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Professor & Head of Dept of Chemistry (1958-1969)
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Prof. Feroz
Yusuf Khan
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By Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui
The late Mr. Feroz Yusuf Khan was head of the
department of Chemistry at Petaro in the 1960s.
He joined the college in 1958
and left early in 1969.
He was born on
2 September 1924. He had one daughter - Anjum
When I joined Petaro, Feroz Sahib was also the
house master of Liaquat House. Later on Bhatti
Sahib took on this position. I am sure that the
early Liaquatians could would have many
interesting stories to tell us about Feroz Sahib.
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Feroz Sahib died on 20 December 1993
at
Karachi.
Most Petarians will not remember Feroz Sahib since he
left Petaro rather early in 1969.
He was one of the coolest of all our teachers. And I have
yet to find a better teacher of Chemistry. It was solely
because of his teaching method that I fell in love with
Organic Chemistry, and eventually ended up doing my B.S. in
Chemical Engineering from MIT. Had it not been for him, I am
certain that I would have been doing some other engineering.
For all
the lovers of Ahad Sahib, please note that it was Feroz Sahib
who was his boss, and it was he who brought Ahad Sahib to
Petaro.
Feroz Sahib had a deep voice, and his guttural "aray bhi"
coming from deep within his chest in the long drawl is
unforgettable.
He was a
class in himself, and one of the best of educationists in the
country at that time (in my opinion). And the principles he
stood for are so well enumerated in the autograph he wrote for
me. Truly, how many are there amongst us who talk of honesty,
yet how many are there who will drink the poison to uphold
honesty like Socrates (or Suqraat) did? I suppose that is a
dying species - if it isn’t extinct already. Most of us are
hypocrites. How loudly do we proclaim that we must bring in
honesty, yet we deceive ourselves.
May
Allah rest Feroz Sahib's soul in peace in Jannatul Firdaus!
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