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  • Dow Medical College Main Building.

    The famous yum yum tree!  Elsewhere on this site there is a poem by Dr. Syed Khalid Anwer, Class of 1983. Regards Amin H. Karim MD

  • Questar 1971: The Souvenir of Young Medicos Organization

    Here is the souvenir Questar which was issued in 1971 by the Young Medicos Organization. The souvenir copy if courtesy of Dr. Syed Hamid Zaki, Past President of the Dow Medical College Students’ Union.  Scanned by Amin H. Karim on a Fujitsu Scanner. Questar1971Vol1 Questar1971Vol2  

  • Young Medicos Organization (YMO) 1971

    The Birth of Young Medicos Organization 1957: YMO was a student organization in Dow Medical College that was formed for the purpose of working for the students of Dow and instilling in them a sense of community service. With time it became a “political organization” fielding candidates for the cabinet of Dow Medical College Students’…

  • Namood-e-Seher 1974: Urdu Souvenir of Dow Medical College, Karachi.

    Thanks for Dr. Hamid Zaki, Past President of Dow Medical College Student’s Union I was able to get a copy of the Souvenir, had it scanned and uploading it to this website. Professor Abdul Wahid, Principal of Dow Medical College and Patron of Namood-e-Seher. To read the souvenir, please click below and the entire .pdf…

  • Dow Medical College Annual Souvenir 1973-74

    AnnuelSouvenir73-74 Here is the Annual Souvenir of Dow Medical College 1973-74. The copy was courtesy of Dr. Hamid Zaki of class of 1977. Amin H. Karim MD  

  • Dow Medical College Students’ Union 1945

    Dow Medical College Karachi was established on 10th of December 1945. This is the first Dow Medical College Student’s Union; It started a tradition that lasted almost 35 years when Dow always had a Students’ Union representing the interests of the students to the Administration, Civil Hospital, University of Bombay initially and later University of…

  • Dow Medical College Silver Jubilee 1970-71

    Dow Medical College celebrated it’s 25th Anniversary (Silver Jubilee) in 1970 with much fanfare. The entire medical college faculty and Civil Hospital Karachi participated. Here is the cabinet that worked hard to organize the occasion. Amin H. Karim MD April 14 2018.     

  • DowLite International 1975

    DowLiteInternational1975 Click above line to open the magazine in a .pdf format. Enjoy. Amin H. Karim MD

  • Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Visited Dow 1967

    Dow Medical College in National Politics 1967: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto at Dow Medical College, 1967. From Left to right: Mairaj Mohammed Khan, ZAB, Rashid Hasan Khan, Dost Mohammed (President, Dow Medical College Students’ Union 1967-68) and standing is Dr. Taqi who now lives in Maryland. There were more than 7000 attendees. The meeting went on…

  • 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…

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