LMC RE-UNION in KARACHI.

On Dec. 23rd, 2005, Syed Sharaf Ali Shah Prof. DMC, at a very short notice arranged the get together of many prominent LMC Alumini working in Karachi. The guests started arriving around 9 p.m. A big Hall was reserved in Karachi Gymkhano on the second
floor. The Hall along with the whole Gymkhano, as everyone knows is old, but still very well maintained with all the cleanliness and fragrance in a city that shows more deterioration, smog and pollution 7/24( 24 hrs, seven days a week) .Sharaf Ali Shah and Asghar Channa were waiting down- stairs to welcome the participants and direct them upstairs. I was seeing
both of them after about 28 years. They have not changed from 30 years ago. While on my way upstairs Dr. Subhash Chander sneaked out from some where and grabbed my hand. I recognized him because I had seen his picture some where. He looked more handsome then his picture. Up stairs in the Hall Dr. Kimat Gul finally saw me for the first time, though I had seen him on couple of occasions in the past, but we were never introduced to each other.




Gradually more friends started trickling in. It took few cerebral seconds to jog your memory and recognize them. Some had not changed while others had drastically changed physically as we
L-R: Nandlal, Jawaid Barakzai and Zakria

ll as intellectually. It was very interesting to cover all these thirty years or so with words and expressions that did not seem to cover the long gaps by any means. Smiles all around, seemed to make up for the times gone by so fast. Anyway, it was very heartening to note that everyone from my class and senior classes were well placed as Professors of Dow, JPMC, SMC and Directors at Federal and Provincial levels. Amidst all the Kachahari, filled with laughters we were invited to tables on the side; well stacked with delicious food such as I for one has never tasted for so long. On the whole, it appeared that the food quality in big places in Karachi and Hyderabad has improved. Although, the hunger and the hungry have increased. Following dinner we gathered in a circle. Sharaf Ali Shah formally opened the discussion with a concise speech followed by a comprehensive speech by Dr. Kimat Gul Khatak, underlining the potential of Alumi Associations in the development of their Alma Maters. Prof. Azhar Hussain, of our times now retired, informed us about the previous attempts in LMC to come up with a viable and serious association. Prof. and former Principal LMC Akhlaq-un-Nabi was also supposed to attend the meeting but could not turn up for some reason. Following Prof. Azhars comments everyone appeared to be extremely interested and gave their very interesting comments. Finally it was decided that a strong Karachi Chapter of Alumini Association be announced their and then, with regular periodic meetings in future. Profs. Azhar Hussain, Younis Khatri and Sharaf Ali Shah will work on data collection and also work with other Alumini of LMC in the interior to hold the Inter-National LMC Alumini Re-Union. The participants in the meeting were asked to write their data on a given form which was dually completed in the end.




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The gathering inKarachi of 30 0r so friends/Alumini, may have been a small but as the tiny
step on the moon, it definitely is a harbinger of great things to come. The spirit shown by our Karachi Alumini Chapter is indeed very contagious and hopefully will spread all over Sindh and beyond it.

In the end, let us thank Dr. Sharaf Ali Shah for the time and his expense which went in organizing this memorable meeting... MHL