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Srinagar, Jan 16: Kashmiri-origin Sameera Fazili”s parents wanted her to be a physician, but she was not quite in agreement.
Image credit: @sameerafazili
Fazili”s plans fructified on Friday when the Biden-Harris Transition named her as the deputy director of the National Economic Council at the White House. The council coordinates the economic policy-making process and provides advice to the US president.
Fazili is the second Kashmiri-origin Indian-American appointed to a key position in the incoming Biden administration. Her appointment has sparked off jubilations in her extended family in Srinagar.
“We are very proud. Everybody in Kashmir should be proud as it is a proud moment for the…
