They were speaking at the launching ceremony of Professor Mubbashar's autobiography "Meem Bashar", organized at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Monday. "It was very easy for me to live a comfortable life in England after completing my education yet I decided to come back and dedicate my life to creating awareness about mental health issues and training psychiatrists," said Professor Mubbashar.
He said the book was about confronting his demons and his struggle to rediscover himself after a career as a professional psychiatrist and educationist. "It was very painful for him to see how the poor people were forced to buy costly medicine and undergo expensive laboratory test by most of the doctors." He called for returning towards age-old cultural values and traditions of the East as it would revitalize the society though it would result in the closure of most of the clinics of psychiatrists.
Renowned educationist, Professor Zafar Iqbal Qureshi read excerpts from the autobiography and commented that "all the emotional ties are ideological relations for him [author] which are expressed beautifully in the book." Former vice-chancellor, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Professor Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan, observed that Professor Mubbashar continued to struggle to uphold merit and his life was not as easy as it appeared. He had faced difficult times and had been part of unending struggle, he said, adding: "Meem Bashar" was not just another document about someone's personal life but experience of a man who stood up against all odds.
UHS vice-chancellor Professor Junaid Sarfraz Khan said: "Professor Mubbashar is a visionary; full of innovations." He added that the next generation had to read this book to get an idea of the different stages of life. "One thing you need to learn from him is his straight forwardness and the way in which he clarifies information to the point", he said.
Tariq Masood Yaseen, Professor Humayun Ehsan, Allama Asghar Ali Kausar Warriach, Colonel Jawaid Iqbal (retd), Noor-ul-Hassan, Ayaz Ahmad, Amjad Mukhtar Chohan, Professor Shehnaz Aftab, Dr Amina Shakeel, Dr Usman and Dr Ali Madeeh Hashmi also spoke on the occasion. Professor Mubbashar is a highly acclaimed psychiatrist, academician, research scholar and medical educationist.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2017