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PUAN Acknowledges Pakistan’s First Visually Impaired Diplomat

PUAN Acknowledges Pakistan’s First Visually Impaired Diplomat

In honor of National Disability Employment Month we highlight PUAN alumna Saima Saleem. Ms. Saleem attended the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University as part of the Foreign Service Scholarship Exchange Program in 2011.

Saima is Pakistan’s first visually impaired diplomat and the first visually impaired civil servant in Pakistan. She is also a writer and motivational speaker.

Photo credit: @PakistanPR_UN/Twitter

PUAN EDITOR

Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN) is an association of U.S. exchange alumni who are committed to making meaningful contributions to Pakistan and comprise of current and former Pakistani participants of U.S. federal government-sponsored exchange programs.

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