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Master Salim ALi,s version was better no one disputes that but Ali,s version had really good fusion music it gave it a heavy Spanish touchJust listened to coke studio rendition of Jane Baharan. All I can say is
You really should seek treatment for your paranoia
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Master Salim ALi,s version was better no one disputes that but Ali,s version had really good fusion music it gave it a heavy Spanish touch
You really should seek treatment for your paranoia
I was making moves out here, before you were in your mother's womb. Have some some respect bache.
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Spanish touch to Jan-e-Baharaan!Master Salim ALi,s version was better no one disputes that but Ali,s version had really good fusion music it gave it a heavy Spanish touch
You really should seek treatment for your paranoia
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Its like Nutella paratha you either love it or hate itSpanish touch to Jan-e-Baharaan!
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lesson learnt sir ! I almost got thrashed by the big guns of my school for standing up for a week class fellow . The bully pushed me first so hard that I fell onto the ground. So, I kicked him in the right leg multiple times .the seniors playing cricket nearby intervened otherwise mentee would have gone on a week long medical leave
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Major Muhammad Abbas Ali (1921-2009), Charity Walker from Pakistan
August 28, 2017
Recently a friend living in Toronto told me that a few years back he saw a signboard “Major Abbas Ali Park” in Scarborough. He was very inquisitive about that park and found out that it was named after a retired officer of Pakistan Army, Major Muhammad Abbas Ali, who was involved in social work for a long time in Scarborough, which is an administrative district and former city in Toronto, Ontario Province, Canada.
I too became very curious and carried out a detailed search on the Internet and got some very interesting facts about Major Muhammad Abbas Ali, simply called ‘Uncle Abbas’ by the local community, and his wife Sarwar Jahan Begum affectionately called ‘Aunty’. The couple got married in October 1947.
In September 1998, at the ripe age of 77, Major Muhammad Abbas Ali sky-dived 10,500 feet for the purpose of “Support a Child-Save the Nation”. He walked 10,000 kilometers since 1986 in the various parts of the globe for poor and needy and also for various, International Welfare Organizations.
Muhammad Abbas Ali was born in Bombay (India) on November 15, 1921 and got his education in Calcutta. He was commissioned in the British Indian Army in 1943 and served in the Hyderabad State Army until its annexation by India in September 1948. He migrated to Pakistan and joined the Pakistan Army. He was an infantry officer and retired as a Major in the early 1970s.
His Infantry unit in Pakistan Army has not been mentioned in any article on the Internet. He had received an award from Baluch Centre, so it can be assumed that most probably he served in some Baluch regiment. The readers of this Post, especially senior Baluchi officers, are requested to find out about the unit of Major Abbas Ali and get his photo in uniform which will be added here.
After his retirement, he chose to help the poor and downtrodden masses and started fundraising through charity walks for various national and international charities. In the mid to late 1980s, he was involved in marathon walks in the UAE for international charities such as, UNICEF, World Health Organization, Sports Aids and Islamic Mission Hospitals, etc.
Major Abbas was by nature an adventurous person and often used unconventional means to raise awareness about his charitable projects, and was known for his hundred of kilometers-long marathon walks for various causes. In 1987, when he was 66 years old, he walked 2,500 km across the burning heat of the Arabian Peninsula from UAE (United Arab Emirates) to Mecca to raise funds for a charitable hospital in Karachi, and also to perform Hajj. He was the first person in modern history to accomplish this feat for a noble task.
In 1989, he came to Canada and devoted his time and energy to social work and raised awareness among the residents for the importance of supporting local charitable causes. During those early days, he undertook several charity walks, from Toronto to Ottawa, from Toronto to Niagara Falls, and many more walks, to raise donations for the Canadian Arthritis Society.
In 1993, at the age of 72, Major Muhammad Abbas Ali along with his wife, Sarwar Jahan Begum, founded a charitable organization the ‘Muslim Welfare Centre’ (MWC) in Toronto. It was a very humble start as they set up a Halal Food Bank for the poor and needy in a very small room (10×10 foot) with an interest free loan of Canadian $14,000 provided by a good friend. It was of the first kind in North America.
In 1996, he established “Muslim Welfare Home for Needy Women and Children” in Whitby, Ontario. This charity project provided a safe haven for needy women and their children. It was also of the first kind in North America.
In 1998, at age 77, he sky dived from a height of 10,500 feet to raise funds for the ‘Support a Child, Save the Nation’ project, aimed at eradicating child labour in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
In 1999, MWC (Muslim Welfare Centre) opened a branch office in Pakistan and introduced its welfare project, ‘Support a Child, Save the Nation’. At present, MWC is operating two schools in poor localities of Karachi and is providing primary to secondary education to over 650 children. They also run two medical clinics in poverty-stricken areas of Karachi. Medical examination and medicines are given free at both locations.
In 2004, when he was 83 years old, he walked 100 Kilometers miles in Canada from the town of Whitby to Mississauga (a part of the Greater Toronto Area) for raising funds for his new project “Seniors’ Home.” This charity walk earned him the nickname; “Volunteer Charity Walker from Pakistan”.
In total Major Muhammad Abbas Ali walked over 10,000 Kilometers in various countries around the world for several charitable organizations, including UNICEF, World Health Organization, Sports Aid, International Islamic Hospitals Society, Canadian Arthritis Society, Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (UK), Children in Need Program – BBC (UK), The Canadian Association of Pakistani Media, andMohibaan of Pakistan, and some other organizations.
The MWC has also initiated a water exploration project in the Thar Desert of Pakistan as well. They are digging wells and installing tube wells in the desert communities to provide water to the local population.
In 2009, a free medical clinic was established in Scarborough for those needy persons who could not afford health insurance.
In 2009, Major Muhammad Abbas Ali went to Pakistan to monitor ‘Support a Child’ and water exploration projects. He suffered a heart attack and passed away in Karachi, Pakistan on April 17, 2009. He was 88 years old. After his death, his wife Sarwar Jahan Begum, ran the charity. She too went to her heavenly abode on March 18, 2013. May Allah bless both of them with the choicest station in Jannat-ul-Firdous, Aamean.
After the death of Major Abbas, the Scarborough Community Council, received a petition containing approximately 1450 signatures in support of renaming McLevin Community Park, located at 180 McLevin Avenue, Scarborough, as Major Abbas Ali Park. The new name was approved by the Council.
On September 14, 2010, city and provincial politicians, relatives and friends of the late Major Muhammad Abbas Ali gathered at the site of the Park and in a graceful ceremony the new signs were unveiled and it officially came to be known as ‘Major Abbas Ali Park’. The headquarters of Muslim Welfare Centre (MWC), which was founded by Major Abbas Ali, is located just a block west of the park at 100 Mclevin Avenue.
Major Abbas Ali used to say “The rich pay Zakat on their wealth but I pay Zakat on my health as well” and he meant it. His motto was, “Service to humanity is service to Allah”. And this great philanthropist lived by those words. He will always be remembered as a selfless man who spent his life to the service of poor and needy.
Major Abbas Ali is recipient of many awards for his Service to Humanity from various organization, such as:
– UNICEF
– Ministry of Citizenship, Ontario (Awarded Twice)
– Canadian Arthritis Society
– Mayor of Scarborough
– Sheikh Zayed Pakistan Cultural Centre – Abu Dhabi
– Canadian Association of Pakistani Media – Toronto
– Baluch Regimental Centre – Pakistan
– Pakistan Military Academy
– Commander Armed Forces – UAE
– Blood Donors Shield – Pakistan
– Zafar Sultan Memorial Trust
– Certificate of Commendation – Baha’i Community of Canada
– Canadian Sport Parachuting Association – 1998
– Outstanding Service and Dedication to the Community – 1998
– Canada Day Muslim Achievement Award – 1999
– REH’MA Foundation Award for Outstanding Community Service – 2000
– Central Islamic organization of Guyana Award – 2000
– Outstanding Contribution in Islam – Shaikh Deedat Award – 2001
– Premier of Ontario Commendation on Commitment to Volunteerism
– Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Award
– Consulate General of Pakistan Achievement Award
– Outstanding Asian Canadian Community Award
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Remembering Our Comrades
Pakistan Army Blog (Retired Officers)
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August 28, 2017
Recently a friend living in Toronto told me that a few years back he saw a signboard “Major Abbas Ali Park” in Scarborough. He was very inquisitive about that park and found out that it was named after a retired officer of Pakistan Army, Major Muhammad Abbas Ali, who was involved in social work for a long time in Scarborough, which is an administrative district and former city in Toronto, Ontario Province, Canada.
I too became very curious and carried out a detailed search on the Internet and got some very interesting facts about Major Muhammad Abbas Ali, simply called ‘Uncle Abbas’ by the local community, and his wife Sarwar Jahan Begum affectionately called ‘Aunty’. The couple got married in October 1947.
In September 1998, at the ripe age of 77, Major Muhammad Abbas Ali sky-dived 10,500 feet for the purpose of “Support a Child-Save the Nation”. He walked 10,000 kilometers since 1986 in the various parts of the globe for poor and needy and also for various, International Welfare Organizations.
Muhammad Abbas Ali was born in Bombay (India) on November 15, 1921 and got his education in Calcutta. He was commissioned in the British Indian Army in 1943 and served in the Hyderabad State Army until its annexation by India in September 1948. He migrated to Pakistan and joined the Pakistan Army. He was an infantry officer and retired as a Major in the early 1970s.
His Infantry unit in Pakistan Army has not been mentioned in any article on the Internet. He had received an award from Baluch Centre, so it can be assumed that most probably he served in some Baluch regiment. The readers of this Post, especially senior Baluchi officers, are requested to find out about the unit of Major Abbas Ali and get his photo in uniform which will be added here.
After his retirement, he chose to help the poor and downtrodden masses and started fundraising through charity walks for various national and international charities. In the mid to late 1980s, he was involved in marathon walks in the UAE for international charities such as, UNICEF, World Health Organization, Sports Aids and Islamic Mission Hospitals, etc.
Major Abbas was by nature an adventurous person and often used unconventional means to raise awareness about his charitable projects, and was known for his hundred of kilometers-long marathon walks for various causes. In 1987, when he was 66 years old, he walked 2,500 km across the burning heat of the Arabian Peninsula from UAE (United Arab Emirates) to Mecca to raise funds for a charitable hospital in Karachi, and also to perform Hajj. He was the first person in modern history to accomplish this feat for a noble task.
In 1989, he came to Canada and devoted his time and energy to social work and raised awareness among the residents for the importance of supporting local charitable causes. During those early days, he undertook several charity walks, from Toronto to Ottawa, from Toronto to Niagara Falls, and many more walks, to raise donations for the Canadian Arthritis Society.
In 1993, at the age of 72, Major Muhammad Abbas Ali along with his wife, Sarwar Jahan Begum, founded a charitable organization the ‘Muslim Welfare Centre’ (MWC) in Toronto. It was a very humble start as they set up a Halal Food Bank for the poor and needy in a very small room (10×10 foot) with an interest free loan of Canadian $14,000 provided by a good friend. It was of the first kind in North America.
In 1996, he established “Muslim Welfare Home for Needy Women and Children” in Whitby, Ontario. This charity project provided a safe haven for needy women and their children. It was also of the first kind in North America.
In 1998, at age 77, he sky dived from a height of 10,500 feet to raise funds for the ‘Support a Child, Save the Nation’ project, aimed at eradicating child labour in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
In 1999, MWC (Muslim Welfare Centre) opened a branch office in Pakistan and introduced its welfare project, ‘Support a Child, Save the Nation’. At present, MWC is operating two schools in poor localities of Karachi and is providing primary to secondary education to over 650 children. They also run two medical clinics in poverty-stricken areas of Karachi. Medical examination and medicines are given free at both locations.
In 2004, when he was 83 years old, he walked 100 Kilometers miles in Canada from the town of Whitby to Mississauga (a part of the Greater Toronto Area) for raising funds for his new project “Seniors’ Home.” This charity walk earned him the nickname; “Volunteer Charity Walker from Pakistan”.
In total Major Muhammad Abbas Ali walked over 10,000 Kilometers in various countries around the world for several charitable organizations, including UNICEF, World Health Organization, Sports Aid, International Islamic Hospitals Society, Canadian Arthritis Society, Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (UK), Children in Need Program – BBC (UK), The Canadian Association of Pakistani Media, andMohibaan of Pakistan, and some other organizations.
The MWC has also initiated a water exploration project in the Thar Desert of Pakistan as well. They are digging wells and installing tube wells in the desert communities to provide water to the local population.
In 2009, a free medical clinic was established in Scarborough for those needy persons who could not afford health insurance.
In 2009, Major Muhammad Abbas Ali went to Pakistan to monitor ‘Support a Child’ and water exploration projects. He suffered a heart attack and passed away in Karachi, Pakistan on April 17, 2009. He was 88 years old. After his death, his wife Sarwar Jahan Begum, ran the charity. She too went to her heavenly abode on March 18, 2013. May Allah bless both of them with the choicest station in Jannat-ul-Firdous, Aamean.
After the death of Major Abbas, the Scarborough Community Council, received a petition containing approximately 1450 signatures in support of renaming McLevin Community Park, located at 180 McLevin Avenue, Scarborough, as Major Abbas Ali Park. The new name was approved by the Council.
On September 14, 2010, city and provincial politicians, relatives and friends of the late Major Muhammad Abbas Ali gathered at the site of the Park and in a graceful ceremony the new signs were unveiled and it officially came to be known as ‘Major Abbas Ali Park’. The headquarters of Muslim Welfare Centre (MWC), which was founded by Major Abbas Ali, is located just a block west of the park at 100 Mclevin Avenue.
Major Abbas Ali used to say “The rich pay Zakat on their wealth but I pay Zakat on my health as well” and he meant it. His motto was, “Service to humanity is service to Allah”. And this great philanthropist lived by those words. He will always be remembered as a selfless man who spent his life to the service of poor and needy.
Major Abbas Ali is recipient of many awards for his Service to Humanity from various organization, such as:
– UNICEF
– Ministry of Citizenship, Ontario (Awarded Twice)
– Canadian Arthritis Society
– Mayor of Scarborough
– Sheikh Zayed Pakistan Cultural Centre – Abu Dhabi
– Canadian Association of Pakistani Media – Toronto
– Baluch Regimental Centre – Pakistan
– Pakistan Military Academy
– Commander Armed Forces – UAE
– Blood Donors Shield – Pakistan
– Zafar Sultan Memorial Trust
– Certificate of Commendation – Baha’i Community of Canada
– Canadian Sport Parachuting Association – 1998
– Outstanding Service and Dedication to the Community – 1998
– Canada Day Muslim Achievement Award – 1999
– REH’MA Foundation Award for Outstanding Community Service – 2000
– Central Islamic organization of Guyana Award – 2000
– Outstanding Contribution in Islam – Shaikh Deedat Award – 2001
– Premier of Ontario Commendation on Commitment to Volunteerism
– Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Award
– Consulate General of Pakistan Achievement Award
– Outstanding Asian Canadian Community Award
Related Pages:
Remembering Our Comrades
Pakistan Army Blog (Retired Officers)
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Hmmmm, agree with the Nutella Naan/Paratha example.Its like Nutella paratha you either love it or hate it
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