Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi

Family and Education Kazi was born in Hyderabad, Sindh then part of the Bombay Presidency of British India on 15 August 1920. He finished his basic education (Matriculation examination) in 1936 and secured the Sir Jairajbhoy Peerbhoy scholarship of the University of Bombay for securing first position amongst the Muslim candidates. In 1938, Kazi annexed the Sir Frank Souter scholarship in his intermediate examinations. In 1940, he received a degree in Mathematics and English language. In 1942, Kazi graduated a second time with a LL.B degree in Law and Justice from the Bombay University. he joined government service after competing the Indian Audits and Accounts Service and Allied Services 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 decided to move to and serve in Pakistan after independence of Pakistan in 1947 and held senior positions such as Commissioner of Income Tax in the cities of Karachi, Lahore and in the province of Balochistan, Member Central Board of Revenue now called Federal Board of Revenue (Pakistan), and Finance Director Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation. In the revenue work done by him, he had intensive training in commercial accounts in all types of businesses, commerce and industry giving him the necessary background for industrial management and development. 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.

Death Kazi died on 7 January 2007 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. He has also left behind two great grand children Ari and Zoe Qureshi.