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| Altaf Shaikh travelogue writer |
Altaf Shaikh is a
famous Professor Emeritus, Visiting Professor, Scholar, a travelogue writer and
a well known Marine Engineer.
Born in 1944, Altaf Shaikh got his early education from
Hala, then from Cadet College Petaro. He studied Marine Engineering at Marine
Academy Chittagong, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and did post graduation from
the World Maritime University, Malmo, Sweden.
After sailing as Chief Engineer on various types of ships
for some 15 years, he served Malaysian and then Pakistan Marine Academy as Head
of Marine Engineering Dept. for some 20 years. He is author of more than 75
books mostly travelogues in Sindhi and in Urdu. He is also a regular columnist
of daily newspapers of Pakistan, Malaysia & Japan.
Besides
other awards, he is recipient of Presidential award T.I (Tumgha e Imtiaz) of
Pakistan and PJK (Pingat Jasa Kebaktian) a Malaysian Award.