Master Stroke

Ali Zafar

While some acquire skills, others are divinely blessed with talent. The son of a painter and fine arts professor at the University of Punjab, Pakistan,  Ali Zafar’s journey in the world of music, art and painting began at the tender age of two. While most children his age played with toys,  young Zafar preferred to dip his fingers in paint and let his imagination run amok on the canvas. “I started painting at the age of two years. My mother tells me that I would return from play school and draw different types of cars and paint them,” says Zafar, who can complete a sketch within a matter of minutes.