Munawar Ahmad was educated at Punjab University and graduated MB BS in 1961 from King Edward Medical College, Lahore. After house appointments at the Mayo Hospital he took his primary FRCS in Lahore, and went to the USA in 1962 as an intern. Three years later he came to Britain and started his career in ophthalmology with a house appointment in Swansea. After taking the DO London in 1966, he was ophthalmic registrar in Cardiff Royal Infirmary till in 1968 he took the FRCS. The following year he left Britain to take up an appointment as consultant ophthalmologist to the Military Hospital, Riyadh where he also edited the English section of King Edward Medical College's magazine *Kemcol*, and was an all-round sportsman. He died in a road accident on 7 February 1971 aged 33. His wife and other members of his family were killed in a road accident shortly after his death. He is survived by his daughter who was seriously injured in the accident.