English & Urdu Text : Khalid IqbalPresentation : Shoaib Sobani

He was soft-spoken and had a peaceful personality. Lived in Hostel #2 andshared the room with Amir-ul-Haq Khan and Arshad Saeed. Indeed this isKhalid Rasheed. who loved to wear light colored bush shirts and trousers withheavy glasses. In those times it was rare for hostel-dwellers to keep a personalcar. Such a person was the apple of all eyes. Khalid had this distinct privilege.Late night fun and frolic activities in and around the peaceful Karachi of thosedays were facilitated by him.

Khalid was disciplined like a school boy when it was a matter of daily clinicsand studies. Rain, sun shine or closure of the College during multiple strikes,Khalid maintained his study schedule with a religious discipline.

Being an Army brat (and we won’t hold this against him), he had lived in manyparts of Pakistan. For him this experience inculcated a genuine respect for thediversity of different cultures, languages and customs of all ethnic groups ofPakistan.

Khalid Rasheed left for England after Dow. A few years later he returned toPakistan and served in Aga Khan University as a pediatric surgeon. He worked inSaudi Arabia for some time and then left for Ireland. Ravages of time havebrought changes in his physical features.

Being an Army brat (and we won’t hold this against him), he had lived in manyparts of Pakistan. For him this experience inculcated a genuine respect for thediversity of different cultures, languages and customs of all ethnic groups ofPakistan.

Sobriety, mellowness and exuberance overwhelm the present day KhalidRasheed who lives in England now…..…but his heart and soul remains deeplyentrenched in the biological motherland. His remarkable semblance to GeneralRetired Pervez Musharraf has convinced many that Khalid was his youngerbrother who was lost in infancy.

Ballay Ballay bhai Ballay BallayKia bat hay Sir ' Mush Jee' theeMaujan he MaujanSada Khush rahoo - Bhai Khalid - Sada khush rahooazb

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Shoaib keep 'em coming bro. Thanks.Khalid Rasheed 'Mush', this kinda solves the problem of mistaking you from the other Khalid Rasheed 'Doncaster'. ..am I right. It is like Eijaz Piddi and Eijaz not Piddi. We will call you Mush.Known him since DJ, never had a chance to get too friendly, till I came to live in the hostel. The trio, Amir,Khalid and Arshad were my neighbors... good neighbors. Khalid had a dry sense of humor and loved to start some issue and then sit back and watch it unfold with a smile on his face. He used to study the most amongst the three but street smart Amir won each time. Khalid and Arshad were the two most non controversial people I have known. There was a photograph taken after the final exams, at some kind of farewell, it was on the terrace over the mess in Hostel 2. I wish I had that photograph, I would have posted here.Bashir

Khalid ek shair apki muskuraht ki nazar. YE JO TUM ITNA MUSKURA RAHE HOKIYA "DOOM" HAY JISKO CHUPA RAHE HOHashmani

Ooh mondiaAb mai ke likhaiYou are fellow 'kenty', a buddy, can take my verbal assaults with your sweet smile and respond with his sharp wit. She certainly are a gem. Blessed with a great family.Ab tu bangra pa le!Munir

What a coincidence!! Khalid is number 23 POTW. Some of you might recall that Iwas one of the three idiots of Room # 23 with Khalid and Amir in hostel 2. I have known Khalid and his entire family from time immorial and have remained in touch with each other perhaps a little more than other classamtes. Great family!!! He has been like a brother to me. I have always been impressed by his extra ordinay discipline, integrity and focused approach to whatever he takes on his private and professional lives.

Was/is/will be proud of you, Khalid....always. --- Brotherly,

Arshad

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Shoaib:Thank you for posting another good one. I like the first photo and the last cartoon.Khalid, this is your week to be Dulha, enjoy it and do fill in the blanks, all that international commuting, family and so forth. While you are at it you can tell the story of your visit to Dublin and visa that was never required.!!!!!!!Over to you.Hasan

Dear All,Got the chance to get to the email after few days.people who are in SA can under stand the problum.any how I should write something though it is too late.i have attached a file ,and it is virus free.Tc BW.Khalid RasheedHi friends and…First of all let me thank Shoaib and his “team” for thinking of me.Here it goes…Last Sunday when I opened the email ,just curious, who is going to be the so called ‘Dulha’ or the punching bag for the week. Surprised to be the me. But luckily I was spared off hard punches except few…!I was born in Shaheenu ka sheher, Sargodha, ( so a paindu),schooling was in different parts of Pakistan as been a ‘army brat’.Seen the war of 1965 in sargodha been attacked many times by IAF in one day, Jazba-e – Millet jagaa,wanted to become a fighter pilot in PAF. There was cadet school run by air force which one can join in class 8 and try for commission after Fsc.One gets a better chance if you have gone through this process.

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So took the entrance exam. Sailed through the written,interview,verbal and nonverbal IQ tests with high scores….,believe me this is true. Then came the medical,and the Opthalmologist asked to read the chart, “what chart”. ‘the chart on the wall’. ?which wall. On that day I came to know that I can’t see beyond the tip of my nose, which is off coarse very long. My dream was shattered. After that there was no other thought except to become a DOCTOR. -- 1n’69 we came to Karachi. family was posted out in ’70,but I was sucked into Karachi life. I must say it was quite a smooth sailing. Went to DJ, met lots of friends in class as well as in the hostel, who became friends for life. Myself ,Khalid Iqbal and Saleem Ilyas were trio in the class.Arshad Saeed and me were neighbors in the hostel. Then came the Dow. There were about 40 boys from our section in Dow. It ---seemed quite homely, but I didn’t know any senior in Dow. I and Arshad needed a room in the hostels. - I remember that been ‘innocent’ we went to hostel to check, there was a new hostel nearly completion and decided that we will get a room in this one. When the admission was sorted out we were told by the CLERK BADSHAH to go and find a room where ever you like and take it. happily we went to the new building and ….. that’s an other story. Ultimately end up in Dormitory of hostel 3 with own ‘Manji’ along with Arshad,Nayyar. Jalilallah,Shamshad, Khalid Rashid(Doncastor) and few more. We used to play cricket in that big hall. In the next few weeks one by one every got a room by pleading to the seniors. I end up with a one ‘ Lord’ who was I think doing his house job. One day when I came back to the room, I found it locked from in and outside. There were some funny noises coming from the room, as my roommate was old, I thought he might be having a heart attack, kept on banging the door to help him. After a long time, he opened the door with a disgust, or a funny smile, on his face and said you should not bang the door……I grew up ten years on that day. Few days later, while playing cricket in the hostel 2 court yard ,met the ‘jazbatiNoujawan’.Very next day me ,Arshad and Amir became room mates for the next 6 years and friends to this day, even with our politcoideological differences,even been a probable cause for Amir’s GS election loss (Sorry Amir)

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Enjoyed the housejob very much in surg 5 and med 3, Learned a little, never became a full member of LLPLP,came to Uk 1n’82 via a year in the KV site hospital with DR.Haziq ulYaqin,one of the best teachers of Surgery(May Allah rest his sole in peace),In UK the usual rat race,part 1, plab,jobs fellowship.Now what? Ok . Paed. Surgery. That’s when I went to Dublin. Hasan ,I’ll leave the story of Dublin visa for other time.

Got married in ’86 to Nomana,now happly married for 23 and a half years. Well ! is She as well ? You have to ask her. I have 4 Children ( Alhamdulillah) ,Mujtubah ,in university, Annum, in uni. Mustafa and Murtaza (Twins)aged 12.

From Dublin to Karachi to AKU.A very nice place to work,but you are always thinking, Are You doing any Qoam ki khidmat. Karachi became difficult to live esp. for the family, so another move ,to Saudi Arabia. Started ,established and run the paed.surgery dept.in the main Military hospital Riyadh. (U army brat ,not again).Trained atleast 5 saudi paed. Surgeons, apne paun per khud kulhatri mari, ab samuj aya k Pakistan me ,why many people are not interested in the teaching. Spend 11 year in Riyadh,abi umer kaid puri nahihui, so after staying 5 years in uk ,again I am back In Riyadh. To do 14 years.

Bacoll Chaudry Sb, jethe de khoti utthe a khaloti.

Hope to see every body in Sept. All the punters in SA,there are atleast 6-8 of us, why not meet some time some place.

Remember in your prayers

Khalid Rasheed

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Dear KhalidGood to read about your life story. Sorry, have been busy with end of year

examinations and could not write earlier. Literally lost you after AKU and only met you once since.I can only describe you as the most cool guy of the class, a wonderful ever smiling

face, a man of substance and a trusted friend. It was always a delight to make a detour of the 3 backyard hostels of DMC........as there lived the legends of today....!This word POW has different connotations to me...........may be Shoaib can revisit it ......or does he literally mean POW........! I second your proposal of getting together the locals here.........is there a Rehman Khan amongst us.....??All the best to you and your family.Asad

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