| Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi | |
|---|---|
| Kazi assuming the charge of the PIDC | |
| Chairman of the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi August 15, 1920 Hyderabad, Sindh |
| Died | January 7, 2007 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Spouse(s) | Ayesha Kazi |
| Residence | Karachi, Sindh Province |
| Alma mater | Bombay University (B.A.(Hons) and LLB) |
| Occupation | Lawyer economist |
| Profession | Civil servant Mathematician |
| National Awards | Tamgha-e-Pakistan |
Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi, born:August 15, 1920—7 January 2007), Tamgha-i-Pakistan, was a senior advocate and civil servant of Pakistan and a close industrial policy adviser to the Government of Pakistan on internal revenue, economic and industrialization policies during the seventies.
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Kazi was born in Hyderabad, Sindh then part of the Bombay Presidency of British India on 15 August 1920. In 1938, Kazi moved to Bombay where he attended the University of Bombay where he studied for his double major in Mathematics and Law. In 1942, Kazi graduated with B.Sc. in Mathematics and LLB in Law and Justice from the Bombay University.
He belonged to Paat village in Dadu District and was the only surviving child of Dr Ali Ahmed S Kazi, one of the few Muslim physicians from Sindh at the time, who founded the Liaquat Medical School Hyderabad (now the Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences), was the first Medical Superintendent of Civil Hospital Karachi and subsequently Director Health Services, Government of Sindh.
He was a grand nephew of Allama I. I. Kazi the renowned Muslim scholar and philosopher, and his talented German wife Elsa Kazi. A H A Kazi had an excellent academic career, received several scholarships and awards, and ultimately emerged as one of the leading civil servants of Pakistan. He married his cousin Ayesha daughter of renowned educationist Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi MBE in 1946.
After securing his law degree and enrolment as an Advocate of the Chief Court now High Court of Sindh, he joined government service after competing in the Indian Audits and Accounts Service examination of 1944 in British India. During his initial posting as Income Tax Officer Bombay in 1945 he worked under John Burt Shearer a senior Indian Civil Service officer working as Commissioner Income Tax Bombay. He later opted to serve in Pakistan after independence in 1947 and held senior positions such as Commissioner of Income Tax in Karachi, Lahore, Sindh and Balochistan, Member Central now Federal Board of Revenue (Pakistan), and Finance Director Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation.
He was promoted as Secretary to the Government of Pakistan and served as Chairman Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation, the largest industrial conglomerate at that time, from 1974-1978. During this period he was also Chairman of all the gas companies of Pakistan including Sui Gas Transmission company, Indus Gas Company, Karachi Gas Company and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines. He was also the first Managing Director of the National Fertilizers Corporation and Pakistan-Iran Textiles. Mr Kazi was well known for his integrity and efficiency. At the time of his death, he was living in a house built by his father and he never even acquired a single plot of land throughout his life, despite the fact that people who had remained in the offices he held emerged as major industrialists of Pakistan.
After his retirement in 1979, he practiced as an advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan until his appointment as Chairman adhoc Public Accounts Committee Sindh. He held the latter position until the induction of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1985. Thereafter he refused an offer to contest the Senate elections on a technocrat seat and refused to take up any political office, as he was averse to politics by nature. He was awarded the civil award of Tamgha-e-Pakistan at an early point in his career in recognition of his loyalty and integrity to Pakistan. An avid student of comparative religion, he knew the Holy Quran by heart and was equally well-versed in earlier Scriptures.
Kazi passed away on 7 January 2007[1][2] at the age of 86, and was survived by a widow Mrs Ayesha Kazi, daughter Dr Nilofer Qureshi a Professor of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and two sons Safdar Kazi Senior Vice President Sindh Bank Limited and Dr Ghulam Nabi Kazi National Professional Officer of the World Health Organization Pakistan. His grand children include Arif Qureshi, Sonya Kazi, Ali Ahmed Kazi, Asad Kazi and Elsa Kazi Jr, while he has left behind two great grand children Ari and Zoe Qureshi.
| Government offices | ||
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| Preceded by A R Faridi |
Chairman, Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation 1974-1978 |
Succeeded by M A G M Akhter |
| Government offices | ||
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| Preceded by G D Memon |
Chairman Public Accounts Committee, Sindh Legislature 1984-1985 |
Succeeded by Akhtar Ali G Kazi |
Mr A H A Kazi's page on Facebook [1]