Academic Dr. Shakeel ur Rehman Farooqui passes away
Prolific writer, anchorperson, and columnist buried in KU graveyard
KARACHI:
Academic and former Karachi University Teachers (KUTS) Society president Dr. Shakeel ur Rehman Farooqui passed away on Monday.
His funeral prayers were offered at Masjid-e-Ibrahim at the University of Karachi (KU) and he was buried in the KU graveyard.
He is survived by a widow, a son, and a daughter. KU vice-chancellor Dr. Khalid Mahmood Iraqi has expressed sorrow for his demise.
Dr. Farooqui was born in Hyderabad on July 20, 1960.
He studied at Sindh University Model School and did his matriculation in 1975 from the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad.