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Pakistani student Zara Naeem has made her country proud after she topped the financial reporting exam given by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants students. Zara was declared a global prizewinner after she secured the highest marks in the exam conducted in December 2020.
Zara was also lauded by Federal Information Minister Shibli Faraz and the government on her achievement. “Zara Naeem Dar has become pride of the nation by topping the ACCA exams across the world,” said the minister.
The ACCA qualification rigorously tests the skills and competencies that a modern-day accountant needs with a firm grounding in ethics and professionalism. It prepares students for a rewarding career as a qualified and ethical finance professional.
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Pakistani becomes first Asian to summit Mount Kilimanjaro
Pakistani mountaineer Asad Ali Memon made the country proud on Tuesday after he became the first Pakistani and Asian to summit the Mount Kilimanjaro within a day.
Memon shared that it took him only 20 hours to summit and return to the gate of Africa’s highest mountain.
The mission said that the Umbwe route, that was taken by Memon, is the “most challenging” to summit Mount Kilimanjaro as it has a steep ascent.
Approaching from the south, the Umbwe route is a short and vertical climb. After reaching Barranco camp, the trail turns west before summiting the Uhuru Peak (5895 metres) from Arrow Glacier camp. The route was also difficult as it does not provide the “gradual stages for acclimatisation”.
For Memon, Mount Kilimanjaro is the third mountain of his ‘Seven Summit Challenge’.
Last year, Asad had successfully climbed Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Americas and hoisted the Pakistani flag at its top, located in Argentina.
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Pakistani boy arranges the Periodic Table in record time
A Pakistani boy has arranged the Periodic Table in record time — 1 min and 58 seconds — as he broke past the previous record of 2 minutes and 42 seconds.
A school student hailing from Thar, Rohan Khatwani broke the record at the Islamabad Science Festival, arranged at the Pakistan National Council of Arts on February 13, according to a press release issued in this regard.
The Deputy Commissioner of Islamabad Hamza Shafqaat inaugurated the event, while and President of the ECO Science Foundation (ECOSF) Manzoor Soomro witnessed the exhibition, the statement said.
As many as 80 schools participated in the festival and displayed their projects, featuring a range of innovative ideas, including walk-in sanitising stations, precautions against coronavirus, and myth-busting related to COVID-19 remedies, among others.
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Pakistani book featured in the “Best Ophthalmology Books of All Time” list
In a moment of national pride, Dr Zubaida Sirang, an eye surgeon from Chitral, recently became the first Pakistani doctor to have her work featured in the prestigious “Best Ophthalmology Books of All Time” list by the Book Authority.
As per details, the book – entitled “Optics Made Easy; The Last review of Clinical Optics” – has made waves in the world of ophthalmology literature. In fact, aside from the honor of being included in the aforementioned list, the Dr Zubaida’s book has also become one of the three bestsellers on Amazon.
The book itself has been described as “simple yet effective with clear, concise explanations often in bulleted lists or in the form of helpful mnemonics”, thereby making facts and concepts easier to memorize.
Dr Zubaida hails from Yarkhun, Chitral, and has completed MBBS from the Aga Khan University (AKU), Karachi. She is currently completing her specialization in Surgical Ophthalmology from Ireland. After graduating from AKU, she preferred to serve in her hometown for more than two years before starting her specialization.
Book Authority is the world’s leading platform for recommendations for nonfiction books, helping its readers to improve their skills by finding the best books on different topics. The book is written for ophthalmology students as a last-minute revision tool.
