Student politics in Pakistan: A celebration, lament & history By Nadeem F. Paracha Updated 3 days ago DAWN JULY 2 2014 This is an abridged version of a detailed paper written by the author in 2009. The paper has been frequently used by various western and local academics as a reference tool to trace the history andRead More
Category: 1950s
Hunger Strike DMC 1956
Photo courtesy of Dr. Ahmed Sayeed Houston, Texas. Magazine Secretary of DMC Student’s Union with his friends on hunger strike to press for the student’s demands of a library and other facilities at the medical school.
The Victory Day in 1953 – The Student Struggle
From the Archives: page from Dow Magazine 1953 The Victory Day as noted in the Dow Magazine 1953. While the details are not noted this picture gives the glimpse of the student activism in 1950s. Dow had been the institution always in the forefront of national politics and played pivotal role in shaping of theRead More
Dow Magazine Cover 1953
The Dow Magazine was published by the students of Dow as the representative body supervised by the faculty. This is the cover of that magazine published in 1953. The details of actual working of the Editorial board and articles selection is unclear and may be our senior colleagues can expand on this.
The Dow Editorial Board 1951-52
From the Dow Archives the picture from the Dow Magazine 1951-52 the Editorial Board of Dow. This is a 62 year old picture form the pages of Dow Magazine. When Dow was just graduating its first classes. You will find Dr. A. Wahid sitting in the middle as the President of this Editorial Board.
Medicos Struggle 1956
Medicos Struggle 1956. Strikes by students of Dow Medical College Karachi to highlight their demands. Photo courtesy of Dr. Sayeed Ahmed MD Houston, Texas. To see more details in the photo please click on it.
Dow Athletes1956
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was an eminent Bengali nationalist, liberal democrat, politician and statesman during the first half of the twentieth century. He served as the Prime Minister of Bengal in British India and was the fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan.[1][1][2] Born into a prominent Bengali Muslim family, Suhrawardy was educated at Oxford, and joined the Swaraj Party of Chittaranjan Das upon returning to India in 1921. He became the Mayor of Calcutta,Read More
Dow Medical College Roll of Honor October 1956
Roll of Honour October 1956. Photo courtesy of Dr. Ahmed Sayeed MD. To see the captions clearly please click on the photo. Please comment on the present whereabouts of the above honorees if known. Amin H. Karim MD
Hygiene Trip to Haleji Lake 1956
Photo courtesy of Dr. Ahmed Sayeed MD, Houston. Department of Hygiene has a long tradition of field visits to areas of Public Health interest. It must have started in the 1950’s and continued to the late 1970’s (not sure when the last Hygiene trip was) but there were none in 1990 per Dr. MasroorRead More
DMC Roll of Honour June 1957
Dow Medical College Roll of Honor 1957. Photo courtesy of Dr. Ahmed Sayeed MD. Dr. Akther Ahmed in the Final Year Roll of Honour. Dr. Ahmed returned from UK to run the Department of Neurology, Civil Hospital Karachi and was a mentor and teacher to many Dowites in 1960s and 70’s. Dr. Hameeda Shariff, RollRead More