This memorial website was created in memory of our father, Dr. Maqbool Hussain Jafary, who was born on September 6, 1940 and passed away on March 22, 2015. He was the most loving husband, father, son, grandfather and brother. He was a healer of thousands. He was a benefactor to the poor. He was a mentor, a teacher and a role model to many. Rest comfortably, Dad. We and the rest of the world shall never forget you.
The Jafary family wishes to express their deepest gratitude and thanks for so many people expressively sharing our grief with their condolences. Judging by the way people spoke of him either in person or over the phone, we realized that he was truly loved by people. They weren't just paying lip service to him, they expressed deep genuine affection. You have to be really special to have so many diverse people from so many different walks of life hold you in such reverence. We are blessed to be part of his family.
We were very moved by the numerous comments that were posted on the mailing lists that Daddy was part of when the news of his passing broke. We are very grateful to Mr. Shaukat Jawaid (his dear friend and colleague for over 40 years) for compiling all those wonderful words of affection and condolence from so many well wishers and publishing them on Pulse International. We have taken the liberty of copying and posting them down below (full text can be viewed online at http://www.pulsepakistan.com/index.php/main-news-april-15-15/1137-condolence-messages-received-for-late-dr-maqbool-h-jafary-from-all-over-the-world).
The family requests your continued help in keeping our Dad's memory alive by placing some comments or sharing some anecdotes of your association with him on his memorial site.
Gratefully yours
Mrs. Perveen Jafary
Dr. Fahim Jafary (son) & Dr. Tazeen Jafar
Tehseen Jafary (daughter) and Robert Ali Virden
Samina Ali Vardag (daughter) and Ali Vardag
Tahira Jafary (daughter) and Faisal Hashmi
Amna Jafary (daughter) and Mansoor Jafary
Faizan Ali (grandson)
Ali H. Jafary (grandson) and Sarah Jafary (granddaughter)
Maya Vardag (granddaughter) and Nyle Vardag (grandson)
Minah Hashmi (granddaughter) and Emaad Hashmi (grandson)
Mikail Jafary (grandson) and Alisha Jafary (granddaughter)
Manzoor Jafary (brother) and Salma Jafary
Javaid Jafary (brother) and Shaan Jafary
Dr. Mahmood ul Hasan Jafary (brother) and Nighat Jafary
Tahir Jafary (brother) and Farhat Jafary
Bilal, Mansoor, Qasim (and Suzan), Hasan Jafary (nephews)
Masooma (and Asim), Zaira (and Adnan), Hajira (and Sohaib), Myra, Tania, Manal and Maha Jafary (nieces)
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May Allah Shower his blessings on you and your soul rest in peace.
Ameen
Shared by Amna Jafary on 02/08/2017
Almost two years!! how do i get use to this reality??? how i miss you dad each day every day. I loved the way you praised me and encouraged me on small things.Things that dont even matter. I really wish i could just hug you and feel your warmth just one last time. Please come back daddy, come back and see us and how much we have progressed. i wish i wish i wish that could happen....... i miss you terribly! your daughter amna.
You're always present in my heart and thoughts daddy. Miss you more than I can ever, ever express in words. You've left a huge responsibility on our, on my shoulders, to take care of mom's affairs in the best possible manner. Guide me through it as well please.
Love you dad.
"Sing on,as if in pain;
And dreaming through the twilight.
That doth not rise nor set,
Baray Daddy, I feel no matter what I write here can do justice to how I feel about you and the irreparable loss your passing away has been for our entire family. When our Grand Father (Abba Ji) left us, you filled that void with so much grace and beauty. I feel you went 2 steps ahead of him when it came to being an exemplary human being, loving us and providing absolute strength and support to the family. You Baray Daddy have earned so much respect for our Jafary Family name for which we all will always be thankful to you. I hope we can replicate the same and follow your footsteps in our day to day conduct.
I wish I had the opportunity to ask, how you managed to develop so many qualities as I haven't seen many people who are that good at so many things. Just to name a few of your countless attributes:
You were a thorough professional who reached pretty much the top of the corporate ladder, an amazing physician recognized at all levels, a wonderful singer/musician, calligrapher, editor, writer, poet,...... the list just goes on. How did you do all this Baray Daddy???
At the end, I would like to just say this. I wish I can be a fraction of as good a human being as you were. I am honored and blessed to be related to you and part of your larger family. You Baray Daddy will always be remembered in our hearts and will continue to be an inspiration for many Jafary generations.
From our childhood at Rang Mahal School to the evenings of sungeet and delicious food at his home in London and Karachi, his radiant face and welcoming words will always remain in our memories as one of the happiest persons Blessed with God gifted qualities.
Maqbool’s most salient childhood characteristics remained unchanged in his life. I remember our teacher Harnam Das used to praise Maqbool’s Urdu and English hand-writing as “it is like pearls threaded in silk lines – Aey Munda app vi Moti ay tey eday sub kam vi moti nain”. Needless to say that this praise became an everlasting inspiration in my life-time to improve my handwriting. Our Geometry Drawing teacher Kahn Singh used to say about every three dimensional drawings of Maqbool “yeh sheeshay main tasveer uttar di haey”. Other passion of Maqbool’s life was his incessant desire to help the needy as quietly as possible. This divine gift was certainly etched in his most successful Medical profession.
In my remaining life, he will always be remembered by me as a friend in the true meaning of his name “Maqbool”. I pray for his soul to rest in peace and May God be with all family and friends to accept this Divine decree.
Shakil Ahmad
Friend since 1949.
a great friend,a professional concerned doctor for the fellow human being.May Allah rest his soul in peace and grant,"SABEREJAMEEL" to
his family.Ameen.
Engr.Raja Azhar Khan
The most amazing thing is that he had a distinctive relationship with each one of us and what is even more amazing that no one else knew of the depth and specialty that the relationship held. I was no different. I cannot put the relation I shared with him into words but maybe there's one thing explains it and that is when I called him "My Friend". Even though this was a recent developement, we would greet each other that way and have a great laugh over thinking how cool this was. Now, I sit and think who I can call "My Friend" with such joy. No one.
Not to forget, Daddy and I had a special bond over sharing our own world of music. Needless to say that he inspired me for it. We would often sit down with his Ustaad Sahab in his music room and just indulge ourselves into all those harmonies and music notes. I would sit there listening to him and being mesmerized ovet what amazing control he had over the knowledge of music. I would often share a music track with him that i'd think he would like and he on the other hand used to suggest tracks that he would think would suit my voice. It was an on going process. Till date, his melodious voice rings in my ears and God! what would I do to hear him sing again. Now, I feel lost. I have almost begun thinking that my own music died with him. Singing is not the same without his encouragement and has become a painful memory.
Thats the uniqueness everyone's bond with him! Everyone lost something or the other when he left.
I miss you unimagineably My Friend. I would be the luckiest in the world if I get to become even half of what you were. Love, Tano.
He and I became classmates in our undergrad college and went through medical school together.Maqbool was a bright student,who went on to become a physician par excellence.His perfect manners,polite temperament and an infectious smile distinguished him.
He will,always,be missed and remembered dearly."Maqbool,may your soul rest in peace in Junnat, Aameen!"
Best regards,
Mahmood Hasan,MD,FRCS,FACS,DABUrol.
Najeeb Al-Shorbaji,
Director, Knowledge,
Ethics and Research Department
WHO. Geneva. Switzerland.
E. Jane Nicholson
Coordinator
Knowledge, Languages & Publishing
WHO EMRO, Cairo.
As someone who has to follow his path as the new EMAME President, I have a difficult task ahead of me, but his passing away and his vision to have a stronger EMAME, will surely help me in this endeavor.
Maqbool Jafary was recently awarded the plaque of Outstanding Merit as a Pioneer in Biomedical Editorship(in Shiraz during the EMMJ6), an honor he well deserved. He was a great mentor for many of us and his name and contributions will remain with us for many years to come. I hope that we can all move in his footsteps and finish the task he started. In addition, we will definitely set-up an award to honor his name and achievements, to be handed-out during the EMAME Conferences.
May Allah bless his soul and once again my deepest condolences to you all as well as to his dear family and beloved ones.
Farhad Handjani, MD
EMAME President on behalf
of EMAME EC.
Prof. Shabih Zaidi, UK .
All of us loved him, but my heart in particular goes out for his “conjoined twin” Shaukat Ali Jawaid. We always saw them together, hand in hand, everywhere around the globe in conferences and workshops. I know it will be very emotional time for him and his journal.I am sure Brother Shaukat Ali Jawaid will pick up all condolence messages, compile them and archive them for family & friends. May Allah bless his soule and give him the best place in heavens. We will miss Dr. Maqbool H. Jafary.
Dr. Ahmed Badar
College of Medicine, Dammam University, Dammam 31451, Saudi Arabia.
Behrooz Astaneh.
Shiraz, Iran.
Anwar Siddiqui
AKU, Karachi.
Prof. Nazeer Khan,
JSMU, Karachi.
Prof Shams Nadeem Alam
DUHS, Karachi.
Col. Khadija Qamar
Rawalpindi.
Prof. Saba Sohail
DUHS, Karachi.
Prof.Arshad Javaid
JPMI, Peshawar.
Dr. M. Najeeb Ansari,
JCPSP, Karachi.
Dr. Muhammad Irfan,
Peshawar.
Dr. Muhammad Anwar Chaudary
Neurosurgeon, LGH, Lahore.
I was shocked to know about the sad demise of our great mutual friend Dr. Maqbool H. Jafary.I have no words to express my grief on this great loss. He was indeed a wonderful person a loyal & trustworthy friend & a man with great qualities. May Allah bless him with Maghfarat. I am going to write an Obituary for him to be published in Pulse I am sure you will have a lot to say in this regard. I tried to phone you this morning but there was no response.
yours sincerely,
Prof. M. ISHAQ
currently in U.K .
Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Amin Mandil
WHO EMRO, Cairo. Egypt.
Prof. Dr. Fazal Ghani
Editor -in- Chief, Journnal of The Pakistan Prosthodontics
Association (JPPA)
Peshawar. Pakistan.
Kawther Taitoon
Bahrain.
Pippa Smart
Research Communication and
Publishing Consultant
PSP Consulting, Oxford, UK.
Prof. Zbys Fedorowicz
Director, The Bahrain Branch of the UK Cochrane Centre
Payam Kabiri, MD. PhD.
Provision & Journals Improvement Department,
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Prof. Muhammad Shuja Tahir.
The Professional Medical Journal
Faisalabad. Pakistan.
Mohamed A Daw
Vice President of EMAME,
Faculty of Medicine, Tripoli-LIBYA.
Masood Hameed Khan
Vice Chancellor, DUHS.
Nahid Y. Ashri
Editor In Chief SJDR
College Of Dentistry King Saud Universit, Riyadh 11462.
Brig. Gen. Ala M. Al-Heresh, MD, FRCP
Editor; Journal of The Royal Medical Services, Jordan.
Doaa El-Sheikh
Cairo University, Egypt.
Omran Bakoush MD PhD
Associate Professor Department of Nephrology, Lund University,
S-221 85 Lund, Sweden.
Doaa El-Sheikh M Younis
Editor of The Egyptian
Science Magazine
Cairo University, Egypt.
Dr. Ali Yawar Alam
Saudi Arabia.
A. Abyad,
Libya.
Muhammad Zafaruddin
Managing Editor, JCPSP, Karachi.
My deepest condolences to the family, the country and EMAME.
Muhammad Haider
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, UK.
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Almost two years!! how do i get use to this reality??? how i miss you dad each day every day. I loved the way you praised me and encouraged me on small things.Things that dont even matter. I really wish i could just hug you and feel your warmth just one last time. Please come back daddy, come back and see us and how much we have progressed. i wish i wish i wish that could happen....... i miss you terribly! your daughter amna.