Minocher Bhandara (died June 15, 2008[1]), popularly known as Minoo, was a Pakistani businessman and former minority representative and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (MNA).[2] He belonged to the small Gujarati-speaking Zoroastrian community.[3]
Family[edit | edit source]
Bhandara was the brother of Pakistani novelist, Bapsi Sidhwa. His father owned a liquor shop on the Mall in Lahore.
His son, Isphanyar Bhandara, is the current CEO of Murree Brewery.[4]
Business[edit | edit source]
He was the architect and owner of one of the most successful and durable business conglomerates in Pakistan. Amongst his companies was the Murree Brewery, which his father had bought a control share in during the 1940s.[5]
Politics[edit | edit source]
He leaves behind a legacy of enlightened political activism. Bhandara, was active as a minority representative and served as MNA from November 16, 2002 to November 15, 2007.[6]
Minoo also wrote articles in the country's English language newspapers.[7]
Death[edit | edit source]
He died in Islamabad on Sunday June 15, 2008 at the age of 71, due to complications as a result of a serious car accident in China several weeks earlier.[8]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ MP Bhandara passes away, The News
- ↑ MP Bhandara passes away, The News
- ↑ Deshmukh, Ajay Sahebrao (2014). Ethnic Angst: A Comparative Study of Bapsi Sidhwa & Rohinton Mistry. Partridge Publishing. p. 247. ISBN 9781482841534.
Gujarati is the first language of Bapsi Sidhwa and most Parsis.
- ↑ Heildler, Scott, Pakistani Beer: Sounds Like an Oxymoron, But It’s True, 2009 Archived July 11, 2011, at Archive.today
- ↑ Heildler, Scott, Pakistani Beer: Sounds Like an Oxymoron, But It’s True, 2009 Archived July 11, 2011, at Archive.today
- ↑ National Assembly of Pakistan Archived August 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Father Francis Nadeem, Yeh Des Hamara Hai, Lahore, p. 77
- ↑ MP Bhandara passes away, The News
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