Pirzada Qasim
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Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui (Template:Langx; born 8 February 1943) is a Pakistani scholar, author, poet,[1][2] scientist and educationist. He has served as vice chancellor of several universities.[3]
Early life and career
Pirzada was born on 8 February 1943 to an Urdu-speaking family in Delhi, India.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". After the Partition of India in 1947, he continued his studies in Pakistan and received his college degrees from D J Science College in Karachi and BSc (H) from University of Karachi. He earned his PhD degree at Newcastle University, England.
Pirzada Qasim started his career as a lecturer at the University of Karachi and became a professor. He has been associated with the University's Department of Physiology since 1960. He also served as Vice-Chancellor at the Federal Urdu University, University of Karachi and Ziauddin University.[4] He has also served as the Chancellor of Nazeer Hussain University. He has written several books in English and Urdu, including Urdu poetry.[5]
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