Pirzada Qasim

Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui (; born 8 February 1943) is a Pakistani scholar, author, poet, scientist and educationist. He has served as vice chancellor of several universities.

Early life and career Pirzada was born on 8 February 1943 to an Urdu-speaking family in Delhi, India. 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 eventually 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.