Afrah Shafquat

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Afrah Shafquat (b. August 25, 1990) of Karachi, Pakistan, has achieved success as a very young computer programmer. She has received many certifications and awards and it considered to be an inspirational hero in Pakistan in its efforts to develop an Information Technology industrial base. Informally, she holds the titles of

World's youngest Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) on February 14, 2002 at the age of 11 years 5 months and 19 days.
World's youngest Microsoft Certified VB .NET Framework Programmer (date: TBD)

In recognition of her achievement, Shafquat was given ITCN-Asia 2002 Commemoration Plaque along with her elder sister Afsah Shafquat on August 12, 2002 at Expo Centre by the CEO of CommerceNet Singapore, Mr. Jeh Shyan Wong. Her parents and her sisters, Afsah(b. February, 26, 1989) and Isbah (b. December 31, 1986) assisted in her preparation and they are highly accomplished IT Youth in their own right. ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] India reported on August 5, 2002 that Suril Shah of Ahmedabad had just completed the same examine at a younger age.^[5]

Listed are some of Afsah's certifications, all of which are believed to be age records that still stand:

21 November 2001	Sun Certified Web Component Developer
26 February 2002	IBM Exam 486, the IBM Certified OOAD(Object Oriented Ananlyst and Designer)
15 March 2003	IBM Exam 141, the IBM Certified XML Developer
4 July 2003	Sun Certified Business Component Developer
9 July 2003	IBM Exam 484, the IBM Certified J2EE Developer

Listed are some of Isbah's certifications, which are believed to be age records:

date ?	Microsoft Certified ASP.Net Developer
date ?	Microsoft Certified VB.Net Developer
date ?	Microsoft Certified C # Programmer.

Each of the three sisters have also be recognizd by the NCR National IT Execellence Awards in the I.T. Youth category successively in the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 and their parents, who are physicians, were also recognized with a special award in 2005.^[6]^[7]