M. H. Panhwar

Muhammad Hussain Panhwar(Sindhi محمد حسين پنهور ) popularly known as M.H. Panhwar was a Pakistani engineer.

Early life
He was born on 25 December 1925 in village Ibrahim Panhwar district Dadu Sindh.

Career
He specialized in groundwater development, earth moving, agricultural machinery, water logging, salinity control ,drainage, and agriculture. He worked with the governments of Sindh and West Pakistan as an agriculture engineer for 12 years. From 1970 until 2007 he ran a consulting company specializing in irrigation, waterlogging, drainage, agriculture, scientific equipment and horticulture.

In 1964 he established a farm specialized in fruit crops. This was converted into a research farm for introducing fruit crops in 1985 and developed varieties of fruit crops, including 17 mango, and 6 lychee.

His hobby was studies of Sindh and he published more than 500 pages on various aspects of Sindh. Ten more books on Sindh are ready for press.

Personal life
His personal library includes 50,000 non-fiction books divided among Sindh, horticulture, engineering, and environment topics. His library will be available to researchers. He had four sons, Rafi Hussain (who died in 2004), Tariq Hussain, Sani Hussain and Muhammad Ali, all emigrated to the US. His first wife died and his second wife Farzana is a bio-chemist who authored books.

In June 2003 Mr. M. H. Panhwar established a trust to undertake social work in Sindh. The trust is managed by his wife and sons and plans to open an agriculture research center at his farm near Tando Jam and build a research library at his home.

Recognition

 * Sitara e Imtiaz by the president of Pakistan.
 * Medal from Sindh University, for securing first number in first class in B.E. (Mech. And Elec.), 1949.
 * Sitara–e–Imtiaz (1992)
 * Nominated in “Who's Who" (1987/88)
 * Life Time Achievement Award (1999) for serving Motherland in History and Archaeology by Tarqi Pasand Party
 * Lifetime Achievement Award (2002) for Services in Science of Engineering and Agriculture, by Revivers
 * Top horticulturist of Pakistan (2004) by Khabreen, Kisantimes TV and Chawla Group
 * Life Time Research on Sindh (2004) Sindh Graduates Association
 * Life Time Service to Agriculture Science (2004) Sindh Agriculture University

Family
M.H. Panhwar married Farzana Panhwar. She was President of the Sindh Rural Women’s Uplift Group, Managing Director of the Soil Testing Laboratory (Pvt) Ltd. and the Manager of Research & Development Engineers (Agro-chemistry and organic agriculture Wing).

Works
He wrote 10 books on groundwater and many articles on Thar and Kohistan deserts and engineering. He wrote 36 books on culture and post-harvest of fruit crops, some unpublished.


 * Panhwar, M.H., Panhwar, Farzana "Sustainable methods as applied to raising fruit crops", Institute of Organic and Sustainable Horticulture and Agriculture Research (IOSHAR), Hyderabad and Sindh Society for Horticultural Science, Karachi, 1995, 49 p.
 * Panhwar, Farzana, "Flora of Thar and Kohistan Desert" J. Sindh Quarterly, Vol.XV, No.3, 1988.
 * Panhwar, Farzana, "New Resources for oleochemical and agrochemical industry"
 * Panhwa, M. H. and Panhwar, Farzana, "Design of an Aquaculture Enterprise" J. Pak. Agri. Vol. VII, No. 10, Oct. 1985.
 * Panhwar, Farzana, "Anaerobic Digestion and use of its Residues in Agriculture", Mehran University Res. J. of Eng. J. of Eng. And Tech. Vol. 12, July 1993, No.3, pp. 18–22.
 * Panhwar, Farzana and Panhwa, M. H., "Scope for Prawn Farming along Sindh Coast", J. Sci. Tech. And Development.
 * Panhwar, Farzana and Panhwa, M. H., "Samphire - an edible oil crop for Sindh" Agriculture and Technology’ DAWN Economic and Business Review, May 27 to June 2, 1995, p. 111.
 * Panhwar, Farzana and Panhwa, M. H., "Intellectual Property Rights Production", Agri. And Tech. DAWN Econ. And Business Rev., Dec., 9-15, 1995, p. III.
 * Panhwar, Farzana and Panhwa, M. H., "Flying Fox a new agriculture pest, Eucalyptus and new host and fruit orchard a new target"
 * Panhwar, Farzana and Panhwa, M. H., "Neem Versus Eucalyptus in Social Forestry of Pakistan"
 * Panhwa, M. H. and Panhwar, Farzana, 1995, "Scope for Prawn Farming along Sindh Coast", PIMA Magazine, Karachi, 2 p.
 * Sikandar Ali Arbani, Panhwar, Farzana and Panhwa, M. H., "Anaerobic Digestion and use of its residues in Agriculture", Department of Petroleum and Gas Engg., Mehran Univ., of Eng. And Techn., Jamshoro, 5 p.
 * Chiku or Sapodilla the Neglected fruit of Sindh, Newsletter Sindh Society for Horticultural Science SSHS, Karachi/Hyderabad, Vol.I, No.1, 7 p.
 * World rural Women’s Day Celebrated in Hyderabad, Sindh Agriculture, Nov., 1997, 33 p.
 * Earthworms, Vermicasts and vermiculture, Wildlife and Environment, Oct-Dec 1997, pp. 25–29.

Death
M. H. Panhwar died on 21 April 2007 in Latifabad, Hyderabad.