Dawn quotes South Asia Center Associate Director Huma Haque on 2012 Atlantic Council Emerging Leaders of Pakistan fellow Mohammad Sabir, who, born in the slums, has survived and thrived:

In the US, Sabir met with policymakers, civil society leaders and entrepreneurs to exchange ideas and learn best practices that can be applied in a Pakistani context.

“From the get go, Sabir struck me as a person who is driven, has a strong desire to learn, wants to make the most of the opportunities he gets and change his family’s future,” Huma Haque, associate director of the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center that manages the ELP fellows programme tells Dawn.com.

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