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Zoya Nasir of ‘Hania’ fame talks about personal struggles at TEDx Talks

Published on: May 1, 2019 3:42 AM

Noted television actress and entrepreneur Zoya Nasir, who is playing the lead role of Hania on a drama serial has shared her life experiences of overcoming fears at the esteemed international platform TEDx Talks organised by the Government College University (GCU) Lahore to share ideas worth celebrating and spreading.

Speaking at Tedx GCU Lahore, Zoya Nasir asked women to follow their passion with compassion and hard work.

“It is important to realise that most of our struggles are the same. Circumstances and situations might differ. Mostly inflicted by three shells of fear, one within us, one outside of us and one of the society,” the actress said.

Nasir said that powering through these fears made her a good decision maker, letting go of these fears liberated her and brought her heart at peace with her mind.

“Living through my worst fears is my war and the battle continues, but my mind and heart are at peace. I am where I am because I learned to let go and power through,” she concluded.

Nasir said that powering through these fears made her a good decision maker, letting go of these fears liberated her and brought her heart at peace with her mind

The TEDx GCU Lahore speakers also Dr Sarah Qureshi, who shared her idea of contrail free aero engines derived from novel patented technology and Ghazanfar Bashir with his idea on green roofs technology.

Ghazanfar Bashir opened up the talk with a comparison of old and new Lahore demonstrating the fact that the green area of Pakistan has reduced a lot. He gave his idea of transforming our roofs into green areas through a systematic procedure and benefiting the environment as well as our future generations.

Visual artist Haris Hidyatullah presented the idea of critical thinking and analysing cultural phenomena through visual story telling. The event also included energetic and melodious performances.

Addressing the concluding talk, Dr Aqueel Imtiaz Wahga appreciated the efforts the university’s Team Red Power lead by Nashmia Imran in organising TEDx GCU Lahore.

Noted TV actress #ZoyaNasir shares her life experiences of overcoming fears at #TedxGCULahore

“Powering through these fears makes us into a good decision maker, letting go of these fears liberates us and brings our heart at peace with our minds. I am where I’m because I learned to let go and power through. All you need is to realise this and follow your passion with compassion and hard work and you will be your version of successful and happy,” Nasir said.

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: decision maker, Dr Aqueel Imtiaz Wahga, Dr Sarah Qureshi, GCU, Ghazanfar Bashir, Hania, Lifestyle-latest, Nashmia Imran, personal struggle, TEDx, TEDx Talks, TedxGCULahore, ZoyaNasir

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