Arfa Karim (Arfa Karim Randhawa born in 1996), who in 2006 when she

was only Nine Years old became Youngest MCPs. She is

a software programmer from Faisalabad, Pakistan. She is now, the
Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional. She also met Mr. Bill Gates
while getting her Certificate. Arfa Karim Also said to Mr. Bill Gates that
there are 75% of Microsoft Inc. Employees are men, and very low ratio is
of Women, she told him to increase the space for women in Microsoft.

Arfa Karim also met Somasegar, the Vice president of Microsoft Inc. and
to him, Arfa described about self-navigating car then after a careful
intention to Arfa Karim's Ideas, Somasegar told Arfa Karim about
existing applications for cars developed by Microsoft. She is so young to
be an employee in Microsoft but Vice president of Microsoft told her
about the possibility of an internship for her in next few years.

Being a Software programmer, Arfa Karim has developed many

basic Windows applications using C# programming language such as
calculator, sorting tools etc. Arfa Karim told them to study at Harvard
University or MIT and then work for Microsoft.
Arfa Karim went in U.S.A. with her father Mr. Karim while her mother
and two brothers (3 years and 7 years old) were at home.
Mir Khalil-ur-Rehman Foundation gave her Shabash Award for her
achievement at this age. She also received Fatima Jinnah Gold Medal,
Salaam Pakistan Youth Award and President's Award for Pride. Arfa
Karim is now a brand ambassador of PTCL EVO (Pakistan
Telecommunication Company Limited).