From Being a Waiter at LUMS to Finally Completing His Education – Ansar Ali is an Inspiration

The story of Ansar Ali, is inspiring thousands of people on the Internet.

Ansar Ali

When there is a will, there is a way. The story of Ansar Ali, is inspiring thousands of people on the Internet. From waiting tables to finally holding a degree, this man is really making all of us proud.

Salaar Khan, a LUMS alumni shared the story of Ansar Ali in a series of tweets. Sharing the photo of Ansar from eight years ago, he explained how he had compromised his education to support his family.

 

The story is winning hearts

He came across this interview by LUMS Photographic Society and realized how difficult it must have been for Ansar to work among students who are brimming with ideas.

“To have been so fond of school, but compelled by circumstance to turn away is one thing. But to abandon school to work in a university – amidst all these students, frothing with ideas and things that they had just learned – much as he once did, seemed a special kind of cruelty.”

 

Salaar and his friends felt guilty and would often tip him generously. But when they were graduating, they decided to give a ‘parting gift’ to Ansar.

“We decided we were going to put Ansar back in school.”

 

However, when they broke the news to him, Ansar felt it was too good to be true. It was then they realized it wouldn’t be an easy journey.

“Quite soon after the initial excitement settled, it became obvious that this would be a lot more complicated than we had thought. Covering his fees wouldn’t be enough. To make this work, we would have to provide for his family too; that was why he had to quit, to begin with.”

 

He then decided to visit his mother and convinced her that the family would continue to get the support even after he continues his education. Thankfully, she agreed.

 


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Ansar Ali begins school

But what came next was a series of challenges.

“Covering both things would cost around 30k a month. He still had to do his FA/FSc, and then university. Assuming nothing increased, this would be a total amount of close to 20 lakhs. It seemed a fairly impossible task, but we decided we would figure it out as we went along.”

They raised funds for him and even set up donation boxes all over campus. A week later, Ansar Ali quit his job because he was going back to school.

 

“We kept collecting what we could, and he kept studying. Two years later, Ansar passed his FA with over 800 marks, and an overall grade of an ‘A’.”

Ansar got admission to SZABIST Islamabad with a partial scholarship. And the challenges continued.

 

Salaar Khan also shared a then and now photo of Ansar, sharing how proud he feels.

 

Ansar is now on a job hunt.

 

And here’s how you can help him.

 

 


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