'Shiraz village vlogs', using YouTube earning to reconstruct Ghursay school
US Vlogger Shiraz rebuilt his village school with support from benefactors Pakistan’s popular child YouTubers, Muhammad Shiraz and Muskan, have utilised their social media earnings for a positive cause, transforming their village of Ghursay’s old school into a modern educational institution, supported by major donations. Their journey highlights the use of social media influence towards positive change. Shiraz’s father, Muhammad Taqi, first highlighted the school’s poor state in a YouTube video, showing children studying outdoors without uniforms, shoes or basic facilities. Despite the family considering a move to Islamabad for better living conditions, Taqi said they chose to stay and work for the village’s improvement. “Ghursay is far in Gilgit-Baltistan, and there are very few basic facilities,” Taqi said in an interview. “Allah has given Shiraz fame, and so I had two options: Either I stay here with my family in a place without basic facilities, or we move to Islamabad, where we can get them.”
Published: September 16, 2025 7:32 am
Source: The Express Tribune — Read original