Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi

Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi
Kazi assuming the charge of the PIDC
Chairman of the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation
In office January 2, 1974 – April 6, 1978
President	Fzal Illahie Chaudhrie
Prime Minister	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Preceded by	Abdüur Rahmän Afridie
Succeeded by	MGM Akhter
Finance Director of the Pakistan Steel Mills
In office 30 December 1973 – January 2, 1974
President	Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Prime Minister	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Dr. Mikhail Koltokof
Personal details
Born	Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi August 15, 1920(1920-08-15) Hyderabad, British Sind State, British Indian Empire
Died	January 7, 2007(2007-01-07) (aged 86) Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
Citizenship	British Subject (1920-1947) Pakistan (1947-2007)
Nationality	Pakistani
Spouse(s)	Ayesha Kazi
Residence	Karachi, Sindh Province
Alma mater	Bombay University (B.Sc. and LLB)
Occupation	Lawyer economist
Profession	Civil servant Mathematician
Cabinet	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Government
Religion	Islam
National Awards	Tamgha-e-Pakistan

Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi, (Urdu: احمد حسين كاضى; born:August 15, 1920—7 January 2007), Tamgha-i-Pakistan, was a Pakistani statesman during the Cold war and a close industrial policy adviser to the executed Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto from 1974 until 1978. A government corporate officer, Kazi was belonged to Khan Bahadur family, and also belonged to Sindhi class.

Family and Education

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.

Career

Kazi welcoming Prime Minister Z A Bhutto and Begum Nusrat Bhutto in 1975

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 position 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.

Post retirement activity

A H A Kazi seen after his retirement at a social occasion in 1990

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.

Death

Kazi passed away on 7 January 2007^[1] 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.

References

1. ^ News Report in the Daily Times of 10th January 2007 [1]

Government offices
Preceded by A R Faridi	Chairman Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation 1974-1978	Succeeded by M A G M Akhter

Government offices
Preceded by G D Memon	Chairman Public Accounts Committee, Legislature of Sindh 1984-1985	Succeeded by Akhtar Ali G Kazi

See also

• Allama I. I. Kazi
• Elsa Kazi
• Dr Ali Ahmed S Kazi
• Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi
• A G N Kazi
• Justice Mushtak Ali Kazi
• Justice Bashir Ghulam Nabi Kazi
• Ghulam Nabi Kazi
• Sindh
• Paat
• University of Mumbai
• Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation
• High Court of Sindh
• Supreme Court of Pakistan
• Federal Board of Revenue (Pakistan)
• Sui Northern Gas Pipelines
• Pakistan Steel Mills
• Provincial Assembly of Sindh
• Indian Audits and Accounts Service

Persondata
Name	Kazi, Ahmed Hussain A
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Date of birth	1920
Place of birth
Date of death	2007
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External Links

Mr A H A Kazi's page on Facebook [2]