Sad Demise of Qamar Abid Alvi Alig

I wish to share with deep grief the news of the passing way of a very dear friend and my contemporary at Aligarh Mr Qamar Abid Alvi. He was living in MM Hall and was senior hall also .He was a wonderful orator and quite active in extra curricular activities and was elected President of MU Students Union in 1969 .Later on he became active in congress and was elected President of National Students Union of India(NSUI). He served in Libya for sometime and was close to President Qadadfi and orgaized several big international seminars on Geen Book at Delhi and Lucknow .He belonged to Lucknow and represented the best traditions of Lucknow culture which is fast vanishing .While mourning the sad demise of bhai Qamar abid Alvi I join his bereaved family in their hour of grief and reqrst the Alig community to pray for his mafghfirat .