Category Archives: Contributions by Parsis

Hotel Metropole: An Experience

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Amin H. Karim MD

Author Unknown (if the author of this narrative reads this, please let us know in comments section so we may give proper credit. Photos are also from various sources, some taken by me Amin H. Karim MD ) Old guys … Continue reading →

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Dinshaw House

Posted on July 18, 2021 by Amin H. Karim MD

By Dr. Sohail Ansari A man sprung from poverty and in 1890’s was said to have owned half of Karachi. He built a house, the Dinshaw House in 1890, on Ingle Road. It once became the residence of Pakistan’s President, … Continue reading →

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KPI Cricket Team 1973-74

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Amin H. Karim MD

By Menin Rodrigues The Karachi Parsi Institute (KPI) Cricket Team 1973-74. Photo courtesy: Kaiser Lashkari, Captions: Aspy Canteenwalla and Sam Mehta. Source: FB Group – KIDS of Parsi Colonies (Karachi & Global). Photo Credit: Pervez Bharucha Kanty Kothary I found this picture of early … Continue reading →

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Minwalla and Avari

Posted on December 25, 2020 by Amin H. Karim MD

By Mr. Sam Mehta

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The Parsi Community of Karachi

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Amin H. Karim MD

By  Azra Malik The Parsi community in Karachi in spite of being a small minority, has made a remarkable impact on the Metropolis. Eduljee Dinshaw , a renowned philanthropist established the Lady Dufferin hospital, a hospital exclusively for women and … Continue reading →

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Hotel Metropole Karachi Foundation

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Amin H. Karim MD
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The Theosophical Society of Karachi

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Amin H. Karim MD

By Amin H. Karim MD THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY (JAMSHED MEMORIAL HALL): Located on M.A Jinnah Road, opposite Radio Pakistan Karachi Building, the Theosophical Society’s main auditorium was named after Jamshed Nusserwanjee, the philanthropist and humanitarian who was Karachi’s first mayor, … Continue reading →

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Parsis of Karachi, Come Back

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Amin H. Karim MD

By: MENIN RODRIGUES WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2015 As the sun shimmered down across the horizon of a beleaguered city on a balmy evening of December 30, the penultimate sunset of 2015 took away with it a year fraught with anguish … Continue reading →

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Mayors of Karachi

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Amin H. Karim MD

LIST OF MAYORS OF KARACHI By Amin H. Karim Mr. Jamshed Naserwanji (Nov 1933 to Aug 1934) Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta was born in 1886 in Karachi, Sindh British India to a Parsi family; In 1918, Mehta was elected a councillor of the Karachi Municipal Corporation. He … Continue reading →

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