Remembering Jamal Uddin, the Plumbing guy
I remember Jamal as a chubby, warm-hearted man who managed plumbing design work on FND projects. He was frequently seen with a contractor named Sher Ali. Like many others, Jamal had gained practical experience working on construction projects in KSA. He had a wealth of interesting stories to tell from his time in the Kingdom. There were stories of rivalries (Jamal amusing a supervisor by pointing out that the pumps ordered by that supervisor’s adversary were incorrectly configured to fit their intended installation spaces), and stories of strange priorities (one European expat upon receiving a lump sum payment of twenty-two thousand dollars deciding to go on a luxurious ski trip he had long dreamed of). I lost touch with Jamal after 1998 but had hoped to see him and other FND associates from the late 90s, somewhere sometime. That chance is now gone.
Jamal Uddin passed away on June 1, 2025
Tags: Jamal Sahab of FND Consulting Engineers, Karachi
