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My maternal uncle, Wasif Masood Burney, is a renowned Film Writer, Lyricist, Broadcaster, Voice over artist and producer. He has been associated with the radio industry since his childhood and has done many live shows. He is a professional voice over artist and dubbing actor in films and Turkish plays as well as a registered IMDB writer.
My uncle lives in Karachi, Pakistan with his family. Him and his wife, my aunt, have a daughter and two sons all of whom attend school and they are ages 14, 10 and 7 respectively.
Before Covid 19, my uncle was doing alright as he had planned a big budget cinema movie with a star cast. His film project was 40% complete until the pandemic shook the world. As you all are aware the film industry took a big hit due to this pandemic. Cinemas are closed and the business of film is stuck.
My Uncle had begun this project by taking investment from some investors with a certain mark up and time period. Now he has been facing a tough time from these investors with no leniency considering his difficult situation. The amount which he has to pay is $300k and the requested fundraising amount is $250k which he must return back to the investors by this month (Jan 2021). Failure of doing this can lead him to end up in jail in a third world country leaving his wife and three young kids to fend for themselves during a pandemic. In order to fulfill this payment, he is trying to sell his home to cover the amount due to the investors.
Last month he was also diagnosed with spine disease because of which the neurosurgeon advised him to get a spine surgery. Besides this diagnosis, my uncle suffers from diabetes, hypertension and difficulty in mobility with severe back pain. He has had no job for the last four months but had been making ends meet as a sole provider of his family of 5. Recently he started a podcast which will only take time to grow for him to receive a steady income from. He has also been taking on some small projects which range from $10-$20 from Upwork.com. Ever since my uncle has been in this situation, my family and I have been doing everything we can to help him out. The situation has not gotten better and although our prayers have not ceased, we are now reaching out to request you all to please help in whatever way you can. My mamu means the world to me and his situation has left us all in a very helpless state. But more than that, this has taken a toll on him and his family emotionally because of the lack of financial guarantee. Please remember him and his family in your prayers and donate whatever you can and share this with everyone you know. JizakAllah.
My uncle lives in Karachi, Pakistan with his family. Him and his wife, my aunt, have a daughter and two sons all of whom attend school and they are ages 14, 10 and 7 respectively.
Before Covid 19, my uncle was doing alright as he had planned a big budget cinema movie with a star cast. His film project was 40% complete until the pandemic shook the world. As you all are aware the film industry took a big hit due to this pandemic. Cinemas are closed and the business of film is stuck.
My Uncle had begun this project by taking investment from some investors with a certain mark up and time period. Now he has been facing a tough time from these investors with no leniency considering his difficult situation. The amount which he has to pay is $300k and the requested fundraising amount is $250k which he must return back to the investors by this month (Jan 2021). Failure of doing this can lead him to end up in jail in a third world country leaving his wife and three young kids to fend for themselves during a pandemic. In order to fulfill this payment, he is trying to sell his home to cover the amount due to the investors.
Last month he was also diagnosed with spine disease because of which the neurosurgeon advised him to get a spine surgery. Besides this diagnosis, my uncle suffers from diabetes, hypertension and difficulty in mobility with severe back pain. He has had no job for the last four months but had been making ends meet as a sole provider of his family of 5. Recently he started a podcast which will only take time to grow for him to receive a steady income from. He has also been taking on some small projects which range from $10-$20 from Upwork.com. Ever since my uncle has been in this situation, my family and I have been doing everything we can to help him out. The situation has not gotten better and although our prayers have not ceased, we are now reaching out to request you all to please help in whatever way you can. My mamu means the world to me and his situation has left us all in a very helpless state. But more than that, this has taken a toll on him and his family emotionally because of the lack of financial guarantee. Please remember him and his family in your prayers and donate whatever you can and share this with everyone you know. JizakAllah.
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Zara Khan
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Old Bridge Township, NJ
Aruje Afza
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