About Book

Pakistan has given birth to many trail-blazing stories of hope. However, these stories are hidden from the public gaze, especially from the youth. Pakistani chattering classes and youth feed on the outmoded narrative of fear regularly recycled in the mainstream media and social media. Most of the public opinion leaders are not even aware that 14 Pakistanis have received Ramon Magsaysay Award which considered for the Nobel Prize of Asia- for their outstanding services to marginalized communities. These stories range from doubling the incomes of 100,000 families in the highest mountain ranges in the world to providing sanitation facilities to the residents of an informal settlement of 1000,000 people to providing shelter to 10 million people in the metropolitan city of Karachi to providing interest-free credit to millions of micro entrepreneurs to establishing peace in areas hit by communal and sectarian violence and protecting victims of discriminatory laws. All these successes have one underlying principle in common, anyone can make the difference;. This book is based on the interviews of people who have tried to make a difference.

About Author

Fayyaz Baqir is the CEO of The Knowledge Executive and a visiting professor at the School of International Development and Global Studies (SIDGS) at the University of Ottawa. He has also served as an O’Brien Fellow at McGill University and as visiting scholar at Gothenburg University and Tilburg University. His work focuses on participatory development, human rights, aid effectiveness, poverty alleviation, and social accountability. Baqir has authored numerous publications, including journal articles, books, and training manuals, contributing to the advancement of inclusive governance and sustainable development through both academic and practical approaches.