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Honble chief guest, respected jury, distinguished teachers and my fellows.

Pakistan, a land that has become synonymous with versatile crime, crude jokes about

Talibanisation in the est and a euphemism for all that is dark and dank. There are always two

sides to a coin! the first side is seldom the accurate or the complete picture.

There are plenty of problems in this country, yet somehow " always get the impression that the

media outlets in Pakistan do tend to overemphasi#e the negative aspects over the positives. " am

sure this statement would fetch many comments that can be classified as nefarious by any

linguistic measure. $ut, please, do try to understand the point of all this.

The point is that the country is in transition% it is a volatile transition wherein we all must play a

role to change the social standards and norms of Pakistan.

&ets us pin point stories of success rather than propagating the stories of failures. &et me

introduce myself with u ppl.

" am dr. umar saifand have been named as one of the top '( innovators of the world by )*"T+.

" am the brother of Niala Alamwho has been awarded by white house with HP- /0 for

her humanitarian work.

" am Faizan Buzdar,student of 1"2 and have been acknowledged by the 34 president bama

for my social network for global organi#ation

" am the brother of Ayesha Farooq,just 56, one of the 78 women who have achieved the ranks

of pilots in Pakistan air force.

" am Professor Asim Khawaja, the first professor of Pakistani decent that has been hired by the

prestigious Harvard 3niversitys john f 2ennedy school of government.

" am the brother of Saba Gulwho is the 9ounder and :- popinjay, a social enterprise that

empowers marginali#ed underprivileged girls in Pakistan

" am Ali moeen Nawazish " gained fame for setting a record of acing 5' subjects in the

:ambridge o%level e;amination.

" am the brother of namira salimwho is the first Pakistani to travel into space and who has been

recognised as the first Pakistan astronaut officially.

" am Naiz khan, a visual artist and have been awarded the prince :laus award in 5

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" am karama ali ,the e;ecutive director of the Pakistan institute of labor education and research

." am the recipient of the south sia peace and justice award.

" am !r. Na"eed Syed " am the head of the 0epartment of :ell $iology and natomy at the

3niversity of :algarys in :anada. " am the first scientist to connect brain cells to a silicon chip

" am the brother of sameen shahid who has have been awarded the 9"0 scholarship in 5>0ear fellow

countrymen, :ome what may " will never ever abandon this piece of land.