UHS Student makes Pakistan proud of herself

Lahore: A female student of University of Health Sciences (UHS) has represented Pakistan at United National General Assembly as part of the United States "Let-Girls-Learn Ambassador".

Summyka Qadir, a first year MBBS student studying at Nishtar Medical College, Multan, comes from an poor single-parent household.

In spite of the financial issues, she was accepted into one of top medical colleges of Pakistan on the merit basis and she was awarded with a full scholarship from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for her studies.

She wishes tp become a good doctor to help others in the hour of need.

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Summyka was one of the two students chosen by Higher Education Commission and USAID to visit USA last month (From September 19^th to September 24^th, 2016) and got a chance to speak at a special session of UN General Assembly under the US "Let-Girls-Learn (LGL)" initiative.

The obligation of this programme was to support for global girls' education.

While speaking at the UN General Assembly, Summyka said:

"To me, education is very important for girls. The girls deserve the education as much as the boys deserves."

During her visit, Summyka was invited to meet the First Lady Michelle Obama on September 20^th, 2016, where Mrs Obama hosted an event "Broadway Shines a Light on Girls Education" to support the girls' education.

The registrar of University of Health Sciences Dr Asad Zaheer said that the representation of Summyka in UN General Assembly has ascertained this message to all the countries of the world that Pakistan promotes harmony, equality and peace.

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He furthermore said that:

"She has made us really proud. The chance of speaking at the UN General Assembly was given just to 4 girls from all over the world and Summyka was one of them.”

He furthermore said that University of Health Sciences will continue to promote and help deserving students on basis of their merit.