Omar Alam

Altaf Alam, 72, passed away peacefully during the night of May 27th, 2018. Altaf was battling stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma (a type of skin cancer) over the past year. After countless hospital visits, he remained strong and fought cancer right until his last gasp of breath. He was surrounded by all of his immediate family at the time of passing. All who knew him will forever miss him dearly. Lahore, Pakistan Early Life (1947 - 1969) Altaf was born to Ishtiaq Alam and Halima Begum on January 13th, 1946, exactly one year before one of the largest migrations in human history. His father, Ishtiaq studied Law in Dehradun, India and was originally from Multan, Pakistan. His law degree helped in running his family owned business in Saharanpur, India where he lived with his step-brother. During this time more than 10 million people were displaced and more than a million were killed, as millions of people migrated due to partitioning of the subcontinent of India into two independe