Daily Dawn; January 22, 1985

KARACHI, Jan 21: Muzaffar Ali Shah, the oldest inmate of Mental Hospital, Lahore, will be freed on Tuesday after 37 years.

The release has been made possible by the Sindh Government undertook to bear his hospital charges (Rs 30,000) at the request of Prisoners Aid Society (Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International) which had also traced him out.

Muzaffar's nephew, Syed Nisar Hussain, lives in Jehlum but he informed he was unable to secure the custody of his uncle because of financial constraints.

On migration to Pakistan in 1947, Muzaffar had opened a shop at M. A. Jinnah Road. Some time later, his shop was burgled and when he went to file a report, he was arrested under the lunacy act. Records show that he was arrested without any crime And never produced before any court.

The release of Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah became fruitful only because of the efforts of Ansar Burney, Advocate.

The Bureau of Missing and Kidnapped Children/Persons of the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust traced the relatives of Muzaffar Ali Shah.

While talking to newsmen, Muzaffar Shah thanked to Ansar Burney and said that he was of the opinion that he will die and will never go out to take breath in free world, but Mr Ansar Burney make it possible for him.

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