The story so far — in full colour
Two diplomas completed in parallel, four excellence awards, a live platform in production, and a mapped route to ACCA — this is how a commerce student from Peshawar is building a career where accounting, finance and technology meet.
§ Muhammad Hassan Qureshi — an accountant with a technologist’s toolkit
My name is Muhammad Hassan Qureshi, and I am an undergraduate student of BS Accounting & Finance at the Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences), Peshawar — the top-ranked institute of management education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. My destination is the ACCA qualification, and that goal is not a distant dream: it is a planned route with milestones, deadlines and a study system behind it — the same way I plan everything else.
What makes my journey a little different is that it runs on two tracks at once. While my field of study is business, commerce, economics and accounting, I also completed a Diploma in Information Technology (DIT) alongside my commerce education. Where others see accounting as ledgers and calculators, I see FinTech, automation, ERPs and data — because I have written the kind of code those systems run on. In a profession being reshaped by artificial intelligence and blockchain-era ideas like triple-entry accounting, that dual perspective is what I bring to every room I work in.
§ The foundation: Matric and the D.Com decision
I completed my Matriculation (High School) in the Science Group from BISE Bannu in 2024 with an A grade, and then made the decision that shaped everything after it: rather than the usual higher-secondary route, I enrolled in the Diploma of Commerce (D.Com) at the Government College of Commerce (College of Management Sciences-II), Ring Road Peshawar. It was a deliberate choice. I wanted a professional, career-oriented education in business, commerce and accounting — subjects that teach you how the economic world actually records, measures and moves value.
From the first year, the material felt like home: financial accounting, fundamentals of commerce, business mathematics & statistics, principles of economics, computer applications to commerce. I finished D.Com Part 1 with the 2nd position in my college and received an Academic Excellence Certificate for it. It was the first proof that the path I had chosen was the right one — and it motivated me to push harder.
§ The parallel path: a DIT alongside D.Com
While studying for the first year of D.Com, I made a second decision that most people called ambitious: to add a Diploma in Information Technology on top of it. My reasoning was simple. Technology is no longer optional for any profession — least of all accounting, where spreadsheets, computerised accounting systems, ERPs and now AI define the daily work. I wanted to understand the machine, not just the ledger.
That period was genuinely transformative. I studied introduction to ICT, MS Office, computer networks, operating systems and programming in the first term — earning 81% overall — and then database systems, video editing, web development essentials, graphic design and a capstone project in the final term. Across the whole diploma I earned 834 out of 1,000 marks (83.4%), including 93% in video editing and 92% in the capstone project — and secured the 2nd position in my college in DIT as well, receiving a second Academic Excellence Certificate. Two programmes, completed in parallel, and neither compromised for the other.
§ Certifications and the professional path
Degrees open doors; certifications prove specifics. On the technology side, I earned five certifications — Python (Mimo, March 2025), HTML, CSS and JavaScript (Mimo, July 2025), and Web Development (SoloLearn, July 2025). On the professional accounting side, I earned two AccountingCoach Certificates of Achievement in August 2026 — one for the accounting equation, one for debits and credits — both signed by Harold B. Averkamp, CPA, MBA. Together they certify the logical core of bookkeeping: the identity every balance sheet protects, and the grammar of every journal entry.
These are stepping stones on a clearly mapped route. My BS Accounting & Finance degree carries nine ACCA paper exemptions, which compresses the journey to the professional qualification significantly. My long-term ambition is to qualify as an ACCA and serve in a state, government or private organisation — or build my own venture — at a level where high-quality financial management actually changes outcomes. I read beyond the syllabus for that reason: GAAP, IFRS and IAS standards, management accounting, auditing fundamentals, and the emerging conversation around blockchain-based triple-entry accounting.
§ Shipping, not just studying
Theory without application has never interested me. In the DIT programme, my brother and I built and deployed our first real product: Handy Tools, a suite of six everyday web utilities — from unit converters to a BMI calculator and a to-do list — that went from a local folder to a live website on the internet. We fought through free-hosting limitations, moved to a modern GitHub + Vercel workflow, and fixed a production 404 error ourselves at night. It was our first taste of what “shipping” means.
That experience scaled up with LearnFinity — my flagship project and the one closest to my heart. It is a full-stack MCQ practice platform that helps students prepare for the IMSciences entry test, NTS and other competitive exams across subjects like English, analytical reasoning, mathematics, general knowledge and Pakistan studies. With 5,248 questions, timed test modes and performance analytics, it is the study tool I always wished existed. Building it — as its co-founder — taught me as much about management, planning and entrepreneurship as any classroom could.
§ What I believe
- Concepts over cramming. A memorised rule collapses in a new situation; an understood rule adapts. I teach and study the same way.
- Double entry as a life philosophy. Every value gained has a source; every benefit has a cost. Keep your ledgers — and your efforts — balanced.
- Technology is an accountant’s amplifier, not a threat. The professionals who thrive will be the ones who embrace automation and AI early.
- Ship something. A small thing finished and delivered beats a grand thing planned forever.
§ Where you’ll find me now
These days my weeks revolve around my BS Accounting & Finance coursework at IMSciences, tutoring students online in accounting, commerce, economics, business mathematics and statistics, growing LearnFinity, and writing plain-language articles about my field. I am fluent in English, Urdu and Pashto, and I hold online sessions for students across Pakistan and beyond.
§ The people behind the journey
None of this was a solo effort. My parents’ prayers and support are the foundation of every result on this page. My teachers at the Government College of Commerce pushed me when the double-diploma workload felt impossible. My brother walked the same DIT road with me and was my partner in both shipped products — proof that two determined people can build more than twice what one can. I am grateful to every well-wisher who has been part of this story so far, and I am only getting started.
