Procrastination

As a fellow Sir Syedian/Taxalian/resident of Wah, it was great to see these pics…

POF Hospital, POF Hotel and Sir Syed haven’t changed much at all, but the Electrical department at UET Taxila now has an additional floor, not to mention much fancier labs…

Don’t really know the places where you lived but here are a few wild guesses:

The place where you spent your first few years: lots of such places around Central Park/West Park…

The place where Amber spent her childhood: Area 21 or 22?

The places where you lived before getting married: Your place seems vaguely familiar… the construction suggests it was built in the late 70s, plus or minus a few years, so it could well be in the first few lanes in Lala Rukh (my own place is in Lane 1)… Amber’s looks even more familiar… I have the feeling its right on Minar Road (better known as Qabristan Road)…

The place where you lived before coming to the US: Again, could be anywhere in Lala Rukh or Officer’s Colony…

So how right am I?

Once again, great pics!

Mr Umar
Delighted to know another person from Wah Cantt. The place where Zakaria lived 5 and a half years after his birth was on Grevillea Road later renamed as Anarkali Road (Central Park). The place where he lived more than 10 years is behind Nazim ud Din House on Gulnater Road (Central Park). The place he lived in before leaving for USA is not in Wah Cantt but in Sector F-8, Islamabad. Your guess about Amber is very near to the right answer.

Nice to know you too sir… I’ve lived in Wah only for the last eleven years, but both my parents grew up and lived in Wah, all the way from the 50s to the 80s…

I’ll be leaving the place soon though… I’ll be joining Pennsylvania State University in August for my doctoral studies, (Computer Science and Engineering department), if things go according to plan with the visa… I try not to think about it though, because I know I’ll burst into tears the day I finally leave… the place has been good to me… in a lot of ways though, its good to be leaving now… Wah isn’t what it used to be…

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Great. That is what I wanted to know. Names of some of the places and also the condition of educational institutions now.

I have a passing interest with Wah, my Khaloo used to live there for quite a while (they have moved to NJ a while back) and when I was at Quaid e Azam University I used to visit them a lot. Nice place…and as far as I could tell nice people too.

Incidentally, I got married at POF Hotel too… actually I got married in Islamabad and the valima was held at POF Hotel, but close enough… the hall used for marriages is HUGE, isn’t it?

My son was born seven months ago at POF Hospital… not the cleanest, most well-equipped place around, but there’s a team of experienced doctors around all the time, and that puts your mind at ease…

Yeah I heard about that building… never saw it though, much before my time (1999-2003)… all that existed in its place was a wall with MSF and Jamiat slogans…

So you lived in Wah Cantt as well and probably did ur electrical engineering from E&ME.

By the way nice pics , it might have refereshed ur memories!!!

Cool pics! I can’t wait to see dh’s blast from the past when we go to Pak. Thanks for sharing…

Neat stuff!

Oh quite a nice post … and everything looks so islamabadi islamabadi :) (well, wah taxila are quite near to it tooo)

Good one !

This post has brought together several persons having soft corner for Wah.
When I joined POF, Wah in 1963, it used to be a nice, neat & clean, well organized town with people living like one family. People used to laugh and mourn together, especially, funerals were attended by everybody but no resident of Wah would eat at the house of the deceased. Neighbours used to provide food to the bereaved family for three days or more.
The trouble started in 1970 and now Wah is a town of strangers with broken streets and dirty areas.

I guess that you snapped POF Hospital while driving on the Mall and with a second’s delay missed most of the building! Any way, the block in which you were born is not visible from the Mall because of new construction. You should have snapped from other side after entering the hospital.

Ajmal Sahib, what was the trouble in 1970?

Yahya

For Mr Yahya

Not Yahya, it was the Quaid-e-Awam-in-making, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who trained the youth to go astray.

I can second Mr. Ajmal’s remarks about the old Wah… my grandfather joined POF right after it came into existence, in the 50’s… the stories I get to hear from my parents, aunts and uncles paint a very different picture from the Wah of today… even as late as ten or fifteen years back, I could find senior citizens who would tell me all about my grandfather and father when they found out who I was… all that is missing now… like Mr. Ajmal said, its a town full of strangers… and the streets really are filthy now…

Oh well… All Things Must Pass, as the late George Harrison said… :( …

Can’t say much about Mr. Bhutto though… he died long before my birth…

Hi,

A long time back I went to the same school as yours.. Sir Syed School Wah Cantt… and like you I am also an Electrical Engineer.

I have had so many fond memories of Wah. I tried twice to photograph the school but unfortunately the security guard didnt let me. Thank you so much for the pictures.

Going down the memory lane is perhaps not that easy. As much as I enjoyed the pictures, I couldn’t help think how good the childhood days were… Life is not bad even now… but its much better when you are a kid.

By the way which year were you there at the school?

Regards

Fakhar.

I guess we were both there at the same time. I thnk I joined the school in 75 and left in 78 when my family moved to Lahore.

Did you by any chance, happen to know Assad ul Hafeez… He used to be a very good friend of mine but once I moved to Lahore, I could never get in touch with him again.

Regards
Fakhar.

Ahhhhhh!! Sir Syed College and goal building…. i have spent 10 years over there and have so many memories attached to that place. My teachers( there was not a single week when they don’t punish me for something), the pt master Shera (i wonder what he is doing now) but man i can tell you he used to make me run so much!!! I loved that place but as soon as i graduated the things changed over there. I love Wah Cantt thats where i lived all my life. I have heard about the plight of the Wah Cantt and i can’t believe what they have done to that place. It used to be so nice and peaceful. Well i guess i am going back there soon enough to see from my own eyes.

What a blast from the past! I left Wah in 1996 for the last time but before that I had moved to Lahore for university education in 1989. I am sure I know you as I knew so many people there. I went to your rival FG Public High School (class of ‘85). I have lovely memories of Wah but now the place is changed a lot. I went there in January this year but to be honest it is not the same. It feels gaudy and over-done. It used to be just right with clean straight streets, nice roads and loads and loads of greenery. I was born in POF hospital, went to Public, then Wah College (FG College), have some connection with the Science Degree College as well. Oh memories, memories. Each time I see Public School on Google Earth, it brings tears to my eyes. All those games of football, cricket, even baseball going on simultaneously, kids running around screaming carelessly and freely, sunshine (I live in the UK!), sitting in the sun along the school wall listening to cricket commentary on pocket radios, the disgusting school uniform that everybody despised, lovely teachers, the school canteen and ‘bun kabaab’ for 50 paisa. I want to go to Wah Cantt right now but I don’t want to see all the pink and yellow paint and the new Mall Road and all those shops etc. Thanks for this blog, it really brought tears to my eyes.

Great to get across your blog. I am also from Wah Cantt. From Nursery to FSc, I was a Sir Syedian. Rather the first batch which created SOBA. I dont know it exists or not. Wonderful pics and it reminds me of the NEAT and CLEAN past.

I Miss it too!

hey it was awsome. i relived my precious days at Sir Syed college that i spent back in 1998-99. oh my gosh how much i am thankful ta ya. many thanx man. job well done!

salam and hello i realy dont know at what time u guys were in wah i was there long time ago back in 1992 studied ten years in sirsyed school
great time it was