You may or may not have come across the recently famous “Chai Wala” (tea vendor) who took over the internet by a storm after Javeria Ali posted his picture. He has already been signed up for his first modeling shoot and was not only featured on Pakistani news and social media platforms but also on BBC, First Post, Business Insider (Australia), Daily Mail and many more. While he is definitely a heart throbbing internet sensation for many ladies across the globe right now, I am a little surprised to see the hype. Pakistanis are beautiful people—inside and out—so finding another shouldn’t be that big of a surprise. Pakistani men were ranked third hottest in the world last year by MissTravel.com, following their counterparts from Ireland and Australia. Here are some of the most sensational celebrities of Pakistani origin:

Zayn Malik

Fawad Khan

Ali Zafar

Hamza Ali Abbasi

Shahid Afridi

Imran Khan

But the list does not end here. It’s not just the celebrities who have got all the looks. There have been numerous pictures of common Pakistanis who moved the internet over time because of their exceptional good looks. Here are a few examples of that:

Flaunting looks is not the purpose of this post. It is more than that; Pakistanis are not just extremely good looking, they are very kind people who have excelled in almost all walks of life. To make my point, I will give a few more examples of Pakistanis in recent history who have done or are doing great things.

Abdul Sattar Edhi (Philanthropist)

Born in 1928 in Gujrat, Abdul Sattar Edhi was a philanthropist, social activist, ascetic and a humanitarian. He was the founder and head of the Edhi Foundation in Pakistan for six decades. The foundation that started with a mere sum of fifty dollars is now home to 20,000 abandoned infants, 50,000 orphans, 40,000 women who have been trained to be nurses and over 330 centers which serve as food kitchens, rehabilitation homes, clinics for handicapped and shelters for homeless around Pakistan. Edhi foundation now runs the world’s largest ambulance service performing relief operations not only in Pakistan but in Middle East, Africa, the Caucasus region, Eastern Europe and even in the U.S. when needed, such as in New Orleans in 2005 during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. His international relief work includes donations to victims of Hurricane of Katrina, cyclone relief in Bangladesh, support to tsunami-impacted regions and ambulance service for sufferers of Afghan war. It also has its centers in Bangladesh, Japan, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Dr. Abdus Salam (Physicist and Nobel Prize Winner)

"He was a Pakistani theoretical physicist. A major figure in 20th-century theoretical physics, he shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory. He was the first Pakistani and first Muslim to receive a Nobel Prize in science and the second from an Islamic country to receive any Nobel Prize (after Anwar Sadat of Egypt)." - Wikipedia

Arfa Karim (World's Youngest Microsoft Professional)

Arfa Karim (February 1995 – January 2012) was a Pakistani who, in 2014, at the age of nine, became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional. She kept the title till 2008 when another talented Pakistani broke her record. Arfa received the President’s Award for Pride of Performance. She died of a cardiac arrest. A science park in Lahore, the Arfa Software Technology Park, was named after her.

Ayan Qureshi (World’s Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional)

Ayan Qureshi is the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional who passed his tech giant’s exam in 2008 at the age of five. At the age of three, Ayan was introduced to computers by his father, who noticed his extraordinary skills in the field and started training him accordingly. Ayyan currently owns a computer lab and aims to build a UK based IT hub similar to Silicon Valley, which he intends to call E-Valley.

Haroon Tariq (A Levels, O Levels, IGCSEs World Record Holder)

Educated in Froebel’s International School Islamabad, this brilliant Pakistani made six world records by getting a total of 87 A’s in A Levels, O Levels and IGCSEs. He first broke the world record in 2013 by securing 47 A’s in his IGCSE O Levels exams from the University of Cambridge International Examination. The previous record in O Levels was held by another Pakistani, Zohaib Asad, with 28 A’s. His subjects spanned on a wide spectrum of arts and technical subjects including two languages. The A Level subjects he took include Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Math, Economics and Business, Sociology, Urdu Literature, Urdu Language, General Studies, Government and Politics, Computer Studies, ICT, Psychology, English Literature, Marine Sciences, English language, Thinking Skills, Geography, Economics, General Paper, Business Studies, Applied Geography, Global Development, Environmental Management, Divinity, Islamic Studies, Accounting, World History and Classical Studies.

Ali Moen Nawazish (A Levels World Record Holder)

Ali Nawazish was born in Karachi and was a student of Roots International system. He is a Pakistani, preceded by Haroon Tariq, to set a world record by getting 23 A grades in A Levels. His is the founder of “StepUP Pakistan”; an organization that aims to train teachers in order to improve education.

Malala Yousafzai (World’s Youngest Nobel Prize Winner)

"Malala Yousafzai, the girl who was shot in Swat in 2012, became the Nobel Peace Prize winner after proving herself to the world. She has always fought for the rights of women and made it the Top 100 most Influential People’s list in the Times Magazine. Despite all the other commitments, Malala had one sole focus in her life: her schoolwork. Malala in 2015 scored six A* and four A at the GCSE." - BrandSynario

Sumail Hassan (Times’s 30 Most Influential Teens of 2016)

Sumail Hassan, now 17, won his team Evil Geniuses the Defense of the Ancient 2 (Dota 2) Asian championship in China last year when he was just 15 years old. The team bagged $1.2 million in prize money at the competition. Hassan has become the youngest person ever to earn $1 million playing competitive video games, making him a phenomenon in the rapidly growing world of 'e-sports'. - Dawn

Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan (Squash Legends)

Combined they have won 14 world opens, making Pakistan the most decorated Squash nation in the world. Pakistani players have won the Squash World Open 17 times, and British Open 12 times, the highest by any nation. Jhangir Khan won an incredible 555 consecutive matches From 1981 to 1986 This is the longest winning streak of all-time for an athlete in professional sports. He currently serves as the President of the World Squash Federation. Jansher Khan, during his career, won the World Open a record eight times, and the British Open six times.

Have I already said that beauty is more than just skin deep? Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder. If our eyes can see and appreciate what appears appealing, our hearts should also be able to identify between good and bad instead of believing whatever is fed to our minds. It's not just our looks that make us beautiful. It is also what we do and how we utilize our skills for the welfare of fellow human beings that makes us beautiful. It was particularly sad to see someone getting more national and international media coverage merely for looks compared to people like Edhi who sacrificed their entire lives to serve humanity.