A Pakistani Taxi driver Asif Hussain Shah who drives his cab mainly in Rawalpindi/Islamabad and is citizen of Rawalpindi is the person who thought out of box and written a book. His book is named ‘For Hire’, the book is based on his daily experiences while driving his taxi, mostly based on experiences and thoughts he heard from passengers who traveled in his taxi.
Following are few photos of his taxi featuring himself.
Asif Hussain Shah not only wrote the book, he gone one step further, he used his cab as a moving bill board to advertise his book. He used the space on sides and behind his taxi to attract more buyers of his book and spread the word about himself. The painted ads on his taxi mention his book ‘for hire’ and they also tell people to search Asif Hussain Shah on Google. Though he himself don’t have any official website for himself but relies on what other people post about him on internet.
This tactic of painting ads which ask people to search about him on internet make more and more popular with more and more people taking his taxi’s pictures and uploading them on to internet. Same ads given him the media coverage as few TV channels have also covered him.
His idea of online marketing, by an offline ad and no official website to date, worked like charm and now you will find thousands of online posts covering him and his book. Not only this as he travels around more and more people take pictures of his taxi and put them online.
Asif hussain shah wrote his book ‘For Hire’ not only to have separate source of income but also to preach the good values of Islam, he points out lots of issues in this Pakistani society and how to cope with them. Following is a video captured by a TV Channel which features Asif Hussain Shah and provides his thoughts about the book. The video content consists of both English and Urdu language.
Asif Hussain’s book was the first book in Pakistan which is written by a taxi driver in Pakistan or even first in Pakistan by a person who is in a non-intellectual profession to earn his living. He proved this that anyone can write his daily experience and share them in form of a book no matter he/she belongs to which profession.
Asif hussain shah, as shown in above video still have not stopped writing, he continues to drive his taxi and continues to write while dropping the passengers on desired places in Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
If you decide to read Asif Hussain Shah’s book ‘For Hire’, I will recommend that you buy it other than downloading from Internet, so he gets his share which he deserves very much.
23 thoughts on “Pakistani Taxi driver Asif Hussain Shah writes a book and goes online with his taxi”
me uncle ke taxi main bethi hun i realy like uncle g bht gud hai ap ke taxi.
may b bhaitha ho uncle ki taxi may n he is a great person
g anam aap sihi keh rahi hain uncle bohut acha hai main bhi es taxi mian baitha tha
aur uncle say bohut batain ki
786 sha g asslamolaykum
hello chacha jaan ghar kab aeen gy?
bekaar kitaab hay.
aik dam fazoooooooolllllllll.
bakwas
Mr. Shabar tumhe shayad feelings ki koi qadar nahi hai jabhi tum ye ya bakwas kar rahe ho ya tum ne ye Kitaab parhi nahi hai
Hume fakhar hai k humare mulk 1 Taxi Driver ne 1 itni pyaari kitab likhi wo bhi itni feelings se
Plz apne mulk k logo ko appreciate karna sikho na k unke jazbat ko radh karna…
We are proud of taxi-driver
bohattttt alla jeeeeee
buhat zabardast uncle j ,./
booooht ala
boohtttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt alaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee kia bat hai
zabadast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pakistan zindabad!!!!!!!!
Allah ap ko khush rakhy aur ap k ilm mein izafa kary
aur ap ko boht taraki de
Mashallah, May God bless you and give you more courage and prosperity. You have done mission impossible.
achi kosish hy Asif hussain Shah ke, pakistan mai educated logo wasy he kami hy,or jo hy wo Asif Hussain Shah ke tarha zindagi guzar rahy hyapny or apny bacho ka taxi chal ky path pal rahy hy, geo mehnt sy,
uncle ap ne ye kitab likh kr aik aisi misal kaim ki ha jis ka koi jawb nai
main ne shah sab ka sath na sirf safar kia ha balke un k sath chaey b pe ha or tasaveer b banwai han. wo pakistan k hero han . wo ek sache insan han. un ka talak b mery sher Gujrat se ha. u r great Syed Asif Hussain Shah Sab. we proud u r a Pakistani
Wisdom and intellectualism is not limited to education what we are getting from college and universities…In fact there are 2 kinds of people in this world..99.9 % are follower…whatever their religious and social system is..they just followed..and second one are those who thinks…about the basic philosophical questions of the universe and society…they are known as philosopher…So I think Asif hussain shah sab being a philosopher had raised the social issues and problems in our islamic society….otherwise no body has time..everyone is busy in this worldly spell.. .We have to appreciate him…!!! ALLAH bless him
yeh book mily gi kahan sy plz is ki link send karo ya yeh btao k kahan sy mily gi?
I really wish to sit in his taxi 🙂 I will buy his book soon after my exams.
Its really an inspiring story. I am sure that his book is must be usefull. I will dafinately go to buy this book.
I also wish to read Mr. Asif’s interview about his tthaughts.
I watched pic on fb and search on google 😛
Yes i like this.!
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