Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi started reciting Quran-e Majeed at the age of 6 or 7. At the same time he started reciting Naat Sharif and Hifz of the Holy Quran as well. By the age of 9, Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi had learned Quran-e-Majeed by heart. He had also learned Qirat. The honor for Durood-o-Salam inside the Roza-e-Rasool (Peace Be Upon Him) in 1987 is the most loved event of His life. Waheed Zafar Qasmi has represented Pakistan in various international competitions. By the grace of Allah, He won the first competition in 1969 in Malaysia for Pakistan and thereafter in Libya in 1979. In 1980, he won a competition of Tilawat-e-Quran-e-Majeed in Saudi Arabia. Waheed Zafar again in 1981 he won a competition in Syria. He started Radio programs in 1970. The first program that he did was “Sar Chashma-e- Hidayat”. This program provided him the various opportunities to proceed further in this field and helped bringing him to the limelight. After that he did many programs on television as well although radio gave him the greatest exposure. In 1972, He read his first Naat, which is 'Arba-e- Qaseeda' (Allah Hu Allah Hu) on television, which got very popular all over the world. Waheed Zafar Qasmi Naats depicts his love and passion for Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam). Some of his other popular Naats are Fasloon Ko Takaluf hai hum say agar, Zahe Muqadar and Qaseeda-Burda Shareef. He has been an inspiration for many new comers and many Naats Khwans have got training from him including Umm-e-Habiba, Roshan Ara Samad, Javed Akhtar and Khalid Hussain.
