2 February 1995 – 14 January 2012

                           Arfa Karim Randhawa

Arfa Karim Randhawa  was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy, who in 2004 at the age of nine years became Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), the youngest in the world until 2008.

 She was invited by Bill Gates to visit the Microsoft Headquarters in the USA.

A Science park in Lahore was named after her, the Arfa Software Technology Park

After returning to Pakistan from a visit to Microsoft headquarters, Arfa gave numerous television and newspaper interviews. S. Somasegar, the vice president of the Software Development Division, wrote about her in his blog.

On 2 August 2005, Arfa Karim was presented the Fatimah Jinnah Gold Medal in the field of Science and Technology by the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaukat Aziz on the occasion of 113th birth anniversary of Fatima Jinnah.

She also received the Salaam Pakistan Youth Award again in August 2005 from the President of Pakistan.Arfa Karim is also the recipient of the President's Award for Pride of Performance,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..

In 2011, at the age of 16, Arfa Karim was studying at the Lahore Grammar School Paragon Campus in her second year of A-levels. On 22 December 2011 she suffered a cardiac arrest after an epileptic seizure that damaged her brain, and was admitted to Lahore's Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in critical condition.

Regards,

Aryan Singhania