By Anna Hodgekiss PUBLISHED: 06:19 EST, 6 November 2012 | UPDATED: 12:08 EST, 6 November 2012 A student shot in the face in Pakistan has had the bullet removed through his nose in pioneering surgery carried out by a Birmingham medic. Ummad Farooq, 22, underwent the one-hour operation at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Edgbaston - potentially saving his sight. Leading ear nose and throat consultant Shahzada Ahmed removed the bullet using a Cyclops, a new instrument that enables the surgeon to see better and carry out operations quicker. Ummad Farooq, 22, was shot in the eye during an ambush at his brother's wedding in Karachi. British surgeons have restored his sight using pioneering surgical instruments
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Ummad Farooq, 22, was shot in the forehead during an ambush at his brother's wedding in Karachi
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Told by local surgeons that surgery to remove bullet was too risky
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Well-wishers in Pakistan rallied to fund his treatment in the UK
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Finance student underwent the revolutionary one-hour operation at private hospital in Birmingham - potentially saving his sight
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