Lahore: Two Pakistani teenagers also including the Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and gamer Sumail Hassan have been listed in the annual listing of Times Magazine’s 30 Most Influential Teens of 2016.
Presently, the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai is working towards urging "world leaders to set away $1.4 billion this year toward educating young refugees," said TIME Magazine.
The 19-year-old female education supporter Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel laureate in history when she received the peace prize at age of 17 two years ago.
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The youngest educationist shot by the Taliban when she was 11-years-old.
She received a bullet injury to her head however she was successfully recovered after undergoing a surgery in US, and she living there since then.
Sumail Hassan, 17-year-old, won his team Evil Geniuses the Defense of the Ancient 2 (Dota 2) Asian championship in China last year when he was just 16-years-old. The team grabbed $1.2 million in prize money at that competition.
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At the age of 7, Hassan sold his bike at an inexpensive cost in order to get some change to play video games at an Internet cafe.
"It was actually the bad move," said Hassan, with a loud laugh.
"Hassan has become the youngest one ever to earn $1 million playing modest video games, making him a phenomenon in the fast growing world of e-sports," TIME Magazine added.
The genius child moved to US in 2014 and spent some of his winnings, presently now at $2.3 million and counting, to purchase a house for his parents and 5 siblings.
According to the Time Magazine, it has compiled its annual list by deliberating honors across different fields, global impact via social media and general capability to drive news.
All teenagers come from completely different backgrounds and fields, and they all have different accolades as well as achievements.
The complete list is as follows:
1. Maddie Ziegler, 14
2. Skai Jackson, 14
3. Logan Guleff, 14
4. Gaten Matarazzo, 14
5. Sasha Obama, 15 and Malia Obama, 18
6. Rachel Zietz, 16
7. Laurie Hernandez, 16
8. Kiara Nirghin, 16
9. Chloe Kim, 16
10. Yara Shahidi, 16
11. James Charles, 17
12. Sumail Hassan, 17
13. Gavin Grimm, 17
14. Amndla Stenberg, 17
15. Ben Pasternak, 17
16. Zara Larsson, 17
17. Yusra Mardini, 18
18. Jaden Smith, 18
19. Shawn Mendes, 18
20. Luka Sabbat, 18
21. Katie Ledecky, 19
22. George Matus, 19
23. Maisie Williams, 19
24. Simone Biles, 19
25. Camila Cabello, 19
26. Chloe Grace Moretz, 19
27. Barbie Ferreira, 19
28. Malala Yousafzai , 19
29. Kylie Jenner, 19
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