Azhar ul Haque Sario - An Autobiography

Azhar ul Haque Sario

Synopsis

For thirty-nine years, my only real ambition was a quiet, persistent ache in my soul: to one day matter .

I saw myself as an ordinary man, a face in the crowd, moving through life with a relentless energy, hoping the sheer weight of my effort would leave a mark. My story begins in Pakistan , takes me to Malaysia where my quiet personality began to crack open , and then to the United Kingdom, where I chased an education at institutions like the University of Cambridge. But my journey was not a straight line to success. It was a path marked by profound trauma, including a brutal kidnapping that shattered my trust in humanity and years of academic struggle that pushed me to the edge of despair. The ordeal left me with such deep post-traumatic stress that I retreated from the world, a prisoner in my own home for two years .

This autobiography is the honest account of how I put the pieces back together. It’s the story of abandoning a chosen career in accounting to start over , of the solitary years spent in libraries rebuilding my academic credentials just to feel worthy again , and of the near-misses, like coming within one failed subject of passing the prestigious CSS exam after a six-month siege of study. It details the love stories that ended in heartbreak and betrayal and the engagements that collapsed just shy of the wedding day.

But this is not a story of defeat. It’s about what happens when you refuse to be silenced. After a lifetime of struggle, I found my voice not in a boardroom or a government office, but in front of a blank page. In a single year of creative frenzy, I poured my entire soul into writing, and the world, in its strange and unexpected way, finally heard me. This is the raw, unfiltered story of how an ordinary man, broken by the world, rebuilt himself into a world record holder . It's a testament to the incredible resilience of the human spirit and proof that sometimes, the work you do in the dark is what finally allows you to be seen in the light.

Disponible depuis: 29/08/2025.

Longueur d'impression: 184 pages.

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