The disabled persons are special due to a special hidden quality and not their disability, how the special quality is used is up to their parents, said a dwarf, who received a gold medal for achieving 3.5 GPA upon graduation from COMSATS.
Kamal Zafar, a 25-year-old and 3.5 feet tall student, was awarded a gold medal for his outstanding performance in BCS (Software Engineering) at COMSATS on Thursday.
Talking to Pakistan Today, Kamal said that it was a great day for him, when the gold medal was conferred upon him in the presence of thousands of normal persons.
“Allah is great. He treats all his creation equally. If I am vertically challenged, God gifted me with a sharp brain. Let me make it clear, every special person has a special quality and how the quality is used is up to them and their parents,” Kamal said.
Kamal said that after the completion of his degree in Software Engineering, a multinational software house, operating in Islamabad, had offered him a job and currently he was working there. However, Kamal expressed his desire to work in the government sector.
“I have applied for government jobs several times but to no avail as I have no references. However, I will continue my struggle and one day the lady luck will definitely smile on me,” he said.
Regarding his decision to pursue computer sciences, Kamal said, “When I was a student of FSc I realised that being a dwarf, I could not join the Pakistan Army and other fields that my friends were talking about. I thought the computer sciences could be ideal for me as in this field, you have to depend on the computer only.”
Kamal received his early education from Special Children School and later he joined the Islamabad Model School (IMCB), from where he completed his matriculation and intermediate.
“In 2002, I was declared the best student of my school and then president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf awarded me special prize and commendation shield,” he said.
Kamal said that he has four brothers and two sisters, all of whom were of normal height. Talking about his marital status, he said that he was looking for his match, adding that, “I will prefer to have a normal wife.”
Kamal is a great fan of the Pakistani cricket team and inspired from Spinner Saeed Ajmal’s ‘dosra’. He is also a fan of classical singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.
The little man said he realised that the dwarfs, particularly those who were uneducated, were made of in the public. Moreover, when they seek jobs, they were offered jobs only as salesmen or doormen at hotels.
“I have a dream to start a project for the welfare of dwarfs. I also appeal to government to pay special attention towards the special people. All of them have special brains but they just need attention,” Kamal added.
Small boy, big ambitions
