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  • Dow Medical College Class of 1979

    By Zubeida Musafa DAWN KarachiDecember 2024 ONE plus one equals two. But in extraordinary situations, one plus one can produce infinite results. That is how it is with the Batch of 1979 of the Dow Medical College. Comprising 435 students at a time when Dow was the only medical college in Karachi and the city…

  • Event in 1979

    An event in 1979: Prof. Camer Vellani migrated back to Pakistan from Ireland. He was Assistant Professor of Medicine under Prof., Najeeb Khan in 1970’s and later left Dow and CHK and became the Dean of Aga Khan University Medical School. Prof. Adeeb Rizvi went on to establish the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation…

  • Dow Class of 1979 Website Dow79.com

    The Dow Class of 1979 has an impressive website www.dow79.com; It’s due to the efforts of Dr. Shoaib Sobani and Khalid Iqbal. The site is well organized and updated.  

  • Dow Medical College Class of 1979 (Grad in 1982)

    Dow Class of 1979 graduated in 1982. Seated from left Prof. Farooqui of Jurisprudence, 4th from left is Prof,. Sharif Chaudhary, and next to him is Prof. Abdul Hameed of Pharmacology. Dr. Nasir Chughtai receiving his MBBS degree from late Prof. Ali Mohammed Ansari while late Prof. Fazle Ilahi looks on. In between Drs. Chughtai…

  • Midland Doctors Association: Dowites in LimeLight.

    Dr. Syed Yusuf Iftikhar, a 1979 graduate of Dow Medical College Karachi; Dr. Iftikhar is a cancer surgeon in Derby, UK. In 2005 when Azad Kashmir was affected by a massive earthquake, he helped out with medical care in Balakot and went on the establish a hospital program in Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir. The program is…

  • DMC 5th Annual Convocation 1979-80

    SouvenirAnnualConvo79-80 Here is the Souvenir published at the occation of the 5th Annual Convocation in 1979-80. Chair person of the convocation committee was Late Prof. Razia Latif Ansari. The President of the Students’ Union was Dr. Naseem Azeez Shaikhani, who is currently in St. Louis USA and is the President Elect 2019 of the Association…

  • Advent of Karachi Medicos Association 1973-74

    Founding and early members of Karachi Medicos Association. 1973-74 Photo is courtesy of Dr. Haroon Khan from UK. Drs. Anwar Jalil, Salman Faridi, Zafarullah Syed, Hamid Zaki, Mughisuddin Ahmed helped in tagging the photo. (all of Class of 1977) In the 60s and 70’s  Dow was the hot bed of politics from its inception in…

  • Dow Medical College Faculty List Late 1970’s Early 1980’s

    This is the list of Dow Medical College Faculty in the late 1970 early 1980’s. Courtesy of Class of 1980 as published on their website. Courtesy of Dr. Abdul Rahman, Class of 1980 who has created the website for his class. Prof. Mohammed Manazirul Hasan, Chairman Academic Council; Prof. Abdul Waheed (Dean Faculty of Medicine)…

  • Dow Medical College Elections 1979

    Elections 1979. Winners with Late Professor M.M. Hassan (Ophthalmology)Principal Abdul Wahid (Anatomy) and Late Professor Razia Latif Ansari.Photo courtesy of Dr. Naseem Shekhani, an Pain Medicine specialist in St. Louis, Missouri andand an activist for humanitarian efforts in Pakistan. Tagged by Amin H. Karim. Please help with therest of the names of standing students.Uploaded by…

  • DowLite International 1979

    This precious magazine published by the Dow Medical Student’s Union 1979 under the Presidentship of Rana Mehmood Akthar was gifted to Dr. Syed Hamid Zaki by the Magazine Secretary  Dr. Humayun Zafar on October 10, 1979.  Dr. Zaki in turn gave it to me in 2010. Thanks to both of them. Enjoy the life in…