I was born in Nairobi and educated at Park Road Primary and Eastleigh Secondary. I left in 1963 and completed my Structural Engineering and Building Construction diploma at Kenya Polytechnic. I got married in 1970 to Mansura Qureshi and moved to Canada in 1973. I carried on studying and diversified into Facilities and Asset Management. I have been working with a multinational company as an asset management consultant for the past 21 years. I have three children, two girls who are both married and a boy, and one grandson.

At school, I played Cricket, Volleyball, and Football for the school teams and excelled in athletics. In 1963 I broke the school records for both the 100 and 220 yards races. I was also the Victor Loderum for the 1963 school athletics sports day. These days I spend most of my recreational time practising my golf swing or working in the garden and taking renovation projects in the house, which I really enjoy. My two most memorable and inspirational teachers in sports and life were Balwant Singh Shant and Tufail Hashmi. May God rest their souls in peace. I would love to see some of the old mates from school that we used to travel with in the bus, and the classmates from Form 3 and 4. If only life could take you back to be in that school once again with all your friends! I hope to see some of you and refresh some old memories for old times sake.

We are deeply saddened to say Iqbal Butt expired in July 11th, 2019. May his soul rest in peace!