Background
He was born in the city of Poonch, in Poonch District of Kashmir, on 23 May 1923.
He was born in the city of Poonch, in Poonch District of Kashmir, on 23 May 1923.
He was educated there at a school where his father, Shaikh Ghulam Rasul, was the headmaster.
In World World War II he served in the Royal Indian Air Force as an Engineer Officer, fighter pilot and military engineer He also wrote Unique and Everliving, a biography of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. The book was written over a period of five years.
The book is published by Ferozeson"s Limited., a book publisher in Pakistan.
He migrated to Pakistan along with his family, during the independence of Pakistan in 1947. He received a B.Sc (honours) degree in Physics and a Masters in Statistics from the University of Punjab in Lahore.
He received a Postgraduate Diploma in Natural Resource Development International Trade Commission, Delft, Netherlands. He joined the Royal Indian Air Force as a Fighter Pilot in the Number.
1 Squadron, Indian Air Force.
He fought against the Japanese Imperial Army in Burma during World World War II, flying in a Hawker Hurricane fighter plane. He was selected for the Forest Service after World World War II and trained at the Forest Research Institute at Dehradun, India. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947 he joined the Pakistan Forest Service, becoming the Chief Conservator of Forests and Director of the Aerial Survey Project in Peshawar, Pakistan, where he surveyed the North-West Frontier Province for a Natural Resources Survey from 1965-1969.
He introduced hybrid poplars in Pakistan, including Azad Kashmir, and especially Rawalakot, changing the living conditions of the rural population.
He supervised an aerial survey of the Indus River Basin for the development of natural resources. He emigrated to the United States in August 1971 to complete a Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering at Colorado State University, and joined the Colorado Department of Military Affairs, where he helped to draft the Emergency Response Plan for the State of Colorado.
From 1983 until 1999 he was the Managing Director of Pakistan Chrome Mines Limited.