Universal Truth Ministry began with a family in Layyah who couldn't sit still while their neighbors went without.
Long before it had a name, our founder, Zuhaib Asgher, was a boy watching his parents give whatever they had. Money when it was tight. Advice when families were lost. A home that stayed open to anyone who needed it. That home became the first classroom.
A woman used to travel a long way each week to teach the local children about Jesus, but she had nowhere to gather them. So the family made room. Week after week, the house filled with children learning, singing, and being cared for. From 2007 to 2010, the same welcome was extended to a sewing teacher, so the girls in the area could learn a skill they'd carry for life. None of it was planned as a "ministry." It was just people making space for others.
When that teacher married and moved away, the children could have been left with nothing. Instead, the family took the work on themselves. Parents and children together kept the weekly classes going in their own home. What had started as a favor had quietly become a calling.
Then, in 2016, Zuhaib's father passed away. It was a season of grief and real hardship. The family moved to Lahore to rebuild, to finish their education, and to find their feet again. The home in Layyah stood rented out for years. But the place, and the people in it, were never forgotten.
In January 2024, Zuhaib came back. He reopened the old family home, and on that same ground, Universal Truth Ministry began again, this time with a name and a clear purpose. That home is now the Universal Truth Education Center. Today, more than 40 children come through its doors for a real education, for Bible teaching, and for a community that genuinely cares whether they show up.
We do this because South Punjab has been overlooked for far too long. Children in places like Layyah too often grow up without the things that give them a future: good schooling, steady guidance, and adults who choose to stay. Universal Truth Ministry exists to be that presence. It started with one open door, and we're still making room.