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Pakistanis who reside abroad have suffered in recent years from the tarnished Pakistani brand. Most recently the Faisal Shahzad story has put Pakistan and Pakistanis in the dock for any number of evil deeds. Amidst such doom and gloom stories the Sayeeda Warsi story is one that must make every Pakistani proud.

Sayeeda Warsi has made the news worldwide, and rightly so for being the first Muslim Cabinet Minister of Britain. Baroness Warsi as she is commonly known has also been made the Chairman of the Conservative Party which heads the ruling coalition in Britain. This post celebrates her success and in particular celebrates her Pakistani heritage, a heritage which is proud of given that she attended the first British cabinet meeting of the David Cameron premiership wearing Pakistani dress a la shalwar kameez.

The cabinet photo shown in the post shows Sayeeda Warsi at the forefront and  proud in Pakistani  dress whilst the remaining cabinet are mainly suited and booted. In wearing traditional Pakistani dress, Sayeeda Warsi has shown that she celebrates her Pakistani heritage and her success proves that as Pakistanis we can achieve anything so along as we work hard to achieve our goals.

The Sayeeda Warsi story is even more impressive given that she and her family were not born with the golden spoon neither in the UK or Pakistan. In the UK, her story began when her father moved to the UK who went on to work in mills in Yorkshire with Sayeedsa Warsi being born into a normal working-class Yorkshire family. In Pakistan, the Warsi family hail from Bewal village near Gujjar Khan, an ordinary village like many dotted across Pakistan.

The Sayeeda Warsi story is thus an inspiring tale for all Pakistanis especially those living abroad who give up too easily on Pakistan and their Pakistani heritage. Readers will be happy to know that Sayeeda Warsi  remains loyal to Pakistan and her Pakistani heritage as evidenced by her running of five vocational training centres for orphaned girls in villages near her native Gujjar Khan through a women’s charity.

The moral of the story, is a simple one Pakistanis and those of Pakistani heritage even those not born in Pakistan like Sayeeda Warsi can make it to the top and serve the national cause. As Pakistanis we should celebrate our heritage, admit our failings but never give up for many more hidden Sayeeda Warsis are amongst us.

Sayeeda Warsi and Pakistan Zindabad. 

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