Pakistan World Records

Hanzala Nazir goes through the oldest part of his Urdu magazine collection on the floor of his home in Faisalabad, Pakistan, turning each issue cover up and reading out the date printed on it. The 48 issues date from 1969 to 1999, among them a weekly from September 9, 1983 and a pink-covered weekly from October 1969. Added to the 162 later issues he showed cover by cover in another video, they bring his collection's verified total to 210. The oldest cover here has been around for more than half a century.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when he earned LinkedIn's Marketing Strategy Certification, awarded for passing a free online exam on planning advertising campaigns on LinkedIn, on February 18, 2026. In the video he shows his laminated certificate from LinkedIn Marketing Labs, with his name, the certificate number and its verification link, and says he earned it at 16. RecordSetter matched the certificate number on LinkedIn's own verification page, which lists him as the student with a completion date of February 18, 2026, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. His marketing plan clearly works.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when the International Free Evangelical Bible School, a tuition-free online Bible school based in the Netherlands, awarded him its Diploma of Biblical Studies on August 8, 2026. In the video he shows the printed diploma with his name, the school and the award date, then leafs through the five course certificates that led to it, in Bible study and tools, introduction to the Bible, Old Testament, New Testament and Christian theology, each earned by passing the school's exam. RecordSetter read the diploma and certificates in the footage, checked the school's diploma requirements on its own website, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. Five exams stood between him and the diploma, and he passed every one.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, China, was 13 when the HP Foundation's HP LIFE program presented his certificate of completion for Inventory Management, one of its free online business courses, on November 5, 2026. His screen recording shows the course marked completed on his HP LIFE dashboard, then the certificate itself in his name with its serial number. RecordSetter opened that serial on HP LIFE's own certificate page, which shows the same name, course and date, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. Thirteen and already managing stock.

Zoilo Adalia was 11 years old on October 6, 2015, when the free online learning platform Alison awarded a certificate for its course Understanding the Ebola Virus and How You Can Avoid It. In a phone screen recording, Zoilo opens the certificate with that name and award date, then follows its verification link to Alison's own learner verification page, which confirms the course, the completion date and a 95% score on the final assessment. Zoilo's stated date of birth, September 4, 2004, puts the age that day at 11 years and one month. At an age when most kids are dodging homework, Zoilo passed a course on dodging Ebola.

Hanzala Nazir, 16, introduces his library in Faisalabad, Pakistan, then has a cameraman walk the room shelf by shelf: hardbound Islamic books in Arabic and Urdu, many in multi-volume sets, packed floor to ceiling on every wall. The total of 2,150 books is Hanzala's own count, with each distinct title or volume counted once, and the video tour shows a collection consistent with it. Few teenagers can say their bookshelves need a guided tour.

Hanzala Nazir, 16, sits on the carpet of his library in Faisalabad, Pakistan, and lays out his psychology and self-help books one at a time, reading each title aloud, from The Courage to Be Disliked and Atomic Habits to a stack of dark psychology guides. The single-take video shows 21 different titles, and Hanzala closes by stating the total. It's a reading list that runs from Ikigai to The Art of Psychological Warfare.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when he finished NASA's free online Open Science Essentials course on August 18, 2026, and its five-module Open Science 101 course the next day. In the video he introduces himself in his library, then lays both NASA certificates of achievement in his name on the carpet, one of them framed. RecordSetter matched both to NASA Open Science's own badge pages, which list him as the recipient on those dates, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. Rocket science can wait.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, earned six diplomas from online courses between March and September 2026, while he was 16: UniAthena diplomas in practical psychology, data analytics and business communication, a Level 7 Diploma in Health and Social Care from Training Express, an Advanced Diploma in Child Psychology and a Diploma of Biblical Studies from the International Free Evangelical Bible School. Sitting in his library, he shows each one to the camera and reads out its title. RecordSetter checked the three UniAthena diplomas and the Training Express diploma on the issuers' own pages, which show his name and award dates, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. That is a lot of homework.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when TeacherRecord issued him its certificate for a 120-hour online course in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), the standard qualification for teaching English abroad, on July 27, 2026. In the video he holds up the certificate in front of the shelves of his Islamic book library, then turns the camera to its QR code and the course transcript listing all 13 modules, completed with distinction. RecordSetter matched the certificate number on TeacherRecord's own verification page, which shows his name and the issue date, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. Class is in session.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when Oxford Home Study Centre awarded him its Advanced Diploma in Child Psychology (QLS Level 5), a self-paced online course rated at 60 CPD hours, on August 1, 2026. In the video he stands in front of the shelves of his book collection holding the framed diploma, which shows his name, the course title, the CPD hours and the award date, and says he earned it at 16. RecordSetter read the diploma's certificate number and date in the footage and in the PDF copy he had already sent, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. Not many people study child psychology while still a teenager themselves.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when the UK online course provider Training Express awarded him its Level 7 Diploma in Health and Social Care, a self-paced course on leading care teams, safeguarding and patient care with a multiple-choice final exam, on September 9, 2026. In the video he stands in front of the shelves of his book collection holding the framed diploma, which shows his name and the course title, and says he earned it at 16. RecordSetter matched the diploma to the certificate file Training Express hosts on its own website, which shows his name and the award date, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. It is never too early to learn how to look after people.

Hanzala Nazir, 16, sits on the carpet of his library in Faisalabad, Pakistan, and shows off his perfume collection, from small attar vials and clear glass bottles to boxed oud perfumes and a Mickey Mouse bottle with a plush head. He picks out favorites as he goes, including Ronaq Al Oud and White Oud, and states the total of 45 on camera, a count that the bottles laid out across the carpet are consistent with. Oud is the clear favorite: he says the range of scents in Ameer Al Oud is why he owns so many bottles of it.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when he finished Building AI-Powered Search with MongoDB Vector Search, a free MongoDB University course that ends with a short skill check, on February 23, 2026. In the video he shows the printed MongoDB proof of completion in his name, in a clear plastic sleeve on the carpet, along with its MongoDB Skill badge for Vector Search Fundamentals, and says he is the youngest MongoDB certified. RecordSetter opened the Credly link printed on the certificate, which shows MongoDB issuing the badge to him on February 23, 2026, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied; the record covers MongoDB course certificates, which are separate from MongoDB's exam-based certifications. Vector search, mastered at 16.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when IBM issued him its Big Data Foundations Level 1 badge on March 26, 2026, for completing Big Data 101, a free beginner course on IBM's Cognitive Class learning site. In the video he shows the printed IBM certificate in his name, in a clear plastic sleeve on the carpet, with the issue date, the badge and a Credly verification link, and says he is the youngest IBM Level 1 certified in the whole world. RecordSetter opened the Credly link printed on the certificate, which shows IBM issuing the badge to him, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied; the record covers IBM course certificates and badges, which are separate from IBM's exam-based professional certifications. Big data, decoded at 16.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when SAP Learning issued him a course completion badge for Getting Started with SAP Emarsys, a free beginner course on running marketing campaigns with SAP's customer engagement software, on March 8, 2026. In the video he shows the printed certificate in his name, in a clear plastic sleeve on the carpet, with the issue date, the badge and a verification link, and says he is the youngest SAP certified in the whole world. RecordSetter opened that link on SAP's own badge page, which shows the badge issued to him on March 8, 2026, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. Campaign launched at 16.