{"id":48435,"date":"2024-09-13T15:29:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T10:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=48435"},"modified":"2024-09-13T15:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T10:46:56","slug":"pakistani-student-dania-zaheer-critically-injured-in-houston-hit-run-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistani-student-dania-zaheer-critically-injured-in-houston-hit-run-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani student Dania Zaheer critically injured in Houston hit-run case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON: Tragedy struck a young <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/punjab-govt-launches-lifesavers-initiative-for-students-to-empower-life-saving-skills\/\">Pakistani student<\/a>, Dania Zaheer, in Houston, Texas, when she was severely injured in a hit-and-run accident. The 25-year-old, who had traveled from Karachi to pursue an MBA, was struck by a<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/digital-revolution-in-punjab-e-registration-cards-now-available-for-vehicle-owners\/\"> speeding vehicle,<\/a> leaving her with multiple fractures.<\/p>\n<p>The driver fled the scene, and authorities are working to identify and apprehend them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Dania, a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/punjab-teachers-to-protest-over-govt-privatization-plan\/\">top student<\/a> at her university, had dreams of improving her family&#8217;s living standards, but the accident left her devastated.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 734px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/enews.hamariweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-13-at-9.50.46-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"Who is Dania Zaheer? Houston Hit-and-Run Victim Shares Her Story of Hope and Recovery\" width=\"734\" height=\"489\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pakistani MBA student hospitalized after hit and run case in Houston, Texas, United States on Thursday \u2014 Photo by Author<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fortunately, prominent Pakistani-American businessman Syed Javed Anwar has offered to cover her medical expenses.<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistan-govt-considers-new-pension-mechanism-to-tackle-inflation\/\"> Pakistani Consul General<\/a>, Aftab Chaudhry, visited Dania in the hospital and assured her of full support for her recovery. Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar also expressed his condolences and directed officials to assist Dania and her family, including facilitating her parents&#8217; travel to the US if needed.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has sparked an outpouring of support for Dania, who remains in critical condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Her story highlights the resilience and determination of Pakistani students abroad and the strong community support that rallies around them in times of need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON: Tragedy struck a young Pakistani student, Dania Zaheer, in Houston, Texas, when she was severely injured in a hit-and-run accident. The 25-year-old, who had traveled from Karachi to pursue an MBA, was struck by a speeding vehicle, leaving her with multiple fractures. The driver fled the scene, and authorities are working to identify and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":48441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21718,21714,21715,21716,21717],"class_list":["post-48435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-dania-zaheer-hit-and-run-case","tag-e-pakistani-consul-general-aftab-chaudhry","tag-hit-and-run-incident","tag-houston-texas","tag-pakistani-student-injured-in-accuident"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48435"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48446,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48435\/revisions\/48446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}