Dr Abdul Gaffar Billoo, veteran pediatrician and Professor emeritus at the Aga Khan University, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health,
A 1959 graduate of Dow Medical College, Karachi, and served as the Chair of Paediatrics & Child Health at Dow Medical College and as Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Karachi University. We were his students in 1970s.
Dr Billoo is the founder and Chairman of Health and Nutrition Development Society (HANDS), the largest NGO in the country. The organisation is involved in integrated community development in over 20,000 villages in 35 districts across the country utilizing the services of over 1700 employees and more than one million community based volunteers.
Dr Billoo was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 2007 by Pres. Pervez Musharraf for public service. He also sits on the board of a number of medical and non-profit institutions. The photo is from June 30 2013 when Dr. Billo came to Houston for fund raising for HANDS project. He revealed at the event that the first thing he does when he goes to small villages in SIndh and other places is to befriend and get the Zamindar involved to get them to cooperate.
No doubt, Dr. Billo is a icon of Karachi and Dow among others;
