Randhawa thanked the chief minister for recognising his daughter’s accomplishments and making the village a model village.
The city district government has proposed projects costing Rs140 million to convert the ancestral village of Arfa Kareem Randhawa into a model village.
In 2004, she became the youngest professional to be certified by Microsoft. She passed away in January at the age of 16.
Her ancestral village, Chak No4 Ramdewali, has been renamed as Arfa Kareem Nagar and is now being made a model village by the Punjab government to honour her remarkable achievements.
Commissioner Tahir Husain held a meeting at Arfa Kareem Nagar on Friday and reviewed the development projects. DCO Muhammad Amin Chaudhary, Arfa’s father Colonel (retired) Amjad Kareem Randhawa and officials of the departments concerned were present on the occasion. Among the plans are a monument to be raised near Arfa’s grave, which will include a library and a museum. A girls’ college and a technical training centre would also be set up in the village besides the up grade of schools and the basic health unit.
The commissioner said that a play ground will also be developed, the drainage improved, streets paved, provision of portable water ensured and agricultural equipment and machinery provided to the farmers so that Arfa Kareem Nagar could be made a model village. The commissioner directed the Parks and Horticulture Agency (PHA) managing director to come up with a landscaping proposal.
Colonel (retired) Amjad Kareem Randhawa thanked the chief minister for recognising his daughter’s accomplishments and making the village a model village.
The first death anniversary of Arfa Kareem Randhawa would be observed on January 14, 2013.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 29th, 2012.
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look @Author: "...provision of portable water ensured ..."
Are we talking about a computer invented by our genius inventor from Khairpur. The computer runs on water. . Look Ma, no chips.
a true avant-garde....in Pakistani society..unlike Malala and Co.....
a true genius and avant-garde in Pakistan, unlike the thinker* Malala and her friends....
this is the way to inspire other girls in the country. these are the heroes to honor, not the bhuttos (both alive and dead) that i read and hear about every other day from some servile jiyala, nor the false gods that are our religio-political leaders
The best way to owner Arifa is to increase Internet Literacy among Pakistani women at all ages. It is quickest way towards women empowerment, enlightenment, and economic prosperity.
Awesome.....we miss Arfa....I hope all the Pakistani villages keep on producing girsl like Arfa so that development becomes their fate. And Pakistan goes ahead in a positive manner. Long Live Pakistan.
good absolute right way
good way to honour