Tufail Ali Abdur Rahman

 

Justice Tufail Ali Abdur Rehman was one of the top most criminal lawyers of Pakistan. Unfortunately, since the age of fourteen he had developed rheumatic heart from which disease he suffered all his life. Because of this, he restricted his activities in the legal field by accepting only selected criminal cases which he successfully argued and earned a name for himself. During the regime of Field Marshal Ayub Khan, he was appointed Attorney General of Pakistan whereafter, General Yahya Khan elevated him to the position of Chief Justice of Sindh High Court directly from the Bar. He was a very honest and God-fearing attorney as well as judge. His cousin whom he married, specially qualified as M.B.B.S. after marriage just to be able to provide medical aid to Mr. Tufail Ali. Chief Justice Tufail died while he was the Chief Justice of Sindh.

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Teli Group

 

This generous welfare service-minded family set up its business in 1890 in India. Seven brothers Haji Abdul Sattar, Haji Qassim, Haji Abdul Lateef, Haji Habib and Haji Ali Muhammad, Haji Karim, Haji Joosub started Dhabeji Salt Works, between Karachi and Thatta. In Dhoraji they started schools and other social welfare organisations and during the period 1940-41 they established a trust by the name of 'Haji Tahir Muhammad Kassim Charitable Trust' which was transferred to Karachi in 1948.

In Karachi, the Teli Group started a beverage company by the name of 'PAKOLA which proved a success and today can compete with such companies as Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola. They also started the famous Gul Ahmed Textile Mills and other units like Globe Textile Mills, Naqshbandi Textile Mills, Al-Karam Textile Mills and other industries.

All the brothers were very service-minded persons. They became one of the leading groups of industrialists of the country. They were in the forefront of social service and established several institutions to which they contributed fabulously large sums of money. Their charity extended beyond the borders of Pakistan and were well-known internationally. They contributed a large amount towards the construction of Masjid-e-Ghafooria. They are looking after and managing Jamal Noor Hospital which is providing low cost and even free treatment to the people of Karachi irrespective of caste, creed and community. They also played a leading part in the field of rehabilitation in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur and outside Pakistan. The amount of their charities, private and public, is so large that one cannot reckon it.

Haji Ali Muhammad became the President of the Pakistan Memon Educational and Welfare Society. Haji Ibrahim, eldest nephew is the head of the Memon Educational Board which runs and manages many schools in Karachi. They also established a girls school in Dhoraji Colony, Karachi.

The entire family is active in industrial and charitable activities, donating large amounts in the field of education, health, and running of Madarassas all over Pakistan.

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Tahir Muhammad Noorani

 

He was a pioneer in starting welfare institutions in Hyderabad after migrating from India. He was bom in 1924. In his youth he served in many places of Gujrat. He finally settled in Broach where he became Joint Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. He was also involved in the activities of Muslim League. He became Vice-President of Hyderabad General Merchant Association and was elected to Hyderabad Municipality in 1953. He became founder President of Memon Charitable Hospital, Hyderabad. He was a pioneer of Hyderabad Co-operative Housing Society and became its founder President. He was instrumental in starting primary schools and high schools in Hyderabad. He remained President of Hyderabad Memon Anjuman and he became Justice of the Peace in 1964. He moved to Karachi where also he remained active in the field of social welfare work through All Pakistan Memon Federation.

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