Abdul Ghaffar Variend, a social worker was born in a middle-class family in Bantwa, India, after partition his family migrated to Pakistan and settled in Karachi. He completed his matriculation from Madressa-e-Islamia School no. 2, Kharadhar, Karachi. After matriculation he joined Central Insurance Company of Dawood Group to gain experience in the insurance industry, for a short period he also, worked at National Bank of Pakistan as an Assistant to The Chief Accountant.
During his service, he completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from University of Karachi. To further his education in August 1968 he migrated to Montreal, Canada and enrolled into the CA / CGA program at McGill University. In Montreal, he was elected as an Internal Auditor of Pakistan Quebec Association; he also served as President of Quebec Memon Association, was very active in social activities and helped raise funds for the treatment of Polio patients from Pakistan, India and South Africa. Abdul Ghaffar resided in Montreal, Que. Canada for a quarter of a century. In December 1994 he moved to The United States and in 1996 he joined Chicago Memon Association as General Secretary, soon after he became President for 2 years and since then he has been very active in all the Jamat activities and now serves on the board as an advisor and webmaster. He helped design the community website for Chicago Memon Association www.chicagomemonassociation.com and continues to be the webmaster. He also runs his own website, Memon Point www.memonpoint.com, which provides a wealth of information about Memoni culture and community. For the past 15 years he has been volunteering at a local Masjid’s Sunday school program (Islamic Foundation Sunday School). He is socially active on both sides of the American and Canadian border. He writes articles for Memon Alam monthly magazine published under the supervision of WMO as well as for various local and international newspapers. .
In 1999 he helped drafting WMO Constitution for North America Chapter which was very well received by the WMO Central executive committee. In July 2012, it has been officially adopted as a part of formation of World Memon Organization of North America. In July 2012 he was nominated and elected as the first President of World Memon Organization of North America (WMO NA), his nomination was well received and again in May 2014 was elected as President for 2 more years.
Abdul Ghaffar has over 45 years of experience in public accounting and in private companies. For over 15 years, he headed the finance department of a well-known Marketing effectiveness training company in Chicago, IL USA. In November of 2013, he has filed his retirement from the company to devote his spare time for social work.
In his free time, he enjoys walking, bicycling, bowling, reading magazines, working on his website, networking with community members and writing community news for various local and international newspapers.