Arfa Karim Randhawa

Arfa Karim Randhawa February 1995 -- 14 January 2012), was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy, who in 2004 at the age of nine years became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in the world, a title she kept until 2008. She was invited by Bill Gates to visit the Microsoft Headquarters in USA. A Science park in Lahore was named after her as Arfa Karim Technology Park.

Offer by Bill Gates:
On 9 January 2012, Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft, made contact with Arfa's parents, and directed his doctors to adopt "every kind of measure" for her treatment. Gates set up a special panel of international doctors who remained in contact with her local doctors through teleconference. The panel received details about her illness and provided assistance in diagnosis and treatment. Local doctors dismissed the option of Arfa being moved to another hospital due to her being on a ventilator and in critical condition.Relatives and family members of Arfa have lauded Bill Gates for offering to bear her treatment expenses.
[edit]Signs of improvement
On 13 January 2012, Arfa Karim started to improve and some parts of her brain showed signs of improvement. Her father, Amjad Karim Randhawa, said Microsoft had raised the possibility of flying Arfa to the US for care.

Death
On 14 January 2012, 16-year-old Arfa Karim died at 9:50 PM (Pakistan Standard Time) at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Lahore. Her Namaz-e-Janaza was offered in Cavalry Ground Lahore at 10 AM on 15 January 2012, and later at Faisalabad the same day. The funeral was attended by Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif. She was buried at her ancestral village Chak No. 4JB Ram Dewali, Faisalabad.

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[Zee593]

Koi Qabil ho to shaanay Kaheen daitay hain ...

Dhondnay walo ko duniya b naaee daitay hain ..

[MeraUgoki]

ALLAH isko karwat karwat jannat de......

[TheRisingPakistan]

She was clearly way ahead of her life, one can infer from her talks....she passed away, its sad, really sad, but on the other hand, she was very lucky because she achieved so much in 16-17 years that most of the people even can't do half of that through out of their 80 yrs long life...so it does not really matters when end is same...i.e. departure.....! important are achievements...not time taken to achieve....

[TheRisingPakistan]

@DilshadSheza

It does not matter for a hero that someone recognizes his work or not...provided he or she is a real hero. Also it is the duty of Allah to keep the work of a hero alive even till the day of judgement perhaps that is why that most of the great people often remain unsung during their lives but later on when they leave away as per the promise, Allah keeps their work alive...so as i said, real heros dont care abt what others think about them

[kulyateiqbal]

Genius

[1947waqas]

great girl

[DilshadSheza]

Ek aur baat, hum, Pakistani kom, itni ungrateful hain, hum ne hamesha apnay heroes ke saath ganda salook kiya hai. Qaid-e-Azam se hi hum ne yeh adat apna li thi. Jiss tarha Dr Abdul Qadir Khan ko zaleel karwatay rahay. Iss liye shayed Allah ne masoom Arfa ko jaldi utha liya, ke uss ka nana dil itni unfaithfulness bardasht na karta.

[DilshadSheza]

Ek baar phir mere ansoo nikal aye :-( She was not only a genius, but she was also very kind-hearted. Bachay, baray aur bhuray iss say ziyada chottay karnamon pe dimagh kharaab kar ke beth jaatay hain. But our princess was never, not for a second, big-headed. Achay log Allah ko bhi piyaray lagtay hain, aur wo unhain jaldi apnay paas bula letay hain. Ghar walon, Arfa ke maan baap ko Allah sabr karnay ki himmat de aur Arfa ko maghfrat. Ameen.

[mzs100]

Wonderful girl...miss you..GOD bless you heavens.