(8 August 1954 - 20??)
Memories of past events and of those who are no more should best be documented for as times go by and human memories start to fade, one tends to forget those beautiful faces which were once happily smiling among us. A series of posts by me in the memory of those brothers and comrades who had been our part but left us midways is an attempt to keep their memories alive. The post today is to relive the memories of Khurshid who had a long life of struggle, many ups and downs and finally succumbing to these.
Khurshid was a towering figure three to four inches above six feet ground level, and was one of the three tallest brothers of our course beside Mohsin and Saeed.
Khurshid in Ex Yarmuk, First Term
Khurshid in second term
He had to leave the academy a year after we passed out. Here is how Haider Raza describes his ordeal: "Khursheed was relegated in third term as he could not clear mile test. Even after relegation we two remained room mate after seeking special permission from our Company Commander Major Ajmal, Punjab to keep his morale up). When we passed out, again he was relegated to 57 PMA for failing in mile test. When 57th passed out he was finally withdrawn. " At that time he was very perturbed for he did not have a sound background to support him. But as I said before, everyone has a destiny and he too had one brightly shining in Saudi Arabia. He stayed there for almost 17-18 years and came back to open a thriving tanker business in Karachi.
He was picked by Karachi Chapter and was a permanent member of their gatherings. I too met him in year 2000 when I was raising a unit in Malir cantonment. It so happened that I was running the Divisional Mess and it required structural uplift. We tendered out its renovation and there one day Khurshid walked in with one of his friends interested in the uplift plan. When my Division Commander came to know that Khurshid wa my course mate, he said: "Ab totay ki jaan hamaray hath main hai" - meaning by that the contractor will now work honestly as his friend has connection with us.
I was posted out of Malir and one day I heard the tragic news of Khurshid having been succumbed to some pressing family problems and left for his Heavenly abode. W lost a fine soul, a sincere and humble comrade forever. May Allah bless his soul. Aameen.
Baqar remembers Khurshid when he met him in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: "I met Khurshid Ahmed after PMA in Saudi Arabia and in fact he spotted me roaming around in a mall in Jeddah. I heard a very familiar call "Oye Baqray" and aghast therefrom this old familiar call has come. I looked around a d found Khurshid eagerly rushing towards me. We had lunch together and always made it a point to meet whenever I visited Jeddah. He was working with a security company as Shift Manager. May ALLAH SWT rest him and others in eternal peace. AAMEEN"
Please refer to our Reference Page to read about all those of us who have left us midway for their Heavenly abode.
1 comments:
Jalal Thanks for writing a mini biography of Khurshid Ahnad, a very sweet soul.
i can feel his tragedy of beig relegated twice n finally withdrawn, not easy to take it.But asyou said it God has hisiwn plans n theseare always Better than what we think.
Glad he had maintained contact with the course through Karachi Chapeter n you.
May Almighty Allah rest his soul in peace, Aameen!
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