Sri Lanka Sees World’s Tallest and Shortest Men

04th October 2010, www.dailynews.lk, By Kumarasiri Prasad

The world’s tallest man and shortest man made a sudden appearance in Sri Lanka on Friday night. The duo were enroute to Malaysia as special guest at the country’s Independence Day celebrations. Both are Pakistan nationals.

The shortest man in the world Ali Zaman is 39 inches in height. He married after love affair at the age of 48. His wife is five feet tall.

The couple has three daughters aged 16, 11 and six. The eldest is 34 inches tall. Ali Saman is a television comedy star in his country.

The world’s tallest man Haq Zawaz is 7’ 8” in height and has two brothers and two sisters, all of whom are normal in height.

A resident of a village near Bahopur close to Punjab, Zawaz consumes 16 rotis, 12 eggs and four litres of milk for breakfast.

He also needs 15 rotis, three kilos of either beef or chicken for lunch and dinner. In addition since he develops pangs of hunger every hour, he is in the habit of eating snacks so often.

Aged 24, the world’s tallest man has expressed his intention to marry any woman over six feet tall of whatever nationality.

He said he was eagerly looking forward to meeting President Mahinda Rajapaksa.