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Tariq Jameel was given the nickname of "Pandit" at
Petaro for his outstanding performances as a
member of the Funkada Drama Society. His
performances on the drama stage matched those of
Aurangzeb Laghari, 109/L (who attained fame as a
PTV artist in later years).
He was also an excellent hockey player, and was
the goalkeeper of the College Hockey team.
After leaving Petaro, Tariq Jameel joined West
Pakistan UET, Lahore and graduated from there as a
civil engineer in 1970. In later years, he
completed his M.Sc. in Irrigation Planning and
Design from University of Southampton in the UK in
1988 under the Colombo Plan Scholarship Scheme
sponsored by the Government of Punjab.
After graduation, he was employed in government
departments and private organizations in Pakistan
and Kuwait. Starting as an Assistant Engineer, he
eventually became the Superintending Engineer in
the Irrigation Department of Punjab and was in
charge of the Depalpur Canal Circle at Lahore.
His last assignment was as the Chief Engineer of
PIDA in Lahore prior to his retirement in 2007.
I
had the good fortune to meet him once at Sialkot,
when he was present at the gathering of Petarians
at Cadet College Sialkot in the year 2002. We
would talk on the phone once in a while and he was
always very appreciative of having a copy of the
Petarian Directory which helped him keep in touch
with his old friends.
May Allah
have mercy on him and grant them Jannatul Firdaus.
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