Pakistani man who lost both legs in crash now delivers food on a modified motorbike

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A young man in Pakistan’s capital lost both legs in a road accident five years ago, but he refused to let that define his future.

Today, 28-year-old Hamza Ali delivers meals across Islamabad, riding a modified motorcycle fitted with hand-operated controls.

Ali appeared cheerful under the scorching sun as he told The Associated Press that he had worked for foodpanda, a delivery platform, before the accident. Then a bus he was riding collided with a truck.

“After that accident, the first six months of my life were extremely difficult,” he said. “Then I told myself, ‘Ali, you have to do something on your own.’”

After nearly three years of job hunting in his hometown of Multan, where employers turned him away because of his disability, Ali moved to Islamabad in 2023 on a friend’s advice that the capital’s wider roads make it easier to ride a modified motorcycle.

Using his savings, he adapted his bike and asked foodpanda to reactivate his rider account. The company asked one question:...