Cherished Memories of Africa — Page xiv
xi About Translator Born in 1937, matriculated from T. I. High School Rabwah and graduated in Medicine and Surgery from Nishtar Medical College, Multan. After working for two years in Pakistan and two years in Saudi Arabia (where he availed the opportunity to perform Umrah and Hajj), he moved to the UK. He worked in various hospitals in NHS and attended a specialist course in Chest Diseases. When Hadrat Khalifatul Masih III (ra) launched Nusrat Jahan Scheme in 1971, he offered his services, initially for three years later extending indefinitely. He started his duties as waqf doctor in December 1973 at Ahmadiyya Hospital, Kokofu, Ghana which was the first medical centre established under Nusrat Jahan Scheme. In September 1975 he was transferred to the Gambia where he worked till May 1977. Then he was sent to Nigeria. In June 1986 he returned to the UK on leave because of personal reasons. He reported back for his waqf duty in January 2000 and was sent to the Gambia from where he finally retired in April 2007 after completing a total of twenty years under Nusrat Jahan Scheme. During his stay in the UK he served as Secretary Umur e Aama UK for about two years (1997 – 1999). After retirement he settled in Oxford where he served as Sadr Jama’at for seven years (2007 – 2014). Dr Munawar Ahmed