Page 9 - ICAP NewsLetter October 2014

Governance, Transparency and Service to Members & Students www.icap.org.pk OBITUARIES Mr. Ebramin S.H. Dahodwala was born in April 22, 1925, graduated in Commerce in 1947 from Bombay, completed his articles with M/s Ahmed B. Khan & Co. and was the first to qualify as a Chartered Accountant in 1950, then known as Registered Accountant. In 1951, he started professional practice under the name and style of M/s Ebrahim & Co. now BDO Ebrahim & Co., Chartered Accountants with which he remained associated till his demise. His membership with the Institute started from July 1, 1961 and he become fellow member of the Institute on August 16, 1961. Mr. Ebrahim had been associated with the affairs of the Institute since its inception in 1961 and repeatedly held position as Vice President of the Institute for various terms. In 1986 he was elected as the first President amongst the elected members of the Council of the Institute. He remained Chairman and member of the various standing and other Committees of ICAP including Regional Committee South, C.A. Ordinance and Bye-laws Committee of the ICAP etc. Mr. Dahodwala was also elected as the Vice President of South Asian Federation of Accountants during 1986-87 and nominated as member of International Accounting Standards Steering Committee on ‘Assets & Expenses’, of International Federation of Accountants Committee on ‘Financial and Management Accounting’ and of the Sub-Committee of Pakistan National Assembly. He also presented several papers and commentaries in national and International forums and is particularly remembered for his editorials in ‘Pakistan Accountants’ of which he was Executive Editor for a number of years. He also led various delegations from Pakistan for ‘CAPA Conference’ held at Hong Kong, New Delhi and Melbourne. He breathed his last on October 31, 2014. His life time dedication to the profession of Accountancy will always be remembered and praised locally and internationally. He will be missed by all of us but we will continue to feel the positive impact that he made during his illustrious 53 years of association with the Institute. He left behind Mr. Qasim Ebrahim Causer, FCA (son), Mr. Tahir Dahodwala, FCA (brother) and Mr. Zulfikar Ali Causer, FCA (grandson). ********************************************************* Ch. Maqbool Ahmad, FCA was born in October 1, 1932, graduated in Commerce in 1956 from University of The Punjab. He served as an Audit Clerk with M/s S. Rasool & Co. for the period of four years from 1956 to 1961. He passed the C. A. Final Examination in 1964 and became the Associate member of the Institute on August 20, 1964 and then Fellow member on July 25, 1975. He served as a Project Accountant in WAPDA and also served as a Chief Accountants in Pakistan Paper Corporation Ltd. In 1969 he joined Kohat Textile Mills Limited, Peshawar where he holds various senior positions and left as General Manager (F). He was associated with Saif Textile Mills Ltd., Peshawar as Director . He breathed his last on October 8, 2014. He left behind his son Mr. Amer Javed Ahmad, FCA who is also a member of the Institute 9