{"id":126785,"date":"2023-12-15T19:20:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T19:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=126785"},"modified":"2023-12-15T19:20:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T19:20:11","slug":"obituary-mohamed-iqbal-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/obituary-mohamed-iqbal-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"OBITUARY &#8211; MOHAMED IQBAL in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">OBITUARY &#8211; MOHAMED IQBAL in New Zealand<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-126786\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MOHAMED-IQBAL.jpg\" alt=\"MOHAMED IQBAL\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Formerly Sri Lanka&#8217;s First Honorary Consul &amp; Tea Commissioner to New Zealand Australia and Fiji for 42 years<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I was informed a short while ago, that Mohamed Iqbal, passed away, early this morning<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">New Zealand time. His health had been deteriorating the past few months. His wife,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Jean predeceased him earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He will be missed very much, as he was a dear friend of over 50 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>IQBAL, Mohamed<\/strong>, (05.09.1935 \u2013 14.12.2023), \u00a0husband of the late<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Jean Irene, father of Zan and Zak,father-in-law of Clara. Grandfather<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">of Zara and Aiden, In New Zealand..<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Victor<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Thursday, 14 December 2023, 4:33 PM, AEDT<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OBITUARY &#8211; MOHAMED IQBAL in New Zealand Formerly Sri Lanka&#8217;s First Honorary Consul &amp; Tea Commissioner to New Zealand Australia and Fiji for 42 years I was informed a short while ago, that Mohamed Iqbal, passed away, early this morning New Zealand time. His health had been deteriorating the past few months. 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