A Journey from Scrap Metal to Gazetted Officer – Without Coaching, Without Privilege, Just Courage
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A Journey from Scrap Metal to Gazetted Officer – Without Coaching, Without Privilege, Just Courage |
Introduction: The Day It All Began
When my matriculation results were announced, I had scored just 71%. No headlines. No trophy. No spotlight. But in those days, the world was different. People didn't ask how much, they only asked if. And when the answer was “yes,” smiles would spread like sunshine.
That same day, our home smelled of bakery sweets and roasted chickpeas. Relatives came to congratulate me, as if I had returned from a war victorious. And maybe I had—because back then, dreams and determination were everything.
The Silent Struggles: Beyond the Marks
I was the eldest son, the bearer of all family hopes. When I scored just 58% in FSC, I expected shame—but my father embraced me. My mother prayed through tears. And once again, relatives brought gifts and joy.
But behind that joy was a silent war. I spent holidays and Sundays working at a junk shop in Durgai Bazaar. Rusty iron, broken fans, worn-out parts—this was my world. Even during BSC, I balanced scrap metal in one hand and a pen in the other.
Life didn’t give me ease.
It gave me lessons.
The Junkyard of Dreams
Every morning, while other students went to tuition centers in clean clothes and with bright eyes, I dragged a cart through the scorching heat—collecting empty tin boxes from bakeries. Their laughter would pierce my heart, but I never let it break me.
People would ask what I wanted to become. I stayed silent.
Because how do you explain dreams that feel impossible in a world that measures only marks?
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Because how do you explain dreams that feel impossible in a world that measures only marks? |
Achievements Without Privilege
Despite the hardships, I never stopped. Slowly, I began turning the impossible into milestones:
🥇 1st Position – Malakand Division (ETA Lab Assistant Test)
🥇 1st in District – NTS SST Test
🥈 2nd in District, 1st in Union Council – CT and PST Tests
✅ Selected as DM
🏅 Top Score – NTS Written Test for Swat Cadet College Lecturer
☢️ Passed Written Exam – Atomic Energy Commission (Scientific Officer)
🎓 Qualified – SS Physics, Public Service Commission
And I achieved all this without any coaching, expensive academies, or privileged networks.
Just hard work, faith, and courage.
Today: A Grade-17 Lecturer, But More Than That...
Today, I proudly serve as a Grade-17 Lecturer. A gazetted officer.
But more than the position, what matters is the lesson behind it:
✨ A child with low marks is not a failure. He is simply going through a difficult chapter.
Marks don’t define your future. Your effort does.
A Message for Every Student
To every child who feels disheartened by results: Do not be disappointed.
Because more often than not, those who trail behind in school are the ones who sprint ahead in life.
Your dreams are valid. Your hard work matters. And your struggles are shaping your future in ways no mark sheet ever could.
So, What’s My Secret?
People ask me:
“How did you do it?”
My answer is simple:
I didn’t stop.
Even when I had a thousand reasons to.
Final Thought
Success isn’t inherited by position holders.
It is earned by every heart that refuses to give up.
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