Nationality Pakistani Role Social activist | Name Rizwan Saeed | |
Born 1971 Gujranwala, Pakistan | ||
Rizwan Saeed (born 1971 in Gujranwala, Pakistan is a social activist. Rizwan is well known in the activists of Pakistan's social movement, having worked hard on spreading a strong voice on core issue like Women in Pakistan, Child Labor, Terrorism. His work on these core issues spans over 10 years and includes founding Change We Need in 2008. For the past several years, he has been working to reduce the level of Child Labor and terrorism. In the country he has focused his attention on the ways terrorists establish themselves in fragile communities. He has successfully organized a large gathering of citizens to map out a strategy for countering Talibanization in Pakistan. Particularly Rizwan start publishing a quarterly magazine to highlight the spreading terrorism and Talibanization in Pakistan, Change We Need to raise its voice to maximum people in which he writes articles about these stigmas which got very popular. Rizwan and his family were also harassed and attacked for his campaign against talibanization in Pakistan, in which terrorists open fire at their residence, also try to kidnap his son which makes him to escape with his family and hide somewhere safe for the sake of his innocent kids. Rizwan says of himself: "I want to be judged by my abilities, my struggles and my achievements for the human being. I want to be remembered as a fighter of social justice and human liberty".
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Personal profile
Rizwan Saeed was born on 22 March 1971, in Gujranwala, Pakistan. He received most of his schooling and early college education in Gujranwala Pakistan. He did his Diploma in associate engineer from Government College of technology, Sahiwal. He is one of the very few Pakistanis who have played a vital role in stop spreading terrorism. He also publish a magazine on monthly basis writing articles about talibanization in Pakistan, women and children rights including violence against women, sexual harassment, child labor..
Child Labor
Rizwan has been working hard to fight against child labor as he believes that child labor takes away their innocence and turn them into a bad symbol of the society. He started evening school where he encourage those families who cannot afford to send their kids to school to join the evening classes free of cost where he also manage to buy books for the students. He emphasizes on modern education and differentiates the Islam and terrorism.
Terrorism & Talibanization in Pakistan
Terrorism in Pakistan has become a highly destructive phenomenon in recent years. Not just that thousands of families have lost their loved ones due this cruel act of terrorism but also so many people has become paralyze. Taliban’s has become a threat to peace not just for Pakistan but for the whole world. Hardly a week goes by without an act of terrorism taking place somewhere in the world, indiscriminately affecting innocent people, who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Rizwan start publishing a magazine name as Change We Need to spread the awareness of these major issues which are no doubt becoming cancer of our society. He also paid a heavy price for raising voice against talibanization in Pakistan as his family was harassed and attacked, son was tried to be kidnapped by the Taliban’s, so in the result he has to take his family and hide to a safe place