Name: Aban Marker Kabraji
Occupation: Biologist and Environmentalist
Projects: WWF, ICUN and Women’s Movement

Aban Marker Kabraji belongs from Quetta, where her ancestors have been living there for many years. She completed her elementary and secondary education from there i.e, O’levels, after which she moved to Karachi. In Karachi, she studied at Karachi Grammar School (KGS). After her A’ levels she traveled to United Kingdom for her higher studies, where she studied biology. She returned to Quetta after completing her higher education and became involved in the pharmaceutical industry; her family business.

Kabraji chose her career as an environmentalist. She started to work for World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and began working for International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Both organizations needed a biologist so Kabraji continued working for them.

That’s not all. Kabraji also worked for the Women’s Movement in Pakistan. She has worked a lot for women’s development in the country. But in the end, she chose to focus more  on environment.

Kabraji’s inspiration is her own family, from her grandmother to her mother. Her message for the nation of Pakistan is, “Continue with what you do, and do it for the good of the country!”

Interior designer, architect and artist Danish Azar Zuby, expresses his creativity of art. Showing his versatility, he displays his creativity through painting and photography. His creativity is a valuable contribution in the field of arts. Danish wants the Pakistani people to get up, get educated and express themselves.

Syed Ovais Naqvi is the first Pakistani local and home grown formula racer. He has also acquired the international B license for driving. He is a doctor by profession and a racer by passion. He talks about his childhood, his incredible journey as a racer, how he made it to where he is today and the difficulties that he faced along the way. Ovais encourages the youth to pursue their dreams and ensures them that they will achieve their goal if they set their hearts to it. He is a man who makes his country proud!

Communications is an art, and some people take it to the level of an art form. This is especially so because we need emotional communication to bring balance to life. Beena Raza, of TEDx Lahore brings just such communication to the lovers of music.

Junoon, the word that usually translates as madness, but actually connotes passion is a word that some young men introduced into the vocabulary of the youth through music. One of these young men, Salman Ahmed, who strummed up quite a storm with his fingers on the guitar

Name: Talal Masood
Occupation: Graphic Designer
Projects: Founder of Go green (Social Welfare)

Detailed Profile: Talal Masood, is a young graphic designer. He has chosen the field because  among youngsters and it is field where it has an endless career. In this industry there is a rapid change, for example you sleep and you wake up the next morning you see there is something new in the IT industry. People are retaining a lot in the IT industry, from Talal’s point of view this is a good thing, because there is a lot of fields in the IT industry.

Talal himself is a graphic designer, who is also working on mobile applications. Talal has his own organization, but he works with other companies as well. He has also done photography as an Art field. He did this from his own inspiration.

Talal’s future plans are something to do with social welfare. He has been a co-founder of ‘Go Green’. Talal also wants patriotism back in the country so he will develop that term back. Talal’s message to the youth of Pakistan is “work hard, don’t listen to anybody eventually things will get better in the country, Pakistan will be rising up!”

Despite all the propaganda to the contrary, Pakistan, and Pakistanis are full of promise. They have been making their mark in many fields, and the youngsters have been making strides in breaking boundaries. Web development is one such field. See how this young man shows commitment to his profession to achieve excellence.

Name: Majida Rizvi

Occupation: Judge

Detailed profile: Justice (R) Majida Rizvi is the first woman judge of a High Court in Pakistan. A pioneer and a trail blazer, someone who got off the beaten path and went out into a hitherto all male domain, and made a name for herself. She has practiced in the High Courts and Supreme Court and taught Law in Hamdard School of Law.

As a writer she specialized in legal issues pertaining to rights of women and children, and is associated with various organizations for the removal of all discrimination against women and those supporting human rights.

She retired as Judge of the Sindh High Court and worked as the Chairperson, National Commission on the Status of Women.Not only was she a valuable addition to the legal fraternity, she opened the way for many other women to follow her there.

Meet a young man who, with other members of his organizations is shaking the youth out of apathy and convincing them to bring about a change in their circumstances.