{"id":311241,"date":"2021-04-20T11:09:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T06:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=311241"},"modified":"2021-04-20T11:55:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T06:55:29","slug":"from-being-a-waiter-at-lums-to-finally-completing-his-education-ansar-ali-is-an-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/from-being-a-waiter-at-lums-to-finally-completing-his-education-ansar-ali-is-an-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"From Being a Waiter at LUMS to Finally Completing His Education &#8211; Ansar Ali is an Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Back in 2013, when I was still a student at LUMS, the LUMS Photographic Society was doing a series of profiles on people on campus titled &#39;Humans of LUMS&#39;. This photo was a part of that campaign, along with the following interview in the caption: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vero3oBFKJ\">pic.twitter.com\/Vero3oBFKJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Salaar Khan (@Brainmasalaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brainmasalaar\/status\/1383384102498234370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The story is winning hearts<\/h3>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;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 &#8211; amidst all these students, frothing with ideas and things that they had just learned &#8211; much as he once did, seemed a special kind of cruelty.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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 &#8211; amidst all these students, frothing with ideas and things that they had just learned &#8211; much as he once did, seemed a special kind of cruelty.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Salaar Khan (@Brainmasalaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brainmasalaar\/status\/1383384107392987142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Salaar and his friends felt guilty and would often tip him generously. But when they were graduating, they decided to give a &#8216;parting gift&#8217; to Ansar.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We decided we were going to put Ansar back in school.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fast-forward two years. I was President of the student body &amp; as our tenure drew to an end, we were mulling over a Parting Gift (a loose tradition where the graduating batch would sometimes give back to the campus community). We decided we were going to put Ansar back in school.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Salaar Khan (@Brainmasalaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brainmasalaar\/status\/1383384111587360774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, when they broke the news to him, Ansar felt it was too good to be true. It was then they realized it wouldn&#8217;t be an easy journey.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;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&#8217;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.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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&#39;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.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Salaar Khan (@Brainmasalaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brainmasalaar\/status\/1383384115823603719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But no amount of pontification on long-term vs. short-term decision-making would put food on their table. We left seeking one thing:if we ensured that the family continued to get what he was making at the moment would they promise not to take him out of school? His mother agreed.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Salaar Khan (@Brainmasalaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brainmasalaar\/status\/1383384123293589510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/meet-pakistans-first-visually-impaired-student-to-win-a-scholarship-to-oxford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Pakistan&#8217;s First Visually Impaired Student To Win a Scholarship to Oxford<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Ansar Ali begins school<\/h3>\n<p>But what came next was a series of challenges.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We set up a GoFundMe account and put up donation boxes all over campus. This picture was taken by the Photographic Society in the same spot where that first shot was taken. A week after, Ansar quit his job at Zakir.<\/p>\n<p>Ansar was going back to school. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZqpqX4GX1A\">pic.twitter.com\/ZqpqX4GX1A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Salaar Khan (@Brainmasalaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brainmasalaar\/status\/1383384130017058826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To save on rent, Ansar moved into a room in our home. There, he would study into the early hours of the morning. (After a gap of close to a decade, he had a lot to catch up on.) On his wall, he had a note to himself: &quot;I will score 800+&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Salaar Khan (@Brainmasalaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brainmasalaar\/status\/1383384135075393548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Of course, there was no shortage of criticism either: Why put so much into one person? There are so many others out there. He will become spoiled and lazy. etc. etc.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Salaar Khan (@Brainmasalaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brainmasalaar\/status\/1383384139345235975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;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 &#8216;A&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ansar got admission to SZABIST Islamabad with a partial scholarship. And the challenges continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now it was time for university. Ansar was good with numbers and decided he wanted to study accounting. We applied to several places, and he got into SZABIST with a partial scholarship. Here, new challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Salaar Khan (@Brainmasalaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brainmasalaar\/status\/1383384143732502532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One thing was clear: if you can&#39;t speak English, then even in Pakistan, a big old ceiling looms right above your head. So we found an online English course and enrolled Ansar in that. The results weren&#39;t instant, but he has now cleared level C2 (good enough for IELTS 9.0).<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Salaar Khan (@Brainmasalaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brainmasalaar\/status\/1383384148807585798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Salaar Khan also shared a then and now photo of Ansar, sharing how proud he feels.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brainmasalaar\/status\/1383384158236397579<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ansar is now on a job hunt.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ansar is to graduate in June so we&#39;re now on the hunt for a job. He would like to work in Accounts and has completed an internship at a firm that&#39;s offered him a job. But, given everything that&#39;s gone into this journey, I just want to make sure he takes the best offer he can get.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Salaar Khan (@Brainmasalaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brainmasalaar\/status\/1383384163990982679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s how you can help him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ideally looking for something in Punjab\/isb, but Peshawar works too.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Salaar Khan (@Brainmasalaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brainmasalaar\/status\/1383385129679159308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/female-doctor-clears-path-for-ambulance-amid-tlp-protests-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Female Doctor Clears Path For Ambulance Amid TLP Protests [Video]<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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