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She was submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records for her achievement. Arfa kept the title until and went on to represent Pakistan on various international forums, including the TechEd Developers Conference. She died on 14 January , aged 16, from a cardiac arrest. After returning to Pakistan from a visit to the Microsoft headquarters, Randhawa gave numerous television and newspaper interviews.

Somasegar, the vice president of Microsoft's Software Development Division, wrote about her in his blog. Randhawa received the President's Award for Pride of Performance in , a civil award usually granted to people who have shown excellence in their respective fields over a long period of time; she is the youngest recipient of this award.

Upon her return from the US, Randhawa became an icon in Pakistan. She was interviewed by various channels, invited to several international conferences and summits, and received awards from the president and prime minister of Pakistan. In , Microsoft invited her to be the keynote speaker at the Tech-Ed developers conference held in Barcelona.

Randhawa represented Pakistan on various international forums and was invited by the Pakistan Information Technology Professionals Forum for a two-week stay in Dubai , where a dinner reception was hosted in her honour; Dubai dignitaries, including the Ambassador of Pakistan, attended. She was presented with various awards and gifts, including a laptop.

She was the only Pakistani among over developers in that conference.

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On 22 December , she suffered a cardiac arrest after an epileptic seizure that damaged her brain and was admitted to Lahore's Combined Military Hospital CMH in critical condition. On 9 January , Bill Gates , chairman of Microsoft, contacted Randhawa's parents and directed her doctors to adopt "every kind of measure" for her treatment. Gates set up a special panel of international doctors who remained in contact with her local doctors through teleconference.

The panel assisted in diagnosing and treating her illness.