Blindness is no roadblock to success

As a boy, Asif Patel would take apart toys and transistor radios, relying only on his sense of touch to rebuild them, having been robbed of his eyes and his sight by a rare condition.

Now a renowned mechanic with his own workshop in Pakistan's sprawling metropolis of Karachi, Patel's story is a rare tale of success in a country which offers few opportunities for the blind.

At a small workshop that employs seven people in the city's Lasbela area, customers come and go, leaving their cars in their mechanic's trusted hands.