Dr Ali Ahmed S Kazi (1896–1970) was one of the few physicians in Sind Province when Sindh was created as a province in

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in 1936.

Family

He was born in 1896 and was a nephew of the great intellectual Allama I. I. Kazi and his illustrious wife

Elsa Kazi Elsa Kazi (1884–1967), commonly known as "Mother Elsa", particularly in the Sindh province of Pakistan was a German writer of one-act plays, short stories, novels and history, and a poet. She was a composer and a musician of considerable achie ...

. His father, Sharafuddin Kazi died when he was still quite young.

Career

Dr A. S. Kazi played a pioneering role initially in creating the Liaquat Medical College now the

Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences The Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) ( sd, لياقت يونيورسٽي آف ميڊيڪل اينڊ هيلٿ سائنسز) is a public medical university located in Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. Ever since it started as a ...

from the existing medical school at

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. Subsequently he directed his attention to the strengthening and consolidation of the

Dow Medical College Dow Medical College is a public medical school located in the city of Karachi, Sindh. It was founded in 1945 and named after British civil servant Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sindh. In 2003, it became a constituent college of the newly forme ...

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. He was appointed as the first Medical Superintendent of

Civil Hospital Dr. Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi, commonly known as Civil Hospital Karachi, is a 1,900-bed tertiary care public hospital that imparts both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training. It is one of the teaching hospitals aff ...

Karachi An introduction to Civil Hospital Karachi in 1949. Subsequently in 1952, he was appointed Director resently Director GeneralHealth Services for the Sindh province. He retired from service in 1955.

Life after retirement

He devoted his time to writing books on clinical subjects and

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. One of his books on psychology is a textbook for the Masters in Psychology course at the

University of Sindh The University of Sindh ( ur, ; sd, سنڌ يونيورسٽي; informally known as Sindh University) is a public research university in Pakistan located in the city of Jamshoro. It is one of the oldest universities in Pakistan and was certifi ...

Death

Dr Kazi died in 1970 leaving behind his widow Ayesha, a son - the late Mr Ahmed Hussain A Kazi - a civil servant who was a Secretary to the Government of Pakistan from 1974–1979, three grandchildren Nilofer Qureshi, Safdar Kazi and Ghulam Nabi Kazi.

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1896 births 1970 deaths Sindhi people Pakistani humanists Pakistani psychologists 20th-century Indian medical doctors 20th-century psychologists {{Pakistan-med-bio-stub

Family

Career

Life after retirement

Death

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