From Serving Plates To Holding Degree: Ansar Ali is an Inspiration

A Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) student took to his Twitter handle to describe the story through a series of threads of a lower-middle-class boy named Ansar Ali, who raced to be a Szabsit graduate from being a waiter at the same university.

Sharing the photo of Ansar from eight years ago, he explained how Ali had compromised his educational career by quitting school after 9th grade to run his household.

This is a picture of Ansar Ali from eight years ago. At the time, he was a waiter at the LUMS branch of Zakir Tikka, having had to quit school after the 9th grade. In two months, he will graduate from SZABIST with a BS in Accounting and Finance. (Thread; 1/25). pic.twitter.com/FOz75p0eIR

— Salaar Khan (@Brainmasalaar) April 17, 2021

Back in 2013, the LUMS Photographic Society was doing a series of profiles on people on campus titled Humans of LUMS and the resident of Islamabad was captured as a part of that campaign.

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No one had seriously suspected the sorrow behind Ansar’s smile, who was compelled by circumstance by abandoning school to work in a university.

The Twitter user added he along with his other friends used to tip him as generously as they could as they belong from significantly more privileged backgrounds.

He along with his fellows decided to put Ansar back in school as a Parting Gift (a loose tradition where the graduating batch would sometimes give back to the campus community).

The expenses were becoming a challenge for the students but they didn’t lose their hope and opted for GoFundMe campaign.

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.

Ansar was going back to school. pic.twitter.com/ZqpqX4GX1A

— Salaar Khan (@Brainmasalaar) April 17, 2021

Recalling Ansar’s dedications and achievements, the students shared a throwback of memories while comparing his personality transformation.

And this is Ansar, now – in a very much non-photoshopped suit, presenting on Monetary Policy, as he finishes his BS in Accounting and Finance at SZABIST, in Islamabad. pic.twitter.com/soTew1FWXl

— Salaar Khan (@Brainmasalaar) April 17, 2021

The journey of 4 years wasn’t easy for the Islamabad resident as well as for his fellows but soon he will be a graduate in Accounting and Finance from Szabist, Islamabad.

Currently, the former Zakir Tikka waiter Ansar is hunting for a job as he will be a Szabist graduate in a few months.