Arfa Karim Randhawa, (Signs Of Improvement)

On 13 January 2012, Arfa Karim started to improve and some parts of her brain showed signs of improvement. Her father, Amjad Karim Randhawa, said Microsoft had raised the possibility of flying Arfa to the US for care.

The condition of world's youngest MCP Arfa Karim is improving and some parts of her brain have shown signs of improvement.

Arfa fell desperately ill last month and doctors say she has suffered brain damage, leaving her in a coma at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Lahore.

Her father, Amjad Karim Randhawa, said Microsoft had raised the possibility of flying Arfa to the US for care.

She was only nine years, nine months and 11 days old when she became the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional -- a qualification usually gained by IT professional and software developers -- after demonstrating her proficiency with the company's software.