Iqbal,

My maternal grandfather Fakirchand Shah moved to India from Pakistan well after Partition and we have some relatives and old friends of the family there. I was recently in touch with Ardeshir Cowasjee of Dawn and he offered to help trace some common friends from the Pre Partition years. Let's see how it goes - I hope to visit soon and enjoy the fantastic food as well as visit our friends before they pass on. Both my wife and I enjoy Urdu shairee and we would also like to listen to Mehdi Hassan or Ghulam Ali's ghazal p[erformances in Pakistan just to compare them with the hugely popular performances that we have enjoyed in India.

As far as good looking women are concerned, I am a fan of Iman Ali and Iraj Manzoor.

You guys are lucky to have some of the world's most beautiful women overall.

Thanks,