I was born and brought up in some of the most deprived areas of Pakistan. During my childhood, I once lived with my grandparents in a village 114/15¬L, near Mianchannun. My village did not have a school, so each morning I set off on my journey to a neighbouring village so I could go to school. Aged only eight years I walked more than 7kms every day so I could receive an education. There were no roads at all, just a dirt track. The landscape was barren and not the green backdrop which is there today.