{"id":18561,"date":"2021-03-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/never-let-disability-hinder-your-dreams\/"},"modified":"2021-03-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T19:00:00","slug":"never-let-disability-hinder-your-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/never-let-disability-hinder-your-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Never let disability hinder your dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Junaid Shirazi, a student at Hazara University&#8217;s Department of English Literature, is a living example of courage and enthusiasm.\u00a0 He lost both his hands due to electric shock in his childhood but he did not allow his disability to become a compulsion. He belongs to the remote village of Buttal in Mansehra district.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7428\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"702\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Junaid Shirazi lost his hands in 2005 in an electrocution incident when he was five years old.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI was playing with other children when some of them challenged me to climb an electric pole. I took their word to my heart and climbed. It is when I was electrocuted and lost not only both my hands but other parts of my body were also burnt\u201d, Junaid narrated his story.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7429\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/blog3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"701\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Junaid Shirazi says his desire to become a lecturer forced him to continue his studies, adding that currently he is a BS VI student in the English department of Hazara University.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Junaid Shirazi writes his academic assignments and carry other such tasks himself despite being differently-able and also plays cricket.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7430\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/eating.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"693\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Junaid says that he despite being disabled is hopeful of life and pursuing his dreams so can others if they show courage and passion.\u00a0 There is a need for official patronage of such courageous souls so that they can continue not only studies but their dreams too, he opined.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Junaid Shirazi, a student at Hazara University&#8217;s Department of English Literature, is a living example of courage and enthusiasm.\u00a0 He lost both his hands due to electric shock in his childhood but he did not allow his disability to become a compulsion. 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