Old Formanites hold get-together and dinner in Karachi

By Muttahir Ahmed Khan/KARACHI

Elisabeth Foley says, “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”

Keeping its traditions alive, Old Formanites Association Karachi recently organised a graceful and vibrant reunion dinner, at a local hotel, that was attended by the Formanites of various batches ranging from the 1957 batch graduates to 2016 batch graduates of the historic Forman Christian (FC) College, Lahore, Pakistan.

The senior most Alumni Dr. Khokhar (a graduate of the 1957 batch) was the Chief Guest at the occasion that witnessed many successful businessmen, socialites, serving and veteran Armed Forces and Civil Services Officers, scholars, educationists, authors and professionals.

All the members and their families got familiarised with one another and had a spree of brilliant moments for chit-chat and exchange of ideas.

In the end, the Chief Guest received college souvenir and bouquet presented by the association, and appreciated and thanked Mr. Hassan Hashim, Mr. Saghir Khan and their team for magnificently arranging this event that provided a great opportunity to all the Alumni for traveling down the memory lane and rejuvenating their spirits.

The families highly admired the smooth and well-organised flow of happenings and exclusively appreciated the quality and diversity of the food menu.

“The essence of nostalgia is an awareness that what has been will never be again.”

(Milton S. Eisenhower). The writer is a senior Analyst, Author, Columnist and Educationist).

Bentley luxury car stolen from London seized from Karachi

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: A very expensive and luxury car Bentley Mulsanne that was stolen from London has been recovered from a bungalow in Karachi on Saturday.

The Collectorate of Customs Enforcement (CCE) in Karachi confirmed the recovery of this stolen luxury car. The UK’s intelligence agency informed the Pakistani authorities that the stolen vehicle was parked in a house in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) area.

The market price of Bentley Mulsanne in Pounds Sterling starts from 242,000 Pounds (Rs 63 million without taxes) and goes up to 288,000 (Rs 72.50 million excluding taxes).

According to the Federal Board of Revenue, a credible information was received from UK’s intelligence about a grey Bentley Mulsanne, V8 Automatic, VIN Number SCBBA63Y7FC001375, Engine Number CKB304693 was stolen from London and the said vehicle was parked at a bungalow in DHA, Karachi.

How this very expensive stolen vehicle was shipped to Karachi and who did it? The FBR officials are investigating it with the help of UK authorities and Karachi police.

The suspects involved in the theft of this expensive car failed to remove or switch off the tracing tracker of the vehicle. Resultantly the tracker helped UK authorities to trace the exact location of the vehicle in Karachi.

When the FBR officials raided the house, they found that the Bentley with a Pakistani registration number plate and a white handmade number plate on the front. The FBR stated that the chassis number of the car matched with the one shared by the UK’s authorities.

Thus, the FBR’s Collectorate of Customs recovered the vehicle and informed the UK authorities.