bill Gates [6]
On returning to Pakistan, Arfa had numerous interviews on almost all of the country's known television channels and newspapers. In August 2005, Arfa Karim received the Fatimah Jinnah Gold Medal in the field of Science and Technology, presented by the Prime Minister of Pakistan at that time. She also received the Salaam Pakistan Youth Award again in August 2005 by the President of Pakistan.[7] Arfa Karim is also the recipient of the President's Award for Pride of Performance. This is a very high level civil award granted to people who have shown excellence in their respective fields over a long period of time. Arfa is till now the youngest recipient of that award ever.
Arfa Karim has also represented Pakistan on various international forums, she was invited by the IT Professionals of Dubai for a stay of two weeks in Dubai. A dinner reception was hosted for her there, which was attended by the diagnostics of Dubai including the Ambassador of Pakistan. During that trip, Arfa was presented with various medals and awards. She also flew a plane in a flying club in Dubai at the age of 10, and received the first flight certificate.
In November 2006, Arfa was invited by Microsoft to be a part of the keynote session in the Tech-Ed Developers conference held in Barcelona. The theme of the conference was "Get ahead of the game" and Arfa was presented as a true specimen of being ahead of the game. She was the only Pakistani among over 5000 developers in that conference.
As of 2011, at the age of 16, Arfa Karim was studying at Lahore Grammar School Paragon Campus in her second year of A Levels. She suffered from cardiac arrest after an epileptic seizure on December 22, 2011 and was admitted to Lahore's Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in critical condition.[2][8][9][10]
On January 2, 2012 Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani visited the hospital with his daughter Fiza Batol Gilani to inquire about the health of Arfa Karim Randhawa.[11]
On January 9, 2012, Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft, has made contact with Arfa's parents, and directed his doctors to adopt "every kind of measure" for her treatment.[12]
On January 13, 2012, The condition of world's youngest MCP Arfa Karim is improving and some parts of her brain have shown signs of improvement. Arfa fell desperately ill last month and doctors say she has suffered brain damage, leaving her in a coma at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Lahore. Her father, Amjad Karim Randhawa, said Microsoft had raised the possibility of flying Arfa to the US for care.[13]
On January 14, 2012 16 years old Arfa Karim died[14] at 9:50 PM (Pakistan Standard Time) at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Lahore.[15]

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  • Is jahan mien Shaad raho ya Naa-shaad raho

    mager kuch aesa ker k chaloo k yaad rahoo!

    Allah ta'ala iss piyare nasi S.A.W.W ki Shafa'at or deedar naseeb kare, chahne waloo ko saber ata kare, Ameen!

  • May your soul rest in peace. God bless you cute genius

    

  • Mo words to describe about this Star .

    ALLAH Give Him place in Heaven . Ameen

  • RIP Arfa.love u always from India :)

  • this song is truly meant for you Arfa!! :'( Nayab ho tum...:'(

  • May Allah grant her paradise

  • What a great loss to her country and family. May Allah rest her soul in peace and reward her with Janat Insha Allah. I pray for her from the depths of my heart. I hope and wish Allah give Saber to her family and relatives it's a very difficult time for them but this was her destiny and we shall all go back to Allah one day.

  • For ever never

    Never and never ever

    Ever and ever never

    Ever never , never ever

    Never ever , ever never

    For ever never

    Miss someone except you.

  • We proud of you may bless u in jannat

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