My name is Minahil Rana, and I’m currently a second year student in Marketing and Media at Lahore School of Economics. I love
travelling, hiking, reading and art; whether it is in sketches, watercolors or
photography. I have spent most of my life in Canada mainly around the greater Toronto
area. I came to Pakistan almost two years ago and I really like it here except
for the blistering summers. I have a few notable achievements that I am proud
of. Firstly, I got accepted into all the Universities of my choice after
appearing in my high schools honor roll (similar to Deans List). I even
attended one university for a whole year (the campus was beautiful!). Secondly,
I did a summer internship with a Toronto based Fashion Designer in which I learnt
a lot about the artisans in the Classical genre of music, and best of all, I helped
design their gowns. Currently I am working in AIESEC in their Outgoing Exchange
department. My most recent achievement is related to AIESEC, I was chosen as
Vice President Communications of an exchange campaign for 6 different universities
in Lahore. It turned out to be the best and
most successful campaign that this organization has had since its inception in LUMS
Lahore.
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| Alex, the African Grey |
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| My cat: Spooky |
I have a lot of pets, I absolutely love animals. At the moment I have 2 cats, a Guinea pig, an African Grey Parrot and various other Australian large and small birds. Animals give me a sense of calm and really like observing their behaviors.
With my current experience in Pakistan, I feel we lack
community values, which is not surprising since we live in such a hierarchical,
status conscious society. But I think our youth has the ability to overlook these
differences and help children with disabilities, minorities and those whom
suffer with poverty. In today’s Pakistan we have a hundred and one ways to help
such individuals integrate into society, but we lack consciousness or motivation
to do something about the prevailing issues. I have started to try and do my
part as a Pakistani citizen, some weekends I go and help dyslexic children at
Paidal (if anyone’s interested in helping, message me!). If everyone starts
taking out 2-3 hours from their week and helps in some sort of social development
initiative I believe our youth has the ability to do anything. It is then that
we will strive and actually bring change to Pakistan.
“I feel like I am either on the cusp of something great, or standing on the edge of my abyss, discovering something brand new, or uncovering somebody Else's lost imagination.”
― Carroll Bryant
