Died: Byram Dinshaw Avari, 81, chairman of the Avari Group and the Karachi Parsi Anjuman Trust Fund (KPATF); on January 22, 2023 in Karachi following complications arising from perforation of his colon.
Friendly and approachable, Avari is known to have used his influential position and contacts to aid those in distress. In fact, "Baba,” the pet name used to address him as a child, continued till the end for the amiable and unassuming hotelier. Respected as the "grand daddy of the Parsi community in Karachi,” during the three decades he served as chairman of the Anjuman, Avari ensured that the community......