Pak crash survivor has India connection

New Delhi, May 23

The Pakistan International Airline (PIA) plane, which crashed on Friday has only two survivors — one of whom is Bank of Punjab top executive Zafar Masud. His roots are in western Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha and he belongs to the family of Kamal Amrohi of “Pakeezah” fame.

Masud, who was onboard the flight that crashed near the Karachi airport, leaving 90 dead, escaped with injuries on his hip and collarbone.

His family migrated to Pakistan in 1952, his relative Adil Zaffar said. Zafar, who is a documentary filmmaker in Mumbai, is the first cousin of his mother.

“I met Masud in 2015 in Karachi. He is fond of India and wanted to visit Amroha to see his ancestral home,” he added. Zafar Masud’s mother is directly related to Kamal Amrohi as his maternal grandfather Taqi Amrohi, who was a journalist in Pakistan, was the “Pakeezah” filmmaker’s cousin. Masud family belongs to Saddo Mohalla in Amroha.

His grandfather Masood Hasan was a lawyer and father Munnawar Sayeed a TV artiste in Pakistan. —IANS