HYDERABAD, May 18: Rich tributes were paid to late Allah Bux Nizamani for his services to the cause of education, at the launching ceremony of his biography ‘Allah Bux Nizamani: A Study’ at a hotel here Thursday night.

The speakers said that the services rendered by him for the development and promotion of education were a part of Sindh's history.

Renowned scholar and educationist Dr. Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, said that the services of Allah Bux Nizamani’s name would enjoy a place of prominence whenever the history of education in Sindh was written.

He said late Nizamani was his teacher and he had spent his entire life in the development of education.

The vice-chancellor of Sindh University, Mr.Mazharul Haq Siddiqui, paying tribute to late Nizamani, said that the services of late Allah Bux Nizamani in the promotion of education were a part of Sindh's history. Declaring illiteracy as worst type of slavery, he deplored the deteriorating standard of education in Sindh and said that the foundation of education was weak.

He announced that if a sponsor could be found, the Sindh University was prepared to establish Allah Bux Nizamani chair. He further said that a Nizamani corner would also be established in the institute of Sindhology with the cooperation of his heirs.

Abdul Majeed Nizamani, in his speech said that late Nizamani had always exhorted the students to respect their parents and teachers but regretted that younger generation lacked these qualities.

He stressed the need for research on the life and works of the late educationist.

The others who paid tribute to the late educationist included his son, Ali Akbar Khan Nizamani, Gul Mohammad Umrani, Prof Syed Qamaruzzaman Shah, Dr Basheer Nizamani and others.

The biography has been written by Dr Basheer Nizamani and Mr Abdul Jabbar while the function was organised by Manak Moti Tanzeem.

MUET: The Vice Chancellor of Mehran University of