TCF wins prestigious international award

(PakistaniGoodNews.blogspot.com) KARACHI: The Citizens Foundation TCF , Pakistan has won the prestigious Skoll Award, according to a statement on Friday. The Skoll Foundation announced the winners of its 2013 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship SASEs on Thursday, it said. Chosen from hundreds of applicants, the award recognises a highly selective group of the world's most promising social entrepreneurs. While Skoll's new awardees focus on different issues, they share what Skoll believes is key to accelerating large-scale change: an entrepreneurial approach, a proven innovation with demonstrated impact that can be scaled, focus on a pressing issue that is at an inflection point, and an ability to catalyse systems change, according to the statement. Some of the previous international winners of Skoll Award include Pratham, Teach for All, INJAZ Al-Arab, Barefoot College and Kashf Foundation. TCF is an internationally acclaimed, not-for-profit organisation, which was set up in 1995 by a group of Pakistani citizens. It is now one of the country's leading organisations in the field of formal education for less privileged children. http:// s.thenews.com.pk/22-12-2012/ethenews/e-149716.htm : Image Credit: Mustafa Mohsin http://www.flickr.com/ s/8557366@N07/4374928651/in/ stream Image Credit: Mustafa Mohsin http://www.flickr.com/ s/8557366@N07/4374928651/in/ stream

Imran Khan – Asia’s Person of the Year

(PakistaniGoodNews.blogspot.com) *LAHORE: Imran Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, swept the online Asia's Person of the Year 2012 reader poll conducted by the Asia Society.* According to the final results, Imran Khan whizzed past everyone else by securing 87.78% of the online votes, Pakistani child activist Malala Yousafzai secured 3.29%, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi 1.98% and the Indian film actor Aamir Khan 1.81%. The final tally revealed that Imran had more than 11,000 votes, 88 per cent of the total. According to a press release, the Asia Society is a nonpartisan, non-profit institution with its headquarters in New York. It was founded in 1956 by John D Rockefeller III. It is the leading educational organisation dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among people, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States. *Published in The Express Tribune, January 25th, 2013.* http://tribune.com.pk/story/498934/asia-society-poll-imran-khan-asias-person-of-the-year/ : Imran Khan sweeped the polls by securing 87.78% of the votes Imran Khan sweeped the polls by securing 87.78% of the votes

The honest Dubai taxi driver

(PakistaniGoodNews.blogspot.com) *Sept. 13th – DUBAI:* In the 18 months Omar Hayah Ajmal Khan has driven a Dubai taxi, passengers have left many things behind – from mobile phones to shopping bags. At the petrol station, while cleaning his cab, he noticed a case tucked behind the driver's seat. When he checked to see what was inside, he found 123,700 Saudi Riyals and gold jewellery. "I immediately called my company to say a customer had left his bag of valuables in my car and that I was going to the police station to drop it off." Mr Khan took the bag and its contents to Al Qusais Police Station. "The officers at the station also seemed surprised by what was inside the briefcase. They told me that they would call me when they located the owner of the bag and I'd have to return to verify his identity." http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/the-honest-dubai-taxi-driver-and-the-return-of-the-briefcase Omar Khan was awarded a certificate of appreciation by the Dubai Police after returning 123,700 Saudi Riyals and gold jewellery found in his taxi

Two Pakistani women feature on ‘Foreign Policy leaders list’

(PakistaniGoodNews.blogspot.com) *KARACHI: Two Pakistani women have been featured on "Top 99 under 33 Foreign Policy Leaders," list compiled by the The Diplomatic Courier TDC . * The Washington DC-based global news and international affairs analysis magazine curates an annual list as part of an international project that captures the impact of 99 leaders under the age of 33. Profiles are included from across the globe. The Pakistanis who have been featured in this year's list include Hina Mushtaq - an Atlas Corps Fellow from Pakistan serving at Public Health Institute in California and Kalsoom Lakhani – founder and CEO of Invest2Innovate i2i were two of the 99 young leaders selected by their peers in recognition of their impact on their respective communities. http://tribune.com.pk/story/432637/two-pakistani-women-featured-on-foreign-policy-leaders-list/ Lakhani is heading an organisation that supports early-stage social enterprises and strengthens access to capital in Pakistan

Free electricity for leprosy centre

(PakistaniGoodNews.blogspot.com) *KARACHI: **Under its social welfare programme, the Karachi Electric Supply Company would foot the monthly power bill of the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre.* With its headquarters in Karachi, the healthcare facility is one of the largest non-governmental organisations in the country, providing free medical aid to a large number of patients of leprosy, tuberculosis and different eye diseases. The cure rate of leprosy patients is 97 per cent at the centre, which has treated over 800 leprosy patients; operated 4,575 eye patients; and has registered over 10,000 tuberculosis patients by the end of last year. http://tribune.com.pk/story/444945/social-responsibility-a-power-full-favour-for-the-leprosy-centre/ The MoU was signed by the power utility's CEO, Tabish Gauhar, and Dr Ruth Pfau, the founder member and vice president of the leprosy centre. PHOTO: COURTESY KESC

Pakistan sets record for most records

(PakistaniGoodNews.blogspot.com) *Setting eight records on Sunday, Pakistan also set a record for breaking the most number of records in one day, Express News reported Monday.* On Saturday night 42,813 people in the National Hockey Stadium sang the national anthem together, smashing the previous best of 15,243 held by India. On Sunday, Mohammad Mansha went flat out to set a new record for making chapatis breads – mixing, kneading, spinning and cooking three in three minutes and 14 seconds – while 12-year-old Mehek Gul took just 45 seconds to arrange the pieces on a chessboard using only one hand. Ahmed Amin Bodla beat a more established record when he landed 616 martial arts kicks on a punchbag in just three minutes, beating the previous best of 612 also set by a Pakistani. Saddi Muhammad set a record by using his moustache to pull a 1.7-tonne pickup truck a distance of 60.3 metres, to wild applause from the crowd. Mohammad Nauman lit up the crowd in Lahore as he wired a household plug in a dazzling 35 seconds. Elsewhere, Daniel Gill and Mohammad Rizwan set a new record for heading a football between them, managing 335 consecutive headers in three minutes 45 seconds. http://tribune.com.pk/story/455079/pakistan-sets-record-for-most-records-in-one-day/ Saddi Muhammad set a record by using his moustache to pull a 1.7-tonne pickup truck a distance of 60.3 metres. PHOTO: AFP

Dr Fouzia Saeed awarded “Battle of Crete Award”

(PakistaniGoodNews.blogspot.com) *After a four-decade-long struggle for women's rights, Dr Fouzia Saeed received her due recognition on Friday when she was awarded the "Battle of Crete Award" by the Washington Oxi Day Foundation for her commendable work in the field.* In an award ceremony held at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel, US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Vervee lauded Saeed's struggle for women rights, saying she had set an example of courage and commitment to women's advancement. "Not only for her work against sexual harassment, but her years of work against violence against women especially the work on several legislations is exemplary," said Vervee. The social activist while addressing the audience acknowledged the support she had received from her country and said, "While the United Nations has made some efforts to change its work environment, I am proud of my country for recognising this scourge. I am proud of my parliament for making two laws to make sexual harassment a crime and I am proud of my federal and provincial Governments for implementing it." http://tribune.com.pk/story/457390/battle-of-crete-award-another-pakistani-makes-us-proud/ Dr Fouzia Saeed speaks after receiving the Battle of Crete Award. PHOTO: PR

“Candy cabbie” Mansoor Khalid

(PakistaniGoodNews.blogspot.com) MEENA HART DUERSON Friday, October 05, 2012 Now that's one sweet ride. Taxi driver Mansoor Khalid is on a one-man mission to cheer up New Yorkers with a daily dose of candy. "The New York life is not the easy life," Khalid, 36, told the Daily News. "People are depressed. I see a lot of people stressed sitting back there." Khalid, who moved to New York from Pakistan in 1993 and has been driving a cab since 1997, had already seen the impact of small acts of generosity. During the two years he spent in the hospital with his son, he routinely brought coffee and desserts to the doctors and nurses when he got off his shift at 1 a.m. "They got so happy when in the middle of the night I gave every person coffee," he said. "I was so nice to them and they were so nice to me." "We encourage drivers to go the extra mile in the name of customer service, and Mr. Khalid certainly does this," said Taxi and Limousine Commission boss David Yassky. "We appreciate the loyalty he inspires in his passengers." Loyalty isn't the goal, considering that Khalid responds to every hail, candy or no candy. His mission is to spread warmth. "It's a little thing," he said, "but people get happy." http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-10-05/news/34264566_1_spread-warmth-taxi-david-yassky "Candy cabbie" Mansoor Khalid gives passengers as much candy as they can eat

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(PakistaniGoodNews.blogspot.com) : Image At the IWMF Courage in Journalism Awards in NYC, L to R: Christiane Amanpour, Asmaa al-Ghoul, Zubeida Mustafa, Khadija Ismayilova, Cynthia McFadden and Martha Raddatz. Photo credit: IWMF/Stan Honda

Pakistan’s inflation lowest in region

(PakistaniGoodNews.blogspot.com) ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has managed to contain inflation rate within single digit during last year, which is lower than the regional countries, including India and Sri Lanka. Pakistan's year on year inflation rate or Consumer Price Index CPI registered an increase of 7.9 per cent in December 2012 as compared to that of the last year. The CPI in India was 9.2 per cent followed by 9.2 per cent in Sri Lanka. However, it increased by 7.2 per cent in Bangladesh, official sources told APP. The price comparison of essential consumer items, such as wheat, wheat flour, rice, sugar and red chillies as on December 27, 2012 shows that their prices were lower in Pakistan than those in the neighbouring countries, including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/01/09/news/profit/pakistans-inflation-lowest-amongst-regional-countries/ : pak-currency

Pakistan sweep skiing competition in Korea

(PakistaniGoodNews.blogspot.com) *ISLAMABAD: Pakistani skiers clinched two top positions at a skiing competition called Dream Programme – 2013 held in Gangwon Province, the Republic of Korea, said a press release on Monday.* President Ski Federation of Pakistan SFP Air Marshal Farhat Hussain Khan congratulated Noor Muhammad and Shah Hussain of Naltar Ski School who won the gold and silver medals respectively at the event. He hoped that the success would significantly boost the SFP's ventures in national and international ski events. The winning skiers also met with the Korean Ambassador to Pakistan Choong-joo Choi who appreciated the performances of the budding players. The Dream Programme was initiated by Gangwon Province in 2004 to promote winter sports in countries where winter sports facilities were not fully developed. Pakistan joined the programme in 2011. This year, around 150 participants from 40 countries took part in the training after which athletes were divided into groups and competitions were held among them. http://tribune.com.pk/story/496979/pakistan-sweep-skiing-competition-in-korea/ : Noor Muhammad L won the gold medal and Shah Hussain R won the silver medal at the skiing event. Noor Muhammad L won the gold medal and Shah Hussain R won the silver medal at the skiing event.

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