WITH the death of Dr Ahmed Hassan Dani, Pakistan is deprived of a great scholar, historian, archaeologist and anthropologist. He devoted his whole life to the research of archeology in Pakistan, as well as in the region. He was a rare man who has a lot of things to his credit he was part of the team which excavated and found the sites Moenjodaro and Gandhara civilisations.

He set up Texila and Islamabad Museums. It is a great honour for Pakistan that Dr Dani remained a part of the global expert team which worked on archeology in this region. He was regarded as an authority on archeology and was founder of the Texila Institute of Asian Civilisations. He was awarded by French, German, Italian and Bangladesh governments and wrote 30 books.

The Pakistan government decorated him with Hilal-i-Imtiaz and Sitar-i-Imtiaz, but I think he deserves more. I request the authority that the chair should be established in the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and award with his name should be announced in the field of archeology.

KHADIM SOOMRO

Johi