
The famous yum yum tree! Elsewhere on this site there is a poem by Dr. Syed Khalid Anwer, Class of 1983. Regards Amin H. Karim MD

The Birth of Young Medicos Organization 1957: YMO was a student organization in Dow Medical College that was formed for the purpose of working for the students of Dow and instilling in them a sense of community service. With time it became a “political organization” fielding candidates for the cabinet of Dow Medical College Students’Read More

Thanks for Dr. Hamid Zaki, Past President of Dow Medical College Student’s Union I was able to get a copy of the Souvenir, had it scanned and uploading it to this website. Professor Abdul Wahid, Principal of Dow Medical College and Patron of Namood-e-Seher. To read the souvenir, please click below and the entire .pdfRead More

Dow Medical College Karachi was established on 10th of December 1945. This is the first Dow Medical College Student’s Union; It started a tradition that lasted almost 35 years when Dow always had a Students’ Union representing the interests of the students to the Administration, Civil Hospital, University of Bombay initially and later University ofRead More

Dow Medical College in National Politics 1967: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto at Dow Medical College, 1967. From Left to right: Mairaj Mohammed Khan, ZAB, Rashid Hasan Khan, Dost Mohammed (President, Dow Medical College Students’ Union 1967-68) and standing is Dr. Taqi who now lives in Maryland. There were more than 7000 attendees. The meeting went onRead More

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