The 1970s era was a unique era in Dow and history of Pakistan. From 1970 to 1979, the classes from Dow saw the national elections, promises, disappointments, strikes and students unions …
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.
DowLiteInternational1975 Click above line to open the magazine in a .pdf format. Enjoy. Amin H. Karim MD
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 inRead More
Beyond Nostalgia: 40 years on….and counting! By Prof. Murad M. Khan, Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. “You do not come to Dow Medical College to learn medicine. You come to Dow Medical College to learn about life…” (Sarfaraz Ahmed, Class of ’74) “This must be the most unusual batch I haveRead More
These photos are courtesy of the members of the class and from various times, some informal get to gethers in various parts of the world. Most of these are on the facebook group of Dow1977. if you recognize someone please mention it in comments and if you share these photos please mention www.thedowdays.com. Thanks.
August 17 2016: Atiqua Tayeb Khan seen in this group photo sometimes in 1972. Her married name was Atiqua Parvez Randhawa. She was the daughter of Mr. At. T. Khan, Vice Chancellor of NED University. (information kindly provided by Dr.Waqar Kazmi) May her soul rest in eternal Peace. Aameen
With great sadness we share this news of the demise of one of the icons in progressive movement in Pakistan, Dr. Rasheed Hasan Khan Passed Away on Saturday, April 30, 2016. We have lost a great worker and a leader. He was a true example of selfless leader who devoted his life for improving the conditionRead More
Photo sometimes in 1980. Civil Hospital Karachi Medical Unit 2. Prof. Khwaja Muin was the head of the unit with house officers Dr. Ambo (Registrar), Dr. Nargis Kazi and Dr. Salma Hafiz (both of class of 1977) Please send any corrections and if others can be identified please send it to globelinker@gmail.com. Thanks. Prof. MuinRead More
Prof. Mushtaq Hasan was the Chief of General Medicine in the 1970’s and managed the Ward I of Civil Hospital, Karachi. Here is shown with his house staff in 1978 or so. Photo is courtesy of Dr. Nargis Kazi on the extreme left. Regards Amin H. Karim MD
Dr. Shahid Yousuf is a DMC graduate of 1976. He is a retired Psychiatrist in Florida. In August 2015 Association of Pakistani-Descent Physicians of North America (APPNA) awarded Dr. Yousuf a Gold Medal for his services to the cause of the Association and to the alumni in general. DOWITE SHAHID YOUSUF DMC 1976 BEING AWARDEDRead More
