F.P Report
TIMERGARA: The Qamar’s family in Lower Dir is observing the 10th death anniversary of its head, the Late Shams ul Qamar here on Monday (today) who died of the cardiac arrest exactly on polls’ day on Feb, 18, 2008.
The Late Shams ul Qamar was contesting the 2008 general election for both National Assembly and provincial assembly seats from Lower Dir as an independent candidate. The voting process had begun when he breathed his last and died all of a sudden.
“We can’t ignore and forget our ‘Baba’ who socially trained and educated us at his best,” Saira Shams, the eldest daughter of Shams ul Qamar told here on Sunday. Ms Saira, who is a PTI member in the Lower Dir district council, said it was her mother Farhad Bibi, 48 who not only looked after the family but also assume the charge of her husband’s business.
The brave and intelligent mother continued educating and preparing her children for challenges ahead of them.
The Late Shams ul Qamar was an active member of the Awami National Party but later quitted the party after differences with some of its local leaders.
The family joined the Pakistan Tehrek Insaf (PTI) after the death of its head and worked hard for the party cause in the stronghold of Jamaat-i-Islami. The eldest daughter became member of the district council in Lower Dir on reserved seats while her younger sister Dr Sumera Shams became member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly, the only woman MPA from Dir today.
MPA Dr Sumera Shams was also designated as head of the PA standing committee on health.
Shams’s another daughter Noorena Shams, 21 is a Pakistani sports lady representing the country in women squash.
Born in 1997, Noorena Shams was the first ever cyclist to win a silver medal for the country in the junior Olympics. She has won so far 63 gold medals, 24 silver medals and 5 bronze medals in different games.
Ms Saira Shams, also a physically challenged woman told that the family had seen many troubles and hardships. She said all the credit went to her mother who never lost heart and continued to raise the family to a higher status. “We are four sisters and two brothers,” Saira said, adding the fourth sister Gul Sanga has completed her intermediate from the Islamia College Peshawar and preparing for entry into medical field.
She said the family had achieved its destination to some extent but had been missing its head, the Late Shams ul Qamar today.
