New Pak President's father served as Nehru's dentist

September 05, 2018 14:17

An interesting tidbit about our neighbour.

Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Arif Alvi was elected as the 13th President of Pakistan. But not many know that Alvi shares an interesting connection with India.

According to his biography published in the PTI website, Alvi's father Dr. Habib ur Rehman Elahi Alvi was a dentist to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Alvi's family has claimed that they have letters from Nehru to Dr. Alvi.

Alvi's father, who practiced dentistry in India, had migrated to Pakistan in 1947 and resumed dental practice in Saddar area of Karachi, according to PTI.

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