EXPERIENCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF SINDH AND GOVERNMENT OF WEST PAKISTAN
Agriculture Engineer in Sindh, 1953–58.
Superintending Engineer, Agricultural Machinery Sindh and Baluchistan Provinces, 1958–69.
During Period 1953–69 carried out following jobs.
1) Operated a fleet of 600 BULLDOZERS in Sindh and Baluchistan for Agriculture land leveling.
2) Established 12 Repair Workshops for tractors and bulldozers for Agriculture Department, almost one in each district of Sindh and 3 more in Baluchistan.
3) Operated AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY of all types.
4) Put in 3000 Tube-Wells in Sindh, and 1000 Open Wells with diesel pumping sets in Baluchistan 1958–69.
5) Developed BULLOCK–DRAWN IMPLEMENTS, carried out tests on large variety of wheel type tractors, implements, harvesters and threshers etc., 1953–69.
6) Carried out GROUND WATER SURVEY in the whole Sindh and Baluchistan and wrote 11 books on ground water in Sindh and Baluchistan.
7) Mechanized cotton fully except harvest. Full mechanization of all kinds of vegetables, ground nuts on commercial scale.
CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE (1970–2002)
Managing Director, EDUCATIONAL AIDS 1970–1979, equipped New NED University with Scientific Equipment of all laboratories.
Managing Partner, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS (1973–79). During the period M.H. Panhwar handled three major projects pertaining to Agriculture and Drainage. These are:
1) Project Preparation, LEFT BANK OUTFALL DRAIN Phase–I (Mirpurkhas and Sanghar Districts), (1974–1979).
2) Project Planning RIGHT BANK OUTFALL DRAIN Phase–I (Kandhkot, Thul, Shahdadkot), Surface Drainage Project, (1975–1979).
3) Project Planning for raising sugarcane for DADU SUGAR MILLS, (1975–76).
Managing Director RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERS 1979-to date and handled following.
1) Equipment for NATIONAL BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE Karachi, 1980-85.
2) Equipment for APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY Government of Pakistan Karachi, 1984–87.
3) Equipment for COUNCIL FOR WORKS HOUSING RESEARCH, Karachi, 1980–85.
4) Equipment for PCSIR Karachi, 1986–88.
5) Project planning of COCONUT FARM on 1000 acres at Hab Chawki 1985–1987.
6) Survey of BIO–GAS PLANTS Installed by Energy Cell Government of Pakistan in Sindh, 1989–90.
7) Project Planning of SOLAR POWER for remote villages in Thar area, for Government of Sindh, 1990–91.
8) LEFT BANK OUTFALL DRAIN, ON–FARM WATER MANAGEMENT COMPONENT, 1989–1997.
9) Studies for introducing NEW CROPS IN SINDH AND LATEST CULTURAL PRACTICES, 1983–2005.
10) Introducing 25 NEW FRUIT CROPS IN SINDH 1980–2005.
11) Establishment of THREE DEMONSTRATION FARMS AT SAWAN GAS FIELD FOR OMV. 2004/5 TO CONTINUE UPTO 2009/10.
12) Establishment of M.H. Panhwar Trust to work in agriculture, horticulture, irrigation, water, environments, ground water, mechanization of agriculture, training farm managers, and health services Registered in May 2002.
13) Establishment of private free Horticulture Extension Service, January 2005.
HONORARY ASSIGNMENTS
PROFESSOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING at King George the VTH Agricultural College Sakrand and Tando Jam 1954–1957 (Three years additional charge).
VISITING PROFESSOR AND EQUIPMENT ADVISOR to the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, 1980–1986.
ENGINEERING ADVISOR to the University of Sindh, 1982–1986.
HONORARY MEMBERSHIPS
Chairman Executive Committee, Daud College of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, 1990–1993.
Member Board of Governors, Daud College of Engineering and Technology, Karachi 1990–93.
Member Board of Governors, National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research Karachi, 1986–1993.
Member Board of Governors National College of Arts, Lahore, 1989–1993.
Member Executive Board National College of Arts, Lahore, 1989–1993.
Member Board of Governors Khuzdar Engineering College, 1989–1993.
Member Selection Board National College of Arts, Lahore, 1989–1993.
Member Board of Governors College of Arts Jamshoro, 1989–1993.
Member Editorial Board, Journal Sindhological Studies, 1982–1993.
Member Board of SSHS Karachi, 1998-2005.
President Sindh Society for Horticultural Science - 1994-2005.
President Integrated Agriculture Developers - 2001 - 2005.
Chairman MHP Trust - 2002-2005.
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
Establishment of AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING SET UP IN SINDH with 12 Workshop for operating 600 bulldozers and installation of 3,000 tube–wells between 1953–1969.
Introducing TUBE–WELLS in Sindh for first time in 1956 and installing 3000 tube–wells between 1956–1969.
Investigating GROUND WATER IN SINDH and publishing 11 books and large number of articles on the subject between 1962 and 1973 and continuing research upto 2005.
Introducing of TEMPERATURE ZONE FRUITS LIKE GRAPES, ALMONDS, POMEGRANATES, FIGS, PEACHES, PLUMS, NECTARINES, PEARS, APPLES AND PERSIMMON in warm sub–tropics of Sindh commercially and developing new venues for economic development 1989–1996.
Introducing at Khesano Mori near Tando Jam, new Sub–Tropical fruits like LONGAN, LYCHEE, ZIZYPHUS JUJUBA, TAHITI LIME AND RED GRAPE
FRUITS on commercial scale, 1989–2005.
Introducing WILD PLANTS JOJOBA, JETROPHA, BUFALO GOURD and other industrial crops in Sindh commercially, (1993-2005).
Introducing new Technologies like RENEWABLE ENERGIES, economic use of Agriculture Wastes, rabbit farming and new techniques for saving water, (1992-2005).
Introducing 17 NEW VARIETIES OF MANGO IN SINDH, harvest dates 15th April to 1st October, (1985-2005).
Developing of CHEAP MICRONUTRIENT FORMULAE, for use in horticultural crops, (1988-2005).
Using multidisciplinary approach in investigation of many subjects pertaining to Sindh, CLIMATE; HISTORY ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, GROUND WATER and HORTICULTURE and thus producing following classical books and more than 200 articles, (1975-2005).
GROUND WATER IN SINDH (11 books, 3000 pages), 1962-1972.
Source MATERIAL ON SINDH (650 PAGES), 1977.
CHRONOLOGICAL DICTIONARY of Sindh (700 pages), 1983.
WATER REQUIREMENT OF RIVERAIN AREA, 2002.
FIVE THOUSAND YEARS HISTORY OF IRRIGATION IN SINDH, 1993. Revised and enlarged edition The SIX THOUSAND YEARS HISTORY OF IRRIGATION IN SINDH (400 pages) to come out in 2005.
NEW FRUITS, NUTS AND INDUSTRIAL CROPS FOR SINDH (100 pages), 1988.
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL ATLAS OF SOOMRA DYNASTY OF SINDH 1011-1351 AD (250 pages), 2003.
The first in Pakistan to recognize BANANA BUNCHY TOP VIRUS, DISEASE in banana.
Developing SEVEN NEW VARIETIES OF LYCHEE from seedlings, 1995-2005, and commercializing them (1965-2005).
Introducing 30 NEW MANGO CULTIVARS.
SUCCESSFULLY REJUVENATION OF 35 YEARS OLD MANGO TREES ON COMMERCIAL SCALE AND PLANNING TO EXTEND REJUVENATION TO 1500 ACRES IN SINDH BY END JUNE 2006.
M.H. PANHWAR’S PUBLICAITON ON HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATES OF THE PAST, ANTHROPOLOGY, GEOLOGY, IRRIGATION, RIVER INDUS
As hobby M.H. Panhwar collects various kind of materials connected with Sindh, specially books, ancient and recent maps and photographs, pertaining to ancient monuments and archaeological artifacts etc. and history of Sindh. His collection has 15,000 books and bulletins on Sindh, 3,000 ancient maps and large number of photographs. Some of they are rare and unknown in Sindh.
He has published a number of books and articles on Sindh mostly in English, only a few of which have been translated and published in Sindh in Journal ‘Mehran’ a quarterly of Sindhi Adabi Board.
These are now collected in one volume entitled as ‘Ancient Sindh’.
Below is the list of his publications which include:
HISTORY.
SOURCE MATERIAL ON SINDH, 1977, 583 pages.
CHRONOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF SINDH, 558 pages, 1983.
HEROIC STRUGGLE OF SINDH AGAINST FEUDALISM, 1500-1843 AD. J. Sindhiological Studies, Summer 1979. (Sindhi translation by Ghullam Muhammad Lakho Jour. Mehran). J. Sindh Quarterly 1977, and J. News and opinions January-March 2004.
INFLUENCE OF ANCIENT SCINECES INCLUDING THOSE OF SINDH ON AL RAZI, S. Sindhological Studies, Summer 1977.
SINDH-KUTCH RELATION WITH 21 HISTORICAL MAPS, Sindh Archives, Karachi, 1980. (Sindhi translation, Ghullam Muhammad Lakho, Jour. Mehran).
TWENTY TWO GREEK AND ROMAN WRITERS (500 BC - 160 AD) WHO WROTE ON SINDH (Sindhi tr. - Jour. Mehran 1981.
FAILURE OF GATE OF SUKKUR BARRGE AND LESSON FOR FUTURE, Sindhiological Studies, Winter, 1981.
SAMAN-JI-SULTANATE OF SINDH A CRITICAL LETTER by M.H. Panhwar, J. Mehran, 1987.
INEVITABILITY OF CONQUEST OF SINDH BY THE BRITISH 1843, J. Sindhological Studies Summer 1987 and also J. News and Opinions April-June, 2004.
DEFINITION OF NATIONALITY AS APPLIED TO SINDH, letter dated 12.11.1987 to Ghullam Mustafa Shah for J. Sindh Quarterly.
METHODOLOGY FOR RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY OF SINDH Part I and II, J. Sindhiological Studies, Summer and Winter, 1988.
REVOLUTIONARY INVENTION OF JHALI OR PANKHA in late 18th and early 19th centuries, J. Sindh Quarterly, 1989.
IRRIGATION IN SINDH UNDER NOOR MUHAMMAD KALHORA, J. Sindhiological Studies, Winter, 1989.
SIX THOUSAND YEARS HISTORY OF IRRIGATION OF SINDH - 1993, Second Edition 2005, 400 pages.
RARE DOCUMENTS ON KALOHORA HISTORY, Given to J. Mehran for publication.
SAYID GHULLAM MUSTAFA SHAH, SOME PERSONAL GLIMPSES (1981-1999) Sindh Quarterly Vol. XXVI, 2000.
GLIMPSES INTO 20TH CENTURY HISTORY OF SINDH, (Sindhi), Daily Ibrat, January 26, 2001.
PUNJAB MISTRUST HAS LONG HISTORY, Evening Star, Feb. 24, 2001.
POLICING IN THE PAST IN SINDH, A case study of 1714-1850 and 1525-1700 compared to 854-1011 and 1700-1798 AD-Seminar at Karachi, 2002. J. Grass Roots, Vol.25, 2—3-2002.
GHULAM SHAH KALHORA AND HIS RELATIONS WITH KUTCH, Ghullam Shah Kalhora Seminar, 2002.
IS THE PRESENT DROUGHT JUST TEMPORARY OR LONG LASTING DISASTER - SINDH A CASE STUDY. J. Hayati September 2004. Also Dawn Science Supplement, Oct. 2004.
KALHORA SUPPORTERS, LOCAL AND IMMIGRANT TRIBES OF SINDH. (Ready for press).
ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY.
GROUND WATER IN SINDH (based on history, geography, geology and changing courses of the Indus), 1964, Enlarged 1969, 356 pages. It was printed as GROUND WATER IN HYDERABAD AND KHAIRPUR DIVISIONS.
MAN IN SINDH – STONE AGE TO NEOLITHIC, Sindhiological Studies, Summer, 1980.
SINDH AND ITS FOOD RESOURCES, SINCE ANTIQUITY; Pre-Neolithic socio-anthropological study; animals, birds, fishes and wild horticultural products, Sindh Quarterly, Vol. VII, No. 3, and 4 1979 and Vol. VIII No.1, 1980.
RANIKOT THE LARGEST FORT OF THE WORLD IN SINDH, its odd location and why? In souvenir Ranikot Seminar, 26th March, 1981. Published by Ranikot Seminar Committee. Also in Sindh Quarterly, 1982.
CHANGING COURSES OF THE INDUS 3,000 BC TO PRESENT TIMES, The Star Thursday March 25, 1982 In 50 Years of Sukkur Barrage issue.
SINDH THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF THE WORLD; LOCATION OF BRAHMANKA, PATALA, DEMETRIAS, MINAGARA, BRAHMANO, BRAHMANVA, BRAHMANABAD, DALU RAI AND MANSURA, Sindh Quarterly Vol. XI, No.1, 2 and 3, 1983. Also in J. Archaeological Quarterly, Vol. VI, No.3, 1994/95.
7,000 YEARS OF WOMEN’S SLAVERY, J. Sindhiological Studies, Part I, 1984.
FOUR ANCIENT RIVERS OF SINDH OR ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY OF SANGHAR DISTRICT, J. Sindhiological Studies, Summer, 1985.
DEVELOPMENTS IN HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF SINDH, SINCE INDEPENDENCE Part-I and II, J. Sindhiological Studies, Winter, 1985 and Summer 1986. (Also Mehran).
HAKRA OR SARSUTI CONTROVERSY. J. Sindhiological Studies, Winter, 1986. J. Ancient Sindh, Archaeology Department SAL University, Khairpur, 2004.
LANGUAGES OF SINDH BETWEEN RISE OF AMRI AND FALL OF MANSURA (4,000 BC – 1025 AD), based on archaeological evidence, in Abdul Jabar Junejo (Ed), Cultural Heritage of Sindh, Sindhi Adabi Board Jamshoro, 1989.
OCEANOGRAPHIC ARCHAEOLOGY, Its potential in Pakistan, J. The Archaeology Quarterly, Vol. II, No. 1, 1990.
ON UNIQUENESS OF DADU DISTRICT SINDH, J. Sindhiological Studies, Winter 1990.
PRE-HARAPPAN CHRONOLOGY OF SINDH, I and II, J. Sindh Quarterly Vol. XVII, No. 4, 1990 and Vol. XIX No. 1, 1991, J. Sindhological Studies Summer-Winter 1992.
SAVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN SINDH, Letter to DAWN November 7, 1993.
SEEPAGE OF WATER FROM THE RIVER INDUS AND OCCURRENCE OF FRESH GROUND WATER IN SINDH, Article read at conference on Indus, London July 12-16, 1994. (Published in Proceedings of Conference on the Indus at London, based on history and archaeology at Oxford University Press, Karachi).
HENRY COUSEN AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF SINDH, being information on archaeological exploration and excavations in Sindh from 1895/96 to 1937/38 and their explorers and published as introduction to Sindhi translation of Henry Cousens’, Archaeology of Sindh, Sindhi Adabi Board, 1995.
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