Dow Medical College teachers who received Government of Pakistan awards
1. Prof. Mahmud Ali Shah
- Dow position: Professor & Head of Ophthalmology; Principal, Dow Medical College 1955–1969
- Government award:Tamgha-i-Imtiaz — 1969
- He later received the Ramzan Ali Syed Gold Medal — 1984, which was not a Government of Pakistan civil award.
- The Dow University Alumni history confirms both honors.
- Conclusion: confirmed Government of Pakistan civil award, plus a separate professional/international honor.
2. Prof. A. Rahim
- Dow position: Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery; also associated with Civil Hospital Karachi.
- Government award:Tamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam — twice
- This is an important older national honor that can easily be missed if the search is restricted to the modern Imtiaz awards.
- Conclusion:2 Government awards.
3. Prof. Razia J. Rahimtoola
- Dow position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dow Medical College.
- Later became Chair of Paediatrics at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.
- Government/Presidential honor:Gold Medal from the President of Pakistan for contributions to Pediatrics and Child Health.
- This should not be described as a Sitara-i-Imtiaz or Tamgha-i-Imtiaz.
- Conclusion:1 Presidential honor.
4. Prof. Abdul Ghaffar Billoo
- Dow position: Professor and Head of Paediatrics, Dow Medical College; later Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Karachi.
- Government award:Sitara-i-Imtiaz — 2007, for public service.
- Aga Khan University independently confirms the award and his long career at Dow from 1970–1994.
- Conclusion:1 confirmed Government of Pakistan civil award.
5. Prof. Muhammad Saeed Quraishy
- Dow position: Assistant Professor → Professor of Surgery; later Principal/academic leader and Vice Chancellor, Dow University of Health Sciences.
- Government award:Tamgha-i-Imtiaz — 2020.
- DUHS itself confirms the award.
- Conclusion:1 confirmed Government of Pakistan civil award.
6. Prof. Masood Hameed Khan
- Dow position: Professor of Medicine; Principal, Dow Medical College; founding Vice Chancellor, Dow University of Health Sciences.
- Government awards:
- Tamgha-i-Imtiaz — 2008
- Sitara-i-Imtiaz — 2016
- Conclusion:2 confirmed Government of Pakistan civil awards.
Prof. Dr. Nabila Najam (Najum) Soomro
- Field: Public Service
- Award:Sitara-i-Imtiaz
- Government: Government of Pakistan
- Award list:2026 Civil Awards
- Status:Officially confirmed
- Dow connection: Professor/Director, Institute of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Dow University of Health Sciences. DUHS records her as Director of the Institute.
- Specialty: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation / Physiatry
