Arfa Karim laid to rest

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Computer programming prodigy Arfa Karim Randhawawas was laid to rest in her ancestral graveyard in Faisalabad, here on Sunday.
Earlier in the day, her funeral prayers were offered in Lahore. Many prominent leaders, including Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Corps Commander of Lahore, along with a large number of other people, attended Arfa’s funeral prayer at Al-Khalid Masjid in Cavalry Ground, Lahore.
After the funeral prayers her body was sent to her native village Ram Divali in Faisalabad for burial. Arfa’s parents, relatives, and many others accompanied her body to attend the burial ritual.
The young computer programming genius, Arifa Karim Randhawa, died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Lahore on Saturday night.
The 16-year-old girl, who seven years ago became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in the world, was on life support after suffering an epileptic attack. She remained hospitalized for 26 days.
Upon learning of her illness, Microsoft founder Bill Gates offered special assistance for Arfa’s treatment, however she could not be shifted to the US due to her critical condition.
Arfa was only nine years, nine months and 11 days old when she became the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional — a qualification usually gained by IT professionals and software developers — after demonstrating her proficiency with the company’s software.
She was invited by Bill Gates to visit the Microsoft Headquarters in USA.
In August 2005, Arfa Karim received the Fatimah Jinnah Gold Medal in the field of science and technology. She also received the Salaam Pakistan Youth Award again in August 2005.
She was also the recipient of the President’s Award for Pride of Performance. She was the youngest recipient of that award ever.
Arfa represented Pakistan on various international forums, invited by the IT Professionals of Dubai for a stay of two weeks in Dubai.
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, Arifa 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 5,000 developers in that conference.

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27 COMMENTS

  12. Very shocking and sad news.INNA LILLAH-E-WA INNA ELAIHE RAJEOON.This is the lesson to avoid more watching t.v and computers as how are fatal to human senses.The Microsoft Corporation must accomudate the deceased`s family.as no money can bring back the life departed soul,but upto some extent minimise the greveinces.soul of the baby may rest in Jannatul Firdous Aameen and we can ask the effected for Sabr.

  13. I am very sad to hear about this extra ordinary young individual's passing away. I wanted to extend my condolence through Pakistan today to her parents and relatives. As for pakistani kids and students in her life she became a roll model so, I hope her legacy in the field of IT continues and more and more youngsters take this field to make a decent career out of it. At the same time I hope the federal and provincal governments assist the family by compensating the family for the talents of the child. Also an IT center in Lahore should be titled after her name for her brightness in IT.

  14. Very sad and shocking. Ina lilahe wa ina elahe rajaun. Was the epileptic fit due to too much computer usage? Does anyone has an idea about this? However, it is known that it can happen with prolonged usage.

  15. Very shocking and sad news.INNA LILLAH-E-WA INNA ELAIHE RAJEOON.
    This great mind had left us the lesson to work hard inorder to achieve the results in the self interests of the individual. She was herself great example of Intelligence, However no one's knows the fact about his future however one can pray for its betterment. It was all of her hard work that she achieved this position in the hearts of people all around the world.
    She was truly a miracle child with extra ordinary abilities.
    I pray to GOD to rest her in Peace and save her from the azab of Qabar and akhirat.
    Ameen

  16. إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ. اللہ تعالٰی ارفعٰ کریم کے درجات بلند فرمائے اور ان کو اپنے جوار رحمت میں جگہ عطا فرمائے “جس “کلی” نے آنگن مہکا دیا
    وہ پھول بنتی تو کیا کیا کرتی
    دل گرفتہ، لب صحرا، آنکھیں پر نم
    انسان چپ ہے بس خدا کی مرضی

  22. i pray for her, God rest her in jinnatul firdoos .at is very big lost of our country , she was simble of succeed and bright light for new genration

  23. YA RAB-E-ZULJALA teri amanat thi tune lelia es pyari phool (Arfa) ke parents ko sabr-e-Jamil ata farma. I am Shocked. Eski magfirat farma Amin. YA MALIK Ye Honehar Talib ilim han in jese masoomo ko Nazre bu se mehfooz farma kiski nazar lagai, kon jal gays tu janta he magr Malik Jis tarha Dunya me ye kamyab hoi Aqirat me bhi Kamyabi ata farmana Amin. FrOM SYED NOOR-UL-AHAD SOHERWERDI
    (THE EDUCATORS University Road Campus Karachi.)

  27. On death of Arifa Kareem! All Pakistanis are equal. We should mourn on every single Pakistani child death. There are so many innocent children dying in government hospitals, they are so poor their parents cannot even buy diapers for them. There are so many girls in Pakistan raped and left over thrown acid and left over. Its a sign of sick and hypocrite society that we care only for a faction of society.

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