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Arfa Karim
Arfa Karim
ارفع کریم
	Karim c. 2005
Born	Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa; 2 February 1995; Faisalabad, Pakistan
Died	14 January 2012 (aged 16); Combined Military Hospital Lahore, Pakistan
Cause of death	Cardiac arrest due to epileptic seizure
Resting place	Ram Diwali, Faisalabad
Alma mater	Lahore Grammar School, Paragon City Branch
Known for	World's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional, 2004–2008
Awards	Fatima Jinnah Gold Medal (2005); Presidential Pride of Performance (2005);

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Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa (Urdu: ارفع کریم رندھاوا‎, Punjabi: ارفع کریم رندھاوا‎; 2 February 1995 – 14 January 2012) was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy who became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in 2004. She was submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records for her achievement.^[3] Arfa kept the title until 2008 and went on to represent Pakistan on various international forums, including the TechEd Developers Conference. She received Pakistan's highest literary award, the Presidential Pride of Performance from General Pervez Musharraf in 2005. A science park in Lahore, the Arfa Software Technology Park, is named in her honour.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] At the age of 10, Arfa was invited by Bill Gates to visit Microsoft's headquarters in the United States.^[8] She died in 2012, aged 16, from a cardiac arrest.

Biography

Early life

Randhawa was born into an ethnic Punjabi family from Ram Diwali in Faisalabad District, Punjab, Pakistan.^{[citation needed]}

Career

After returning to Pakistan from a visit to the Microsoft headquarters, Randhawa gave numerous television and newspaper interviews. S. Somasegar, the vice president of Microsoft's Software Development Division, wrote about her in his blog.^[7] On 2 August 2005, Arfa was presented the Fatimah Jinnah Gold Medal in the field of Science and Technology by the prime minister of Pakistan Shaukat Aziz at the 113th anniversary of Fatima Jinnah's birth.^[9] She also received the Salaam Pakistan Youth Award in August 2005 from the president of Pakistan.^[10] Randhawa received the President's Award for Pride of Performance in 2005,^[11] a civil award usually granted to people who have shown excellence in their respective fields over a long period of time; she is the youngest recipient of this award. She was made brand ambassador for Pakistan Telecommunication Company's 3G Wireless Broadband service, "EVO", in January 2010.^[12]

Recognition

Upon her return from the US, Randhawa became an icon in Pakistan.^[13] She was interviewed by various channels, invited to several international conferences and summits, and received awards from the president and prime minister of Pakistan.^[14] In 2006, Microsoft invited her to be the keynote speaker at the Tech-Ed developers conference held in Barcelona.^[11]

Representation at international forums

Randhawa represented Pakistan on various international forums and was invited by the Pakistan Information Technology Professionals Forum for a two-week stay in Dubai, where a dinner reception was hosted in her honour; Dubai dignitaries, including the Ambassador of Pakistan, attended. She was presented with various awards and gifts, including a laptop.^[15] In November 2006, Randhawa attended the Tech-Ed Developers conference themed Get Ahead of The Game held in after receiving an invitation from Microsoft.^[11] She was the only Pakistani among over 5000 developers in that conference.^[16]

Death

In 2011, Randhawa was studying at the Lahore Grammar School Paragon Campus in her second year of A-levels. On 22 December 2011, she had a cardiac arrest after an epileptic seizure that damaged her brain and was admitted to Lahore's Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in critical condition.^[6]

On 9 January 2012, Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, contacted Randhawa's parents and directed her 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 assisted in diagnosing and treating her illness.^[17] Local doctors dismissed the option of moving Randhawa to another hospital due to her being on a ventilator and in critical condition. Members of her family have lauded Bill Gates for offering to bear her treatment expenses.^[18]

Randhawa began to improve on 13 January 2012, and some areas of her brain began to show indications of healing. Microsoft had discussed flying her to the United States for treatment, according to her father, Amjad Abdul Karim Randhawa.^[19]

Randhawa died at a hospital in Lahore on 14 January 2012, aged 16. Her funeral, which was held on the following day, was attended by the Chief Minister of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif. She was buried in her ancestral village Chak No. 4JB Ram Diwali, on Faisalabad-Sargodha Road Faisalabad.^[20]

Arfa Software Technology Park

Arfa Software Technology Park is the country's largest Information and Communications Technology Park located in Lahore.^[21] The seventeen-storey building is the first international standard facility in Pakistan.^[21] The project started under the name "Lahore Technology Park" before being renamed "Arfa Software Technology Park" on 15 January 2012.^[21] There is a permanent secretariat of the Arfa Karim Foundation at the Arfa Software Technology Park. ^[22]

References

^ "Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". geo.tv. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ "Arfa Karim Late - The Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional from Pakistan". Matics Today. 16 January 2020. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "Arfa Karim in Guinness Book". The Express Tribune. 23 August 2017. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^ "Software Technology Park name changed to Arfa Software Technology Park". The News (newspaper). 16 January 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
^ "9-year-old earns accolade as Microsoft pro". Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Remembering a remarkable girl who made a mark on Microsoft". 30 December 2011. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Arfa Karim Randhawa young IT child prodigy | Pakistan's youngest MCP". 2 January 2012. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ In smarts, she's a perfect 10 – Seattle Pi Archived 14 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "Fatima Jinnah Award given to 59 personalities". DAWN. 3 August 2005. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
^ Technology: 'Shining Pakistan' – DAWN Science; 10 September 2005. Archived 21 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c Dawn.com (14 January 2012). "Arfa Karim passes away in Lahore". Dawn. Pakistan. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ "PTCL striving hard to provide best services". Daily Times. 24 January 2010. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
^ "Arfa Karim a wonder child of Pakistan". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
^ "Arfa Karim: The sun sets in the East". Pakistan Today. 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^ "Child prodigy honoured". DAWN. 27 August 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
^ "Arfa Abdul Karim's funeral prayer offered in Lahore". Samaa News. 15 January 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
^ Report, Dawn (15 January 2012). "Arfa loses fight against epilepsy". Dawn. Pakistan. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ "Bill Gates contacts Arfa's father for treatment". Geo.tv. 7 January 2012. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
^ "Arfa Karim remembered". The News International. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ "The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 15 Jan 2012, Retrieved 22 Dec 2016". Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Arfa Software Technology Park | PITB". Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ "Shahbaz praises Arfa; inaugurates IT Park". The Nation. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

External links

Special Report: Honor to Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa World's Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Arfa Kareem (2 February 1995 – 14 January 2012) Research Project
(in Urdu) Video: Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa Died in Lahore Hospital
Special Report: Honor to Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa Interviews & Pictures of Arifa Abdul Karim
(in Urdu) Video: Arfa Abdul Karim passed away Exclusive Interview and Photos

[1] "Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". geo.tv. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

[2] "Arfa Karim Late - The Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional from Pakistan". Matics Today. 16 January 2020. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[3] "Arfa Karim in Guinness Book". The Express Tribune. 23 August 2017. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

[technologypark-4] "Software Technology Park name changed to Arfa Software Technology Park". The News (newspaper). 16 January 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

[5] "9-year-old earns accolade as Microsoft pro". Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

[Remembering_Arfa-6] "Remembering a remarkable girl who made a mark on Microsoft". 30 December 2011. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

[pakblogyoungitchild-7] "Arfa Karim Randhawa young IT child prodigy | Pakistan's youngest MCP". 2 January 2012. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

[8] In smarts, she's a perfect 10 – Seattle Pi Archived 14 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine.

[Fatima_Jinnah_Award-9] "Fatima Jinnah Award given to 59 personalities". DAWN. 3 August 2005. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

[10] Technology: 'Shining Pakistan' – DAWN Science; 10 September 2005. Archived 21 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[Arfa_Abdul_Karim_passes_away-11] Dawn.com (14 January 2012). "Arfa Karim passes away in Lahore". Dawn. Pakistan. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

[PTCL_brand_amdassador-12] "PTCL striving hard to provide best services". Daily Times. 24 January 2010. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

[13] "Arfa Karim a wonder child of Pakistan". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[Pakistan_Today_2012-14] "Arfa Karim: The sun sets in the East". Pakistan Today. 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

[Arfa_honoured-15] "Child prodigy honoured". DAWN. 27 August 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

[Arfa,_Samaa_News_report-16] "Arfa Abdul Karim's funeral prayer offered in Lahore". Samaa News. 15 January 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

[Arfa_Abdul_Karim_Funeral-17] Report, Dawn (15 January 2012). "Arfa loses fight against epilepsy". Dawn. Pakistan. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

[18] "Bill Gates contacts Arfa's father for treatment". Geo.tv. 7 January 2012. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

[19] "Arfa Karim remembered". The News International. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

[Arfa_Last_Farewell-20] "The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 15 Jan 2012, Retrieved 22 Dec 2016". Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

[:0-21] "Arfa Software Technology Park | PITB". Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

[22] "Shahbaz praises Arfa; inaugurates IT Park". The Nation. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

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 | death_cause        = Cardiac arrest due to [[epileptic seizure]]
 | resting_place      = [[Ram Diwali]], Faisalabad
-| alma_mater         = [[Lahore Grammar School]]
+| alma_mater         = [[Lahore Grammar School]], Paragon City Branch
 | known_for          = World's youngest [[Microsoft Certified Professional]], 2004–2008<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/|title=Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos|website=geo.tv|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523125504/https://www.geo.tv/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=16 January 2020|title=Arfa Karim Late - The Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional from Pakistan|url=https://www.maticstoday.com/2020/01/16/arfa-karim-late-the-youngest-microsoft-certified-professional-from-pakistan/|access-date=22 January 2021|website=Matics Today|language=en-US|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118015610/https://www.maticstoday.com/2020/01/16/arfa-karim-late-the-youngest-microsoft-certified-professional-from-pakistan/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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 '''Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa'''
+({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|ارفع کریم رندھاوا}}&lrm;}}, {{langx|pa|{{Nastaliq|ارفع کریم رندھاوا}}&lrm;}}; 2 February 1995&nbsp;– 14 January 2012) was a Pakistani student and computer [[Child prodigy|prodigy]] who became the youngest [[Microsoft Certified Professional]] (MCP) in 2004. She was submitted to the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]] for her achievement.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arfa Karim in Guinness Book |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1485803/15-noteworthy-guinness-world-records-that-make-pakistan-proud/ |website=The Express Tribune |date=23 August 2017 |access-date=22 July 2018 |archive-date=22 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125841/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1485803/15-noteworthy-guinness-world-records-that-make-pakistan-proud/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Arfa kept the title until 2008 and went on to represent Pakistan on various international forums, including the [[Microsoft Ignite|TechEd Developers Conference]]. She received Pakistan's highest literary award, the [[Pride of Performance|Presidential Pride of Performance]] from General [[Pervez Musharraf]] in 2005. A [[science park]] in [[Lahore]], the [[Arfa Software Technology Park]], is named in her honour.<ref name=technologypark>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=87791&Cat=2 |title=Software Technology Park name changed to Arfa Software Technology Park |publisher=[[The News (Pakistan)|The News]] (newspaper) |date=16 January 2012 |access-date=16 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116101251/http://thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=87791&Cat=2 |archive-date=16 January 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/9-year-old-earns-accolade-as-Microsoft-pro/2100-1012_3-5793614.html?type=pt&part=inv&tag=feed&subj=news|title=9-year-old earns accolade as Microsoft pro|access-date=14 January 2012|archive-date=9 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409205329/http://www.url/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Remembering Arfa">{{cite news|title=Remembering a remarkable girl who made a mark on Microsoft|url=http://www.geekwire.com/2011/arfa|access-date=15 January 2012|date=30 December 2011|archive-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617065839/https://www.geekwire.com/2011/arfa/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="pakblogyoungitchild"/> At the age of 10, Arfa was invited by [[Bill Gates]] to visit [[Microsoft Redmond campus|Microsoft's headquarters]] in the United States.<ref>[http://www.seattlepi.com/business/232514_msftarfa14.html In smarts, she's a perfect 10 – Seattle Pi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114071458/https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/In-smarts-she-s-a-perfect-10-1178306.php |date=14 January 2022 }}.</ref> She died in 2012, aged 16, from a cardiac arrest.
-({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|ارفع کریم رندھاوا}}&lrm;}};
-({{lang-pa|{{Nastaliq|ارفع کریم رندھاوا}}&lrm;}}; 2 February 1995&nbsp;– 14 January 2012) was a Pakistani student and computer [[Child prodigy|prodigy]] who became the youngest [[Microsoft Certified Professional]] (MCP) in 2004. She was submitted to the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]] for her achievement.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arfa Karim in Guinness Book |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1485803/15-noteworthy-guinness-world-records-that-make-pakistan-proud/ |website=The Express Tribune |date=23 August 2017 |access-date=22 July 2018 |archive-date=22 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125841/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1485803/15-noteworthy-guinness-world-records-that-make-pakistan-proud/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Arfa kept the title until 2008 and went on to represent Pakistan on various international forums, including the [[Microsoft Ignite|TechEd Developers Conference]]. She received Pakistan's highest literary award, the [[Pride of Performance|Presidential Pride of Performance]] from General [[Pervez Musharraf]] in 2005. A [[science park]] in [[Lahore]], the [[Arfa Software Technology Park]], is named in her honour.<ref name=technologypark>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=87791&Cat=2 |title=Software Technology Park name changed to Arfa Software Technology Park |publisher=[[The News (Pakistan)|The News]] (newspaper) |date=16 January 2012 |access-date=16 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116101251/http://thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=87791&Cat=2 |archive-date=16 January 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/9-year-old-earns-accolade-as-Microsoft-pro/2100-1012_3-5793614.html?type=pt&part=inv&tag=feed&subj=news|title=9-year-old earns accolade as Microsoft pro|access-date=14 January 2012|archive-date=9 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409205329/http://www.url/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Remembering Arfa">{{cite news|title=Remembering a remarkable girl who made a mark on Microsoft|url=http://www.geekwire.com/2011/arfa|access-date=15 January 2012|date=30 December 2011|archive-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617065839/https://www.geekwire.com/2011/arfa/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="pakblogyoungitchild"/> At the age of 10, Arfa was invited by [[Bill Gates]] to visit [[Microsoft Redmond campus|Microsoft's headquarters]] in the United States.<ref>[http://www.seattlepi.com/business/232514_msftarfa14.html In smarts, she's a perfect 10 – Seattle Pi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114071458/https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/In-smarts-she-s-a-perfect-10-1178306.php |date=14 January 2022 }}.</ref> She died in 2012, aged 16, from a cardiac arrest.
 ==Biography==
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 ===Representation at international forums===
-Randhawa represented Pakistan on various international forums and was invited by the Pakistan Information Technology Professionals Forum for a two-week stay in [[Dubai]], where a dinner reception was hosted in her honour; Dubai dignitaries, including the Ambassador of Pakistan, attended. She was presented with various awards and gifts, including a laptop.<ref name="Arfa honoured">{{cite news|title=Child prodigy honoured |url=http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/science/archive/050827/science11.htm |access-date=15 January 2012 |newspaper=DAWN |date=27 August 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118190059/http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/science/archive/050827/science11.htm |archive-date=18 January 2012 }}</ref> In November 2006, Randhawa attended the [[TechEd|Tech-Ed Developers conference]] themed ''Get Ahead of The Game'' held in after receiving an invitation from Microsoft.<ref name="Arfa Abdul Karim passes away"/> She was the only Pakistani among over 5000 developers in that conference.<ref name="Arfa, Samaa News report">{{cite news|title=Arfa Abdul Karim's funeral prayer offered in Lahore |url=http://www.samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=41610&CID=1 |access-date=15 January 2012 |newspaper=Samaa News |date=15 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116102049/http://samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=41610&CID=1 |archive-date=16 January 2012 }}</ref>
+Randhawa represented [[Pakistan]] on various international forums and was invited by the Pakistan [[Information technology|Information Technology]] Professionals Forum for a two-week stay in [[Dubai]], where a dinner reception was hosted in her honour; Dubai dignitaries, including the Ambassador of Pakistan, attended. She was presented with various awards and gifts, including a laptop.<ref name="Arfa honoured">{{cite news|title=Child prodigy honoured |url=http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/science/archive/050827/science11.htm |access-date=15 January 2012 |newspaper=DAWN |date=27 August 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118190059/http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/science/archive/050827/science11.htm |archive-date=18 January 2012 }}</ref> In November 2006, Randhawa attended the [[TechEd|Tech-Ed Developers conference]] themed ''Get Ahead of The Game'' held in after receiving an invitation from Microsoft.<ref name="Arfa Abdul Karim passes away"/> She was the only Pakistani among over 5000 developers in that conference.<ref name="Arfa, Samaa News report">{{cite news|title=Arfa Abdul Karim's funeral prayer offered in Lahore |url=http://www.samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=41610&CID=1 |access-date=15 January 2012 |newspaper=Samaa News |date=15 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116102049/http://samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=41610&CID=1 |archive-date=16 January 2012 }}</ref>
 ===Death===
-In 2014, Randhawa was studying at the [[Lahore Grammar School]] Paragon Campus in her second year of [[GCE Advanced Level|A-levels]]. On 22 December 2011, she had a [[cardiac arrest]] after an [[epileptic seizure]] that damaged her brain and was admitted to Lahore's [[Combined Military Hospital]] (CMH) in [[critical condition]].<ref name="Remembering Arfa"/>
+In 2011, Randhawa was studying at the [[Lahore Grammar School]] Paragon Campus in her second year of [[GCE Advanced Level|A-levels]]. On 22 December 2011, she had a [[cardiac arrest]] after an [[epileptic seizure]] that damaged her brain and was admitted to Lahore's [[Combined Military Hospital]] (CMH) in [[critical condition]].<ref name="Remembering Arfa"/>
 On 9 January 2012, [[Bill Gates]], chairman of Microsoft, contacted Randhawa's parents and directed her 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 assisted in diagnosing and treating her illness.<ref name="Arfa Abdul Karim Funeral">{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/688277|title=Arfa loses fight against epilepsy|first=Dawn|last=Report|date=15 January 2012|website=Dawn|location=Pakistan|access-date=23 December 2016|archive-date=30 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830230042/https://www.dawn.com/news/688277|url-status=live}}</ref> Local doctors dismissed the option of moving Randhawa to another hospital due to her being on a [[ventilator]] and in critical condition. Members of her family have lauded Bill Gates for offering to bear her treatment expenses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geo.tv/GeoDetail.aspx?ID=30273 |title=Bill Gates contacts Arfa's father for treatment |publisher=Geo.tv |date=7 January 2012 |access-date=14 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112024616/http://www.geo.tv/GeoDetail.aspx?ID=30273 |archive-date=12 January 2012 }}</ref>
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 == Arfa Software Technology Park ==
-[[Arfa Software Technology Park]] is the country's largest Information and Communications Technology Park located in [[Lahore]].<ref name=":0" /> The seventeen-storey building is the first international standard facility in Pakistan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pitb.gov.pk/astp|title=Arfa Software Technology Park &#124; PITB|access-date=14 January 2021|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115193439/https://www.pitb.gov.pk/astp|url-status=live}}</ref> The project started under the name "Lahore Technology Park" before being renamed "Arfa Software Technology Park" on 15 January 2012.<ref name=":0" />
+[[Arfa Software Technology Park]] is the country's largest Information and Communications Technology Park located in [[Lahore]].<ref name=":0" /> The seventeen-storey building is the first international standard facility in Pakistan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pitb.gov.pk/astp|title=Arfa Software Technology Park &#124; PITB|access-date=14 January 2021|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115193439/https://www.pitb.gov.pk/astp|url-status=live}}</ref> The project started under the name "Lahore Technology Park" before being renamed "Arfa Software Technology Park" on 15 January 2012.<ref name=":0" /> There is a permanent secretariat of the Arfa Karim Foundation at the Arfa Software Technology Park. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-10 |title=Shahbaz praises Arfa; inaugurates IT Park |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/10-Feb-2012/shahbaz-praises-arfa-inaugurates-it-park |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=The Nation |language=en-US}}</ref>
 ==See also==
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 [[Category:2012 deaths]]
 [[Category:Lahore Grammar School alumni]]
-[[Category:Punjabi people]]
 [[Category:Pakistani children]]
 [[Category:Pakistani computer programmers]]

v t e Recipients of the Pride of Performance for Arts
1950s	Abdur Rehman Chughtai (1958) Zainul Abedin (1958) Hafeez Jalandhari (1958) Professor Abdus Salam (1958)
1960s	Roshan Ara Begum (1960) Fateh Ali Khan (Qawwali singer) (1960) Tassaduq Hussain (1960) Sadequain (1962) Mehdi Ali Mirza (1962) Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum (1962) Ahmed Mohiuddin (1962) Allah Bakhsh (1963) Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi (1963) Noor Jehan (1965) A.S.M. Qamarul Hasan (1965) Zubaida Agha (1965) Ferdausi Begum (1965) Sharif Khan Poonchwaley (1965) Imtiaz Ali Taj (1965) Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (1966) Shakir Ali (1966) Khwaja Moinuddin (1966) Ayat Ali Khan (1966) Ustad Haji Mohammad Sharif (1967) Munshi Raziuddin (1967) Rafi Peer (1967) Ali Imam (1968) Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (1968) Amanat Ali Khan (1969) Bade Fateh Ali Khan (1969) Leila Arjumand Banu (1969) Umeed Ali Khan (1969) Mohammad Kibria (1969) Anna Molka Ahmed (1969)
1970s	Ismail Gulgee (1970) Farida Khanum (1970) Naheed Niazi (1970) Muslehuddin (1970) Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan (1971) S. M. Ikram (1971) Iqbal Bano (1974) Salamat Ali Khan (1977) Munir Sarhadi (1978) Ahmed Parvez (1978) Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan (1978) Sabri Brothers (1978) Ibn-e-Insha (1978) Faiz Mohammad Baloch (1979) Khamiso Khan (1979) Kishwar Sultan (1979) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Sitar Nawaz) (1979) Ghulam Ali (1979) Alam Lohar (1979) Mureed Buledi (1979) Misri Khan Jamali (1979) Pathanay Khan (1979) Mohammad Azam Chishti (1979) Ashfaq Ahmed (1979) Nabi Bakhsh Baloch (1979)
1980s	Mohammad Qavi Khan (1980) Ustad Khyal Muhammad (1980) Allan Fakir (1980) Sohail Rana (1980) Khalid Iqbal (1980) Aazar Zubi (1980) Malika Pukhraj (1980) Muhammad Juman (1980) Qari Shakir Qasmi (1981) Nasir Jahan (1981) Mansoor Tabish (1981) Qari Syed Ali Sharfuddin Yemni (1981) Nanhe Ali Khan (music performer))(1981) Roohi Bano (1981) Alexander Robert (1981) Mai Bhagi (1981) Mirza Adeeb (1981) Uzma Gillani (1982) Qari Ubaidur Rehman (1982) Talat Hussain (1982) Tufail Niazi (1982) Reshma (1982) Arsh Muneer (1983) Ustad Nazar Hussain (1983) Atta Shad (1983) Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi (1984) Begum Khurshid Mirza (1984) Abida Parveen (1984) Muhammad Ali (1984) Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini, Nafees Raqam (1985) Ustad Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan (1985) Bundu Khan (1985) Mehdi Hasan (1985) Shaukat Hussain (1985) Qari Ghulam Rasool (1985) Siddiq Ismail (1985) Abid Ali (1985) Syed Mehmood Ali (1985) Sabiha Khanum (1986) Shahzad Khalil (1986) Suraiya Multanikar (1986) Firdous Jamal (1986) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1986) Azhar Lodhi (1986) Riaz Batalvi (1986) Intizar Hussain (1986) Amjad Islam Amjad (1987) Ustad Abdul Majeed Dehlvi (1987) Haseena Moin (1987) Aadil Salahuddin (1987) Sain Akhtar Hussain (1987) Qari Izhar Ahmed Thanvi (1987) Shaista Zaid (1988) Ghulam Hassan Shaggan (1988) Mustafa Qureshi (1988) Muzaffar Warsi (1988) Qazi Wajid (1988) Ustad Kabir Khan (1989) Ghulam Ahmed Chishti (1989) Musarrat Nazir (1989) Shafi Mohammad Shah (1989) Kamal Ahmed Rizvi (1989) Jameel Bismil (1989) Bushra Ansari (1989) Ameer Khan (1989) Amjad Hussain (1989) Ustad Salamat Ali Khan (1989) Aziz Mian (1989) Talish (1989) Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak (1989) Jamil Naqsh (1989) Enver Sajjad (1989)
1990s	Salim Nasir (1990) Daud Kamal (1990) Khalid Hameed Baig (1990) Shaukat Ali (1990) Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan Mando (1990) Ustad Hamid Ali Khan (1990) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Gwalior gharana) (1990) Ahmed Saeed Nagi (1990) Qari Mohammad Fida (1990) Parveen Shakir (1990) Iftikhar Arif (1990) Ibrahim Jalees (1990) Jamiluddin Aali (1991) Khursheed Alam known as Gohar Qalam (1991) Khayyam Sarhadi (1991) Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi (1991) Ata ul Haq Qasmi (1991) Nayyar Ali Dada (1992) Shakeel (Yousuf Kamal) (1992) Noor Mohammad Lashari (1992) Tariq Aziz (1992) Mustansar Hussain Tarar (1992) Pervez Malik (1992) Jawed Iqbal (1992) Mian Ijazul Hasan (1992) Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman (1992) Munir Niazi (1992) Naseem Hijazi (1992) Mian Sheheryar (1992) Mushtaq Gazdar (1992) Waheed Qureshi (1993) Ismail Shahid (1993) Saeed Akhtar (1993) Ali Ejaz (1993) S.H. Hashmi (1993) Syed Manzoorul Kaunain (1993) Qari Syed Buzurg Shah Al-Azhari (1993) Agha Nasir (1993) Farooq Qaiser (1993) Bashir Mirza (1994) Ahmad Bashir (1994) Shahid Jalal (1994) Qari Mohammad Younus (1994) Qari Syed Ali Abid Naqvi (1994) Mehr Abdul Haq (1994) Nisar Bazmi (1994) Hamid Ali Bela (1994) Zareena Baloch (1994) Anwar Maqsood (1994) Shujaat Hashmi (1994) Qateel Shifai (1994) Zamir Niazi (1994)) Tufail Hoshiarpuri (1994) Nahid Siddiqui (1994)) Laeeq Ahmed (1994) Abdus Salam (newscaster) (1994) Allah Rakha (sarangi) (1995) Ustad Talib Hussain Khan (1995) Colin David (1995) Shoaib Hashmi (1995) Rauf Khalid (1995) Laila Shahzada (1995) Hajra Masroor (1995) Khursheed Ahmad (1996) Mashooq Sultan (1996) Safeerullah Lehri (1996) Afzal Ahsan Randhawa (1996) Qari Noor Mohammad (1996) Rubina Khalid (1996) Fatima Surayya Bajia (1996) Sehba Akhtar (1996) Mohammad Ali Shah (surgeon) (1996) Ahmad Rahi (1997) Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla (1997) Nadeem Baig (1997) Abdul Hameed (1997) Masroor Anwar (1997) Ahmad Ali Khan (1997) Akhtar Chanal Zahri (1998) Mumtaz Mirza (1998) Suhrab Faqir (1999) Dilawar Figar (1999) Salima Hashmi (1999) Anwar Masood (1999) Anita Ghulam Ali (1999) Zafar Iqbal (poet) (1999) Khalid Abbas Dar (1999) Khatir Ghaznavi (1999) Mujahid Kamran (1999) Raza Mir (1999)
2000s	Amjad Parvez (2000) Sharif Kunjahi (2000) Kajjan Begum (2001) Kamaluddin Ahmed (2001) Athar Shah Khan Jaidi (2001) Jameel Fakhri (2002) Nazia Hassan (2002) Deena M. Mistri (2002) Askari Mian Irani (2002) Himayat Ali Shair (2002) Shoaib Mansoor (2002) Jilani Kamran (2002) Iftikhar Ahmad (2003) Ada Jafri (2003) Syed Afzal Hussain (2003) Syed Munawwar Saeed (2003) Abdul Aziz Baloch (2003) Ghulam Mustafa (2003) Majeed Khan (sarangi player) (2003) Muneeza Hashmi (2003) Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (2003) Imdad Hussaini (2003) Muhammad Usman Diplai (2004) Yousuf Khan (actor) (2004) Mahtab Akbar Rashdi (2004) Chishty Bin Subh-o-Mujahid (2004) Navid Shahzad (2004) Salahuddin Toofani (2004) S. M. Naqi (2004) Haji Atta Muhammad (2004) Moin Niazi (2004) Shahida Parveen (2004) Tina Sani (2004) Niaz Ahmed (2004) Samiur Rahman (2004) Tariq Rahman (2004) Rais Khan (2005) Arif Lohar (2005) Rangeela (2005) Muhammad Mansha Yaad (2005) Shabnam Shakeel (2005) Abdul Rauf Rufi (2005) Khawaja Najmul Hassan (2005) Amir Adnan (2006) Asghar Nadeem Syed (2006) Arshad Mehmood (2006) Arfa Karim (2006) Fareed Ayaz (2006) Nayyar Kamal (2006) Tassawar Khanum (2006) Ustad Badar uz Zaman (2006) Ustad Qamar uz Zaman (2006) Shafqat Tanvir Mirza (2006) Zehra Nigah (2006) Khalida Hussain (2006) Ghazi Sial (2006) Nayyara Noor (2006) Masood Akhtar (2006) Aftab Iqbal Shamim (2006) Naheed Akhtar (2007) Shaan (2007) Asad Amanat Ali Khan (2007) Hamid Ali Khan (2007) Faakhir Mehmood (2007) Munnu Bhai (2007) Munni Begum (2008) Akhtar Munir (2008) Gopal Das (2008) Haji Mehr Ali (2008) Haji Sher Ali (2008) Nahid Raza (2008) Gul Bahar Bano (2008) Mujahid Hussain (2008) Rasheed Malik (2008) Sultana Siddiqui (2008) Abdul Karim Balouch (2008) Abdul Qadir Junejo (2008) M. Hanif Raza (2008) Nasreen Askari (2008) Shafqat Amanat Ali (2008) Mansoor Rahi (2008) Tari Khan (2008) Noorul Huda Shah (2008) Rasheed Naz (2009) Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan (2009) Muhammad Younus Khan (2009) Emanuel Philip (2009) Rehana Siddiqui (2009) Shabbir Hussain (2009) Manzoor Hussain (2009) Parveen Nazzar (2009) Javaid Tufail Niazi (2009) Babar Ali Niazi (2009) Hajra Mansoor (2009) Behroze Sabzwari (2009) Obaidullah Baig (2009) Khalifa Muhammad Irshad Beg (2009) Naseem Sultan (2009) Ghous Bux Brohi (2009) Sahib Dino Mallah (2009) Satish Chandra Anand (2009) Rubeena Malik (2009) Badar Munir (2009) Muhammad Gul (2009) Mehnaz Hyat (2009) Abdul Qadir (2009) Ghayyur Akhtar (2009) Aslam Farrukhi (2009) Ali Moeen Nawazish (2009)
2010s	Afzal Tauseef (2010) Musarrat Misbah (2010) Rabia Zuberi (2010) Zulfiqar Ali (2010) Mahmood Shaam (2010) Hameed Akhtar (2010) Fahmida Riaz (2010) Shahid Nadeem (2010) Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo (2010) Masood Mufti (2010) Masood Ashar (2010) Habib-ur-Rehman (2011) Khalida Inayat Noor (2011) Khan Tehsil (2011) Abdul Rahim Nagori (2011) S. Amjad Bukhari (2011) S. B. John (2011) S.H. Qasim Jalali (2011) Samina Ahmad (2011) Sohail Ahmed (2011) Ustad Hussain Bukhsh Gullu (2011) Khalid Ahmad (2011) Ustad Muhammad Alam (2011) Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan (2011) Wazir Afzal (2011) Zafar Kazmi (2011) Moin Akhter (2011) Sahira Kazmi (2012) Mohsin Gillani (2012) Nauman Ijaz (2012) Saba Hameed (2012) Jawed Sheikh (2012) Meera (2012) Rahat Naveed Masud (2012) Lutfullah Khan (2012) Kazim Pasha (2012) Tahira Syed (2013) Muhammad Ajmal Khan (2013) Alamgir (2013) Shahida Mini (2013) Naghma (2013) Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema (2013) Cecil Chaudhry (2013) Shahid Abdullah (2014) Ustad Shafiquz Zaman Khan (2014) Aurangzeb Leghari (2014) Nazir Leghari (2014) Ayub Khawar (2014) Mir Mohammad Ali (TV comedian) (2015) Ayesha Haroon (2015) Saleem Kausar (2015) Saba Qamar (2016) Waseem Abbas (2016) Wajahat Masood (journalist) (2016) Gulab Chandio (2016) Nathoo Khan (2016) Khalid Butt (2016) Sarmad Khoosat (2017) Humaira Channa (2017) Ghazi Salahuddin (2017) Rashid Mehmood (2017) Shakir Shuja Abadi (2017) Zulfiqar Bhutta (2017) Aslam Pervaiz (2018) Ghulam Haider (musician) (2018) Amin Hafeez (2018) A. Nayyar (singer) (2018) Bilqees Khanum (2018) Rauf Parekh (journalist) (2018) Amanullah (comedian) (2018) Nighat Chaudhry (classical dancer) (2018) Nighat Butt (2018) Zareen Panna (2018) Ishrat Fatima (newsreader) (2019) Reema Khan (2019) Arshad Sharif (journalist) (2019) Nasir Adeeb (2019) Shabbir Jan (2019) Iftikhar Thakur (2019)
2020s	Deeba (2020) Ghulam Mohiuddin (2020) Sahir Ali Bagga (2020) Waris Baig (2020) Ghulam Abbas 2020 Saieen Zahoor (2020) Fareed Ayaz (for qawwali group member Abu Muhammad) (2020) Sarmad Sehbai (2021) Resham (2021) Sakina Samo (2021) Khalid Masud Gondal (2021) Humayun Saeed (2021) Hafeez Tahir (2023) Sangeeta (2023) Sher Miandad Khan (2023) Ustad Tafu (2023) Anjuman (2023) Naghma (2023)

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