Sardar Muhammad Yousuf Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony In office 4 August 2017 – 31 May 2018 President Mamnoon Hussain P. By Kanwarjit Singh Malik Editor’s Note: Kanwarjit Singh Malik was born in Rawalpindi in 1930. His family moved to India at the time of Partition in 1947. He joined Flying Club in Jalandhar, later was selected in Indian Air Force. After the retirement he served as senior Captain in Air India and Air Lanka. I have recently read 19 episodes of “My Old but Ever New Pindi”, a series of, written by Rafique Khan Sahib, in a website;. Inazuma eleven go strikers 2013 pc full. Being a native of Pindi, these articles took me back to the good old days. Today sitting in Foster City, near San Francisco, USA, at the home of my daughter, I remember Pindi as it was in my mind as I remember. In Rawalpindi our Malik family was very well-known, especially my father Malik Mukhbain Singh. He had many Muslim friends, Mian Aslam and Mian Akram (Lakri taal wallas), Choudhry Maula Dad and all his brothers and their father/uncle M. Azam Khan who was member Cantt Board. My father himself was member Municipal Committee and Director Rawalpindi Electric Supply Bus Company, which plied in the city. Malik Qayum Sahib of Shamsabad, Sir Sikandar, Nawab Muzaffar Khan and all the elders were his personal friends. Mian M. Nur Ullah, Pakistan’s first Finance Minister, especially came to stay with my father in a Barrack in 1948 where he was staying then. I served them myself. ![]() ![]() He was accompanied by Nawab Muzzafar Khan. There were so many others which I don’t remember now because as children we were not allowed to sit in the gathering. I was born on 7 November 1930 in one of my great-grandfather’s houses on Nehru Road (Now Bagh Sardaran Road), this house was converted as living quarter for my grandfather Malik Chaiber Singh. Ours was a joint family, most of the property on the opposite side was owned by my great-grandfather, MALIK KHAZAN SINGH, who lived in Old Pindi, Saidpuri Darwaza, CHATTI HUI GALI (known by our Baradri as Wada Ghar). My great-grandfather MALIK KHAZAN SINGH was born in 1813. He moved from Dera Khalsa (Tehsil Kahuta) to Rawalpindi between 1833 to 1838 when he was 20 to 25 years old. His mother sent him to Pindi with Rs.25/- He also served in the Army of Mahraja Ranjit Singh and moved with them up to Kabul. Later, he became a general Contractor like so many other Pindiwals. He had the monopoly of Dak of Pindi District. His Tongas and Victorias used to go up to Murree. As said earlier, these horses were put up in the Old House which was later converted as living quarter. He passed away in 1899. His son Malik Chaiber Singh (my grandfather) lived with the joint family in the Old House. Later my grandfather moved with his younger sons to his bungalow on Circular Road. It was the biggest bungalow (3 acres) in Pindi city. It was opposite L. Kalyan Das Haveli, Gali Surian. We are basically Sikh Ahluwalia. MALIK was the Title bestowed on our ancestors with village Dera Khalsa as Jagir as the saying goes by GAKHAR RAJAS. My father’s youngest uncle Malik Dogar Singh lived opposite as he had built a palatial bungalow there. On the left of our house lived Bakhshi Jagan Nath, in front of his house he had some fruit trees. He enjoyed sitting there. On our right was SARAN SARDAN DI. Then there was a small road leading to the bungalow of Mrs. FAIRYTAIL TERBARU 2018 EPISODE 279 VERSI MANGA SUB INDO FULL HD new fairy tail 2018 fairy tail 2018 manga anime fairy tail 2018 episode terbaru anime fairy.
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