(7 February 1955 - 5 December 2010)
Sunday the 5th of December 2010 was yet another sad day for all of us as on this day today we lost another comrade: Ghulam Mustafa Maan in Lahore. Just before his death, Maan had very happily married off his son. But it did not take him long to survive the happiness.
I wish I had had more photos of him of PMA and days after. But just before his death, he has been an active member of Lahore Chapter, which had just been formed by Zahid Khan on his posting to Lahore. Zahir's office had sine been venue of all visiting friends from outside Lahore and Maan never missed a single occasion. Herein under are group photos featuring Maan.
Zahir Khan remembers Maan and says:
"Ghulam Mustafa Maan had always been an active member of the 55th Family at Lahore and perhaps the most participative colleague in the social activities held during my stay there. He would always be known for his seemingly over simplistic but direct (rather head on) and persistent approach to the issues of life. He was always lovely company and source of some light moments for friends and had a great heart to take on all humorous remarks on him. He had great confidence in himself and nothing was impossible to him. He was looking for a great deal of aspirations in his children and tried to facilitate their career progression.
He made a great effort to get the best match for his son and must have been a very happy father at his wedding last week. Alas, he could hardly enjoy the happy moments of family's addition and left all his loving family members and friends in a state of shock."
Baqar Zaidi writes in his mail,
"Until last year Maj Mustafa Maan has been visiting me quite regularly. But for the last few months we have not been in touch. He had great passions for his children, their career and their life in time to come. He once discussed this with me too. On Sunday, in the morning, he suddenly had an attack of asthma (he had been asthmatic for quite a long time) which did not spare him enough opportunity to take necessary medication. Those who could make to his funeral (thanks to timely email Jalal and SMS from Ateeq) were Shirazi, Ateeq, Mehmood Tariq, Qadri, Arshad Khokhar, Abbas, Tariq, Khalid Javed, Nauman Siddiqui, Ashraf, Tariq Fazal and Najam Butt (pardon me if anyone is missed). A floral wreath was laid by us on behalf of the 55th L/C."
Jamil writes from Canada: "I just heard the sad demise of Mustafa Maan. Maan was a great friend and a very simple soul. He was my Platoon mate; I and Allah Dad will always share jokes with him and Maan will always make funny comments in his own style. What a time and how quickly it passes. This was very painful news. May Almighty Allah rest Mustafa Maan's soul in peace and grant strength and sabr-e-jameel to the family to bear this irreparable loss, Aameen! "
Sons of Maan
May Allah grant eternal peace for the departed soul and grant strength to his family members to meet the challenges of this irreparable loss.
Please refer to our Reference Page to read about all those of us who have left us midway for their Heavenly abode.
6 comments:
RIP both great colleagues.
Mustafa Maan was my Platoon mate, a simple n a straight forward Gentleman. I always enjoyed his Company, he had Mona Liza's smile n Never hesited to pass his naughty n candid remarks on others.
He would usually stand with one sholder Tilted n we would make fun him that always add 2 degrees left when you talk to Maan.
He used to visit me on my last posting at Lahore, once he visited n left ... after few minutes i saw him again, smiling... oh yaar Jamil ... I forgot my Motorcycle.
I learnt about his Sudden demise n felt so sad losing a kind n humble friend.
on my first visit from Canada i visited his home in old officers Collony near Saddar Lahore Cantt, met his Father n family for condolances.
May Almighty Allah rest his soul in peace. Aameen.
Loftier are the persons who cause others to smile. Our brother Maan falls in this category. When he was in the physical world, on every call from him, his mention in any gathering or a mere thought of him would fetch a smile on ones face as an involuntary reaction. And knowing fully well that he is no more part of this physical world, his thought still brings a smile but with a feel of pain and loss. Such smiles indeed are a tribute to him and must be being added to his credits in the ledger in the far off world
I knew very little about him in PMA and never had one to one interaction with him except amusing anecdotes that reached through colleagues. I had special sympathies for him when he died the first time. He was blessed with s second life when he miraculously recovered from a serious accident.
I had a chance of meeting him when I was serving in an Int setup near old airport in Lahore. He would often come on a motorbyke with a polythene bag hung with the byke handle which used to be overstuffed with business documents.
After retirement I shifted to Old Officers Colony where he was also residing. He became a frequent visitor of our home and we too visited his house which seemed more of a base camp to Saddle. You could see food being despatched for security guards of his company or accounts clerk with his ledger, and, debreifings of thein Admin JCO both by him as well as by his daring lady wife who by then had emerged as more ifluential administrator of Maan's speawling businesses.
When I joined Mobilink in 2003, Maan's head had become an incubation centre for business ideas. Every few weeks he would come to my office with a new business project and a new business card. In the nutshell, Maan was not mere "a man" but an anjamin in himself. May Allah bless his soul. He will always be missed
Dear All,
My Father-in-law Lt. Col. (Retd.) Munir Butt, 55 PMA Long Course, passed away this morning.
اِنّا لِلّٰهِ وَاِنّا اِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُوْن
Please contact my brother-in-law Ahsan Munir Butt at 03335067034 for further information regarding Namaaz e Jinaaza
RIP Maan. May Allah keep you in heavens, for ever.
What a sweet man Mustafa Maan was, our platoon mate who usually used to remained quite with a beautiful smile.
Simple soul who would always be kind n humble.
May Almighty Allah bless him with the best place of Jannah tul Firdous Aameen.
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