Sunday, 2 December 2012

Water expert Fateh Ullah Gandapur is dead

PESHAWAR: Engineer Fateh Ullah Khan Gandapur , who retired as chairman of the Indus River System Authority, passed away in Islamabad on Sunday.He would be buried today (Monday) at the H-8 graveyard in Islamabad after Nimaz-i-Janaza at 3 pm.

His family members would receive condolences at House 518, Margalla Road, F-10/2, Islamabad. Fateh Ullah Gandapur was the father-in-law of Khalid Aziz, former chief secretary, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The deceased was a known water expert and had written around 250 technical papers. He identified sites for several dams and proposed projects to overcome Pakistan’s energy and irrigation water shortages.

Fateh Ullah Gandapur was born on August 28, 1925 in Kulachi in Dera Ismail Khan district. He was educated at the Islamia College, Peshawar and the Muslim University, Aligarh. He did his B Sc Engineering in the first division and specialised in dams and reservoirs. He also authored two books on Science and Quran.

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