Pakistani girl wins global speed reading competition

Pakistan's Emma Alam on Monday won the 13th World Speed Reading Championships finals, beating more than 100 competitors from all over the world.

Held in hybrid form, the championships, which were delayed due to Covid-19, concluded this week with a great victory for Team Pakistan.

Emma, who defeated her Chinese competitor in the finals, was also crowned in 2020 as the World Memory Champion and holder of two titles of Guinness World Records and also recognised as Pride of Pakistan by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).