Quran Khawani held for late educationist Prof Sheikh Imtiaz Ali

LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th Jul, 2026) Quran Khawani and Qul were held here on Monday for the departed soul of renowned educationist Prof Sheikh Imtiaz Ali, who passed away at the age of 103 on Sunday.

Prof Sheikh Imtiaz Ali was the teacher as well as the maternal grandfather-in-law (his wife's grandfather) of Punjab Home Secretary Dr Ahmad Javed Qazi.

According to a press release, the late professor rendered distinguished services as vice chancellor of the University of the Punjab and Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. He also served as chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC).

Prof Sheikh Imtiaz Ali trained countless civil servants from 1962 to 2014, and many of Pakistan's senior bureaucrats were among his students.

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His funeral prayers were offered at the University of the Punjab before he was laid to rest at a local graveyard.

The Qul was held at his residence in Garden Town, where prayers were offered for the elevation of his ranks in the hereafter.

Punjab Muttahida Ulema board, Chairman Mufti Dr Intikhab Ahmad Noori, led the special prayers.

A large number of senior bureaucrats, educationists, members of civil society and prominent personalities from different schools of thought attended the ceremony and paid tribute to the late scholar's lifelong services to education and public administration.