The Young Leaders Conference (YLC) is the most premium leadership conference held in Pakistan. Since its inception, YLC has created a multi-disciplinary awareness among young individuals. It stands as one-of-a-kind gathering which brings together featured speakers from politics, entertainment, development, corporate, culture, PR and advertising and education to unleash potential Pakistan’s youth harbours. This year, the colossal supporter of education in his country actor and singer Ali Zafar was invited to speak at this forum on the first day of the six-day conference. Ali Zafar gave a lecture on the importance of education and the power of decision-making. He spoke in favour of the youth and how they should be allowed by their parents to choose their own career. Zafar also shared his own story of how he became an artist and how important it is to study and learn and to establish oneself in today’s world. Zafar spoke to students belonging from different walks of life; his speech was extremely passionate and motivating for the youth. The very generous Zafar also announced that he would sponsor two students’ education through YLC NGOs; a boy and a girl to be specific. Not only did the star gave a lecture but he also participated in a focus-group session with a group of students and answered all their questions. He also did a bit of career counselling and recorded a personal message for a child’s parents requesting them to let their child choose the career he wants for himself. YLC has actively trained over 4,000 youngsters who carried the values forward and created a difference in more than 2.2 million lives. Nothing but the unbending determination to induce a be-the-change attitude and focus on “action” has brought more than 85 youth organisations under its lead. The passionate humanitarian with a history of supporting those in need, Zafar once again becomes a part of great platform and pledges to support the underprivileged.