Pakistan, Aug. 6 -- Today (Saturday, August 2), the joyful news has arrived that Pakistan's under-sixteen football team has won first place in Norway's international football tournament, competing among teams from 35 countries. This was no ordinary team. A few football-loving entrepreneurs based in Norway - Suleman Sarwar, Farooq Ansari, and Muhammad Imran - came up with a unique idea to uplift Pakistan's name and then committed themselves to realizing it.

They registered an organization in Norway called "Better Future", and selected Lyari - one of the most underprivileged areas of Karachi - as their focus (interestingly, none of the three men are from Lyari; they're originally from District Gujrat). Using their personal funds, they esta...