Ashraf W. Tabani
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Ashraf W. Tabani was the Governor of Sindh
and the Provincial Minister of Finance, Industries, Excise and Taxation between 1981 and 1984 during Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
's term of office as the President of Pakistan
.
, Burma. His family migrated to India soon after he was born. He was only 3 months old when his father died; his mother died when Ashraf was the age of 15. At the age of 18 he went to the University of Pennsylvania
in the United States. He had 8 siblings, 7 brothers and 1 sister (Habib Wali Mohammad
, his elder brother, is a ghazal singer).
After Pakistan achieved its independence from the British in 1947, he and a few of his brothers migrated to Karachi
. He married Amina Gani, a South African, in1954. His first child, Mohsin, was born in India around the year of 1955. His second child was a girl named Kauser and his third child, another boy named Feroze, was born in December 1963.
. Two weeks after he returned he had another heart attack. He died on July 16, 2009 in Karachi, leaving a wife, 3 children and 11 grandchildren. He is buried in Karachi at the mevashan graveyard.
in Karachi named Shalimar textiles. Shalimar textiles came to an end in the mid 1980s.
He was part of the International Labor Organization for a period of over 30 years. He served a term as the President there as well. In the early 1990s, he along with his two sons put up a sugar mill
known as Seri Sugar Mills Ltd on the outskirts of Hyderabad. In the year 2004 Mr. Tabani bought another Sugar Mill one of the oldest in Pakistan namely Fauji Sugar Mills. Now it has been renamed Tando Mohammad Khan Sugar Mills Ltd.
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
and the Provincial Minister of Finance, Industries, Excise and Taxation between 1981 and 1984 during Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , was the 4th Chief Martial Law Administrator and the sixth President of Pakistan from July 1977 to his death in August 1988...
's term of office as the President of Pakistan
President of Pakistan
The President of Pakistan is the head of state, as well as figurehead, of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Recently passed an XVIII Amendment , Pakistan has a parliamentary democratic system of government. According to the Constitution, the President is chosen by the Electoral College to serve a...
.
Biography
Ashraf was born in RangoonYangon
Yangon is a former capital of Burma and the capital of Yangon Region . Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial...
, Burma. His family migrated to India soon after he was born. He was only 3 months old when his father died; his mother died when Ashraf was the age of 15. At the age of 18 he went to the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
in the United States. He had 8 siblings, 7 brothers and 1 sister (Habib Wali Mohammad
Habib Wali Mohammad
Habib Wali Mohammad is a Pakistani ghazal singer.-Early life:Habib Wali Mohammad was born in Rangoon to a conservative Memon family, which later moved to Bombay. His family, Tabani, an industrial house has large business holdings in Pakistan.During his childhood Habib Wali often listened to...
, his elder brother, is a ghazal singer).
After Pakistan achieved its independence from the British in 1947, he and a few of his brothers migrated to Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
. He married Amina Gani, a South African, in1954. His first child, Mohsin, was born in India around the year of 1955. His second child was a girl named Kauser and his third child, another boy named Feroze, was born in December 1963.
Death
On January 1, 2009, Ashraf had his second heart attack after which he went through bypass surgery. He traveled twice to Switzerland for the conferences of the International Labour OrganizationInternational Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
. Two weeks after he returned he had another heart attack. He died on July 16, 2009 in Karachi, leaving a wife, 3 children and 11 grandchildren. He is buried in Karachi at the mevashan graveyard.
Textile and sugar mills
In the early 1970s, he and a few of his brothers put up a textile millTextile manufacturing
Textile manufacturing is a major industry. It is based in the conversion of three types of fibre into yarn, then fabric, then textiles. These are then fabricated into clothes or other artifacts. Cotton remains the most important natural fibre, so is treated in depth...
in Karachi named Shalimar textiles. Shalimar textiles came to an end in the mid 1980s.
He was part of the International Labor Organization for a period of over 30 years. He served a term as the President there as well. In the early 1990s, he along with his two sons put up a sugar mill
Sugar refinery
A sugar refinery is a factory which refines raw sugar.Many cane sugar mills produce raw sugar, i.e. sugar with more colour and therefore more impurities than the white sugar which is normally consumed in households and used as an ingredient in soft drinks, cookies and so forth...
known as Seri Sugar Mills Ltd on the outskirts of Hyderabad. In the year 2004 Mr. Tabani bought another Sugar Mill one of the oldest in Pakistan namely Fauji Sugar Mills. Now it has been renamed Tando Mohammad Khan Sugar Mills Ltd.