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Syed Iftikhar Ahmed, host of sign language-based PTV show Boltay Haath passes away

Syed Iftikhar Ahmed, host of sign language-based PTV show Boltay Haath passes away

Ahmed's daughter shared the news of his passing on social media.
29 Mar, 2022

Syed Iftikhar Ahmed, host of sign language-based PTV show Boltay Haath has passed away.

Ahmed alongside his wife Rehana Iftikhar hosted Boltay Haath, a television show that used sign language to reach out to people with speaking and hearing disabilities. The show was broadcast on PTV.

News of Ahmed's demise was shared by his daughter, actor Madiha Iftikhar on Instagram on March 29. "Today my prayers for my father's health turned into prayers for my father to be granted Paradise," she wrote. "Indeed, to Allah we belong and to Allah we shall return."

According to Ahmed's daughter, Ahmed received an award for Boltay Haath from PTV in 1986. She shared a video clip of him receiving the award at the PTV Awards ceremony. "My dear father Syed Iftikhar Ahmed' while receiving [a] special award by PTV at PTV Awards in 1986," she wrote. "Boltay Haath was one of its kind. An educational program designed by my parents in 1984 to teach sign language to people. The idea was to create a bridge between the deaf and [other] members of the society."

Ahmed was a widely respected figure within the deaf community. News of his demise was widely shared by netizens from the community on social media.

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Mir Mar 29, 2022 05:10pm
R I P
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NYS Mar 29, 2022 05:43pm
RIP legend No one can fill this void
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Fastrack Mar 29, 2022 05:44pm
انا للہ وانا الیہ راجعون What a great man.
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Zeeshan Mar 29, 2022 05:45pm
Rest In Peace. While the gentleman passes away, he pioneered something that will go on. It’s remarkable in a country where ugly politics dominates every aspect of life. It’s people like respected Mr. Iftikhar that restore one’s faith in humanity.
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Taj Ahmad - USA Mar 29, 2022 06:02pm
So sad, RIP to the departing soul, Aameen.
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Syed Mar 29, 2022 07:03pm
إِنَّا ِلِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ. اللّه سبحان و تعالیٰ افتخار بھائی کے درجات بلند کرے ۔لواحقین کو صبر جمیل عطا کرے ۔آمین
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Imtiaz Ali Khan Mar 29, 2022 07:19pm
RIP The sign language champion of Pakistan. Syed Ifthikar Ahmed will be remember forever as the pioneer of helping deaf and dumb and giving voice to them.
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Hammad Rauf Mar 29, 2022 07:36pm
Sad news.
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Tanvir Khan Mar 29, 2022 08:10pm
A great educationist in a country of religious deranged people!
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Hawk Mar 29, 2022 11:21pm
Sir has performed a unique job which cannot be done by anyone after him.
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SKF Mar 30, 2022 01:15am
What a talented man he was. rip legend!
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Riaz Uddin Mar 30, 2022 04:37am
Very sad! He hosted a wonderful tv show first time in Pakistan that not only gave to deaf and dumb power of expression a means of effective communication fluently interestingly through employing signs using hands and fingers only with out uttering or articulating a single word by tongue amazingly! The death of Mr. Ahmed really sadden and left in lurch thousand of his disciples who learnt to express their emotions , feelings in a befitting manner with utmost clarity! Hats off!
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Aamir Mar 30, 2022 05:46am
May he Rest In Peace. I think that all of us who saw him on TV, remember him with much fondness.
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azhar ahmad Mar 30, 2022 06:54am
Great men, I used to watch the show in Pakistan, brought awareness to deaf and dumb in the society, I think they had a academy by my house in gulshan block 3 called deba academy . indian actor tinu anand visited that
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SALMAN ALI Mar 30, 2022 10:59am
Inna Lillahe Wa Innah Ilahi Rajeoon.
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Mar 30, 2022 11:34am
What a grave, grim, grisly, gruesome and great tragedy? Inna Lilla Hay Waa Inna Illehey Rajayoon.
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AZAM AKBAR Mar 30, 2022 12:28pm
Rest In Peace.
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Sarah Shaikh Mar 30, 2022 01:06pm
A larger than life person and family that has served the deaf community in Pakistan over their lifetime. From his mother who started Gung Mahal, to his daughter who continues to work on Pakistan Sign Language, Iftikhar Sahab was the focal person behind bringing attention to the community on the national television platform. May his work lie beyond his memory and continue to serve others ameen.
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A Mar 30, 2022 03:29pm
اللہ تعالیٰ بخشش و مغفرت فرمائے آمین.
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