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= Iftikhar Husain =

Iftikhar Husain, born, June 1912 in Jullunder City, Punjab. Schooling at Islamia High School. University education from Bareilly, obtained B.Sc. (1932) and M.Sc. (Math, 1934) from Agra University topping the University results in both B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Math) exams. After ten years of government service as qualified auditor, joined the Aligarh Muslim University early in 1947 as Chief Accountant. Left Aligarh and joined an American (ESSO) oil company at Karachi in 1948 as company auditor. Retired in July 1973 as Finance Director of the company. He initiated the Eye Donation movement for restoring sight of corneal blind. Persistent efforts were made for popularizing eye donation. These are recorded in his three books and many articles published in the press.

“Eye Donation,” 1978 (English); “Islam Aur Qarnia Ki Paivand Kari,” 1984 (Urdu); “Eye Donation (Revised Updated Edition),” 1988 (English)

He has been concentrating on the study of the Holy Quran from late eighties, and published some articles followed by a book in Urdu “Falah Ki Justjoo” in October 1999 and a book in English, “Quranic Spotlight on Some Issues,” in November 2001.