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Pervez Hoodbhoy Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy (Urdu: ;;born 11 July 1950) is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and activist who serves as a professor at the Forman Christian College and previously taught physics at the Quaid-e-Azam University. Hoodbhoy is also a promine ...

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) , awards = , signature = , website = , portaldisp = , ethnicity = , influences = , influenced = Jawaid Bhutto ( sd, جاويد ڀٽو) was a professor and Sindhi intellectual, who was killed on March 1, 2019, in

Education

He got primary and secondary education from his hometown Shikarpur, Sindh and then on his parents wish he joined Bolan University of Medical & Health Sciences for

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

degree but he discontinued and got admission in

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

University of Karachi The University of Karachi ( sd, ; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh (whic ...

in 1980. After his masters he went to Sofia University

to pursue

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Professional career

He had been working as an assistant professor and

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of philosophy department at

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 ...

Activism

Jawaid Bhutto started activism after his sister Fozia Bhutto's murder by an influential politician to get her justice.

References

1954 births 2019 deaths People murdered in Washington, D.C. Deaths by firearm in Washington, D.C. Pakistani emigrants to the United States 20th-century Pakistani philosophers 21st-century Pakistani philosophers Sofia University alumni {{philosopher-stub