Abdul Subhan Zahid, a house officer at Lahore General Hospital Abdul Subhan Zahid is a 24-year-old House Officer at Lahore General Hospital. He has spent one year at the hospital learning general surgery and emergency surgery. Abdul assists surgeons and professors on elective operations. He is on call 24/7,
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Fatima Ali is a 25-year-old House Officer at Jinnah Hospital in Lahore; she is ten months into a Junior Doctor placement. She can work between 36-132 hours per week. After a further four to five years of study, she will become a Resident Doctor. Her aim is to specialise
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Mehek Mushtaq, 31, is specializing in Anaesthesiology I come from a humble family. My father was an artist and the sole breadwinner for our family. I have one brother and two sisters. I attended the CARE adopted Shahdara City District High School in Lahore. My teachers were a big
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Mubashir Iftikhar, 28, is an engineer. I grew up in Lahore, the youngest of five. My father was a medical representative at a pharmaceutical company, so at first, I received a private education. Things went upside down when my father had to leave his job due to poor health.
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Muhammad Saad Arif Sindhu, 32, is the co-founder and partner at Shamsher & Saad. One of seven children, I grew up in Shahdara Lahore, an underprivileged area in Lahore. My father worked as an Engineer Supervisor in Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL). Our financial situation was not sound. He
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Dr Amara Ilyas, 37, received a scholarship from the CARE Foundation to complete her medical qualifications. She works as an Assistant Consultant at King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia. I grew up in Lahore and went to a government school – the attitude of the teachers to students was
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Fatima, 30, is a PhD student at the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. I come from a large family with four sisters and two brothers. My father was a shopkeeper, while my mother was a homemaker. There were no individuals with professional careers within my immediate and extended
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Fatima Tariq, aged 27 is a CARE alumna who is currently working as an English Language Program Coordinator at CARE Foundation. Her inspirational life story has transformed her into a courageous and confident lady, who is deeply committed to the meaningful work she is doing for her community.
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Muhammad Umair is a CARE alumnus currently working as a Project Lead – CCE at CARE Foundation. Through his experiences with the CARE Foundation, Umair has harnessed his talents and grown into a driven and competent individual. “Growing up in a low-income household, accessing good education was a major
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