Woman with a cause: Pakistan's first blind diplomat working

ISLAMABAD: Saima Saleem made headlines last year when she addressed the UN General Assembly with a fierce speech in support of the right of Kashmiris to self-determination. All cameras were on her as she sat behind the Pakistan nameplate at the assembly’s hall and read her address written in Braille. Born in Lahore in 1984, Saleem lost her sight around the age of 17 to a rare

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