Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has approved a commemorative stamp in honour of Arfa Karim Randhawa, the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in world, who passed away last week, Geo News reported. The stamp has been issued in honour of Arfa’s services to the nation. Born in 1995, Arfa died at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) on January 14 at the age of 16. She suffered an epileptic fit in December 2011 that affected her brain and heart. She was in a coma for 26 days at the CMH before she passed away. In August 2005, Arfa was honoured by the government of Pakistan with the Fatima Jinnah Gold Medal in the field of Science and Technology. In 2006, she also participated in a Microsoft keynote session in the Tech-Ed Developers Conference held in Barcelona. The theme of the conference was “Get ahead of the game”.
PM honours Arfa Karim with commemorative stamp
