Kaukab Noorani Okarvi place of birth Karachi
Early life and education
Okarvi was born in Karachi, Pakistan. Before his birth in a family of eleven brothers and sisters, His two eldest brothers had died. He is from a business family of Yeman who accepted Islam through Abu Bakr. The members of his family came to India for business and settled there hundreds of years ago. His elders were mostly businessmen by profession but personally they had spiritual temperament in nature. In his book, Deoband to Bareilly he writes, "To tell you the truth, I am a mere seeker of knowledge in the fields of religion, spirituality, and scholastic matters. This little bit recognition of letters and words and the skills of experimenting with them that have come to me, it is mostly because of my environment which was due to my kind parents, paternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, teachers and holy people. These revered and respected personalities have guided my learning at every stage of my life." Okarvi's early childhood was spent in Okara, Pakistan. He received his early religious and worldly education at Jaami’ah Ashraf ul Madaris in Okara. He memorized the Quran at the age of eleven years, taught by Muhammad Abdul Lateef Amjad Sa’eedi. He was admitted to the second grade in Government Boys Primary School. He led the assemblies with Qira’at and Na’at. In middle school he organized a competition of Qirat and Na’at for children.In 1962, he became the secretary of Bazm-e-Adab and later became its president. During his school and college days he participated in various debates, Qirat and Na’at competitions and also received prizes for it.During that period he developed love for poetry and literature. At the age of 13, he established an organization of students and youth called "Bazm-e-Shaheen Pakistan". Its main purpose was to inculcate religious principles, support poor students, and organize competitions of Qira’at, Na’at and speeches and to celebrate Islamic festivals. He also took leave from the school for one and a half years so he could memorize the Qur'an.
In 1957 and 1971, during the war between Pakistan and India, he collaborated with the National Defense and Boys Scouts. In 1971, he passed his matriculation examination from Government Boys Secondary School, P. E.C.H. Society Karachi. In 1973, he passed his intermediate examination from Government National College, Karachi and he was awarded his advance degrees. He later traveled out of Pakistan to take his PhD degree in Economics.
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