**Rawalpindi: Saeeda Mir has won first prize in the International Book-writing Competition organised in the US. She has received a six-year educational scholarship from the Hawaii Institute, USA.
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**Around ****1,900 ****students from all over the world participated in the competition in which Saeeda Mir, daughter of Mirbaz Khan, won the first prize. **She belongs to Danyore Sultanabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and is a student of Bachelor of Arts (BA) at the Federal Government Margalla College for Women, Islamabad.
Talking to **‘The News,’ Saeeda Mir said: “It was a great honour for me to not only representing Pakistan but also winning laurels for the country.”
wow, Mashallah great achievement.
I wonder why students from US are not so lucky that you write a book or an essay and win scholarship for your entire degree. :hmmm:
Where do Pakistani students find these opportunities from ? Student loans have been big headaches for graduating students in US .
By the way I did some digging around and found out that this news was first published on a local news website of Gilgit on October 17 , 2010. http://pamirtimes.net/2010/10/17/sadia-gets-first-position-in-international-essay-competition/
It has been circulating on all Pakistani blogs and news website and lot of mirch masala is being added to the news.
Here in the news article she is complaining that Pakistani government is not encouraging her:
But this news site says that Prime Minister of Pakistan awarded her a cheque for 5 lack rupees:
And in a worldwide competition only 1900 students competed ? :hmmm: Food for thought.
This news article also says that the competition was held by People’s College for Law, Los Angeles.
The non accredited law degree program is 4 year long but as per website she got scholarship for 6 years.
Here is the college website which does not talk about any scholarships . I do not know what kind of scam this law college played with this innocent little girl. http://peoplescollegeoflaw.edu/
I can be a better investigative journalist for the news then what they have. All I have to do is click click to complete my research why can’t their journalists do so ?
wish her all the success in life! well done! 