By: Hafiz Muhammad Tayyab
“The Flying Bird of Asia” was a Pakistani Sprinter who won:
Moin Khan
Every nation has their
heroes. They are the true inspiration for every single person. This inspiration
leads people to a wish to be like them, to do some great work which ultimately earns
respect like those heroes. So, those nations who give their heroes importance,
have a higher tendency to come up with a youth that is strong enough to not
only lead the country but in rare cases lead the world. But we as Pakistanis, often
forget our own unsung heroes and start idolizing others…
Let’s take a moment and
explore it together:
Abdul Khaliq
“The Flying Bird of Asia” was a Pakistani Sprinter who won:
- · 36 Gold Medals
- · 15 Silver medals
- · 12 Bronze medals
Chaudhry Aslam Khan
A Pakistani police officer
known for his tough actions against criminals. He started his career as ASI and
served as SHO in Karachi and Baluchistan. He was the lead of LTF (Lyari Task
Force) and ended Lyari Gang war. He was martyred in a bomb blast in 2014.
Mehak Gul
The
youngest Chess player of Pakistan, who won World Women Candid Master at the age
of 13 years. She hold the world record for arranging chess board in 40 seconds.
She also represented Pakistan in World chess Olympia.
Suniya Sadullah
Pakistan’s
first female Formula 1 engineer. She
is the only one Pakistani who worked for Williams’s team. She is currently
working as research analyst in IST Pakistan, in Aerospace Engineering. Who says
Pakistani don’t allow their daughters to dream big?
Ahmad Mujtaba
“The Wolverine”, who is
a MMA fighter and won UGB, ONEFC MMA Championship. He made a record of wining 8/9 matches in his life. He have beaten
Shanjivan Padwal of India.
Muhammad Rashid
Pakistani man sets
Guinness World Record by:
- · Smashing walnuts with his forehead.
- · Smashing coconuts with his forehead.
- · Smashing 77 cans with his elbow in one minute.
- · Punches Strikes in one minute.
He
has been showing his love for Pakistan by riding around on his bike. He is
among those, who wanted to change Pakistan’s image single handedly. He traveled
from America to Pakistan on his bike, Honda F4i, leading a campaign “A
Different Agenda”. Are you ready to join him?
Laraib Atta
Proud daughter of the
nation, she is the only woman visual Effect Artist (VFX) in Hollywood. She did
incredible work in following movies:
· X-Men
· GodZilla
· Gravity
· Prince
of Persia
· 10,000
BC
· The
Chronicles of Narnia and list goes on…
Her passion and hard
work led her to for Disney as well. We can’t wait to see her creative and
incredible work.
About Author
Muhammad Tayyab is the acclaimed author of PostChasm who writes about information technology. He loves to explore about Pakistan.