Karachi The Karachi University Teachers Society (KUTS) on Tuesday strongly condemned the killing of a medical professor the other day. Professor Javed Kazi, Dean Faculty of Medicine, Karachi Medical and Dental Centre, was shot dead by unknown assailants while he was going in his vehicle. “It is an unfortunate fact that innocent professors and teachers are being attacked with impunity, while the law enforcement agencies personnel were not laying hands on the culprits. If the previous such attacks were thoroughly investigated and the culprits brought to task, Pakistan would not have lost an able doctor like Javed Kazi,” said a press release issued by the KUTS. “If the intelligentsia of our society are killed like this, Pakistan will be left with only a bunch of illiterate men,” it said. The Karachi University has arranged a memorial for the slain professor at its Arts Auditorium at 11:00am on Friday. Condolence meeting A meeting of doctors and faculty members at the Ziauddin Medical University unanimously resolved to appeal for taking necessary measures to arrest the killers of their esteemed colleague a day earlier.Prof Dr Javed Iqbal Qazi was shot dead on Monday morning when he was leaving Karachi Medical and Dental College (KMDC) after delivering a lecture. The victim was the dean of medicine at Karachi University and a professor of histopathology at the KMDC. He also worked as a consultant pathologist for the Ziauddin hospital and Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation. Speaking on the occasion, Prof N A Jaffrey, Prof Sirajud Daula Syed, Prof Dr Kamran Hameed and Prof Qamar Jamal eulogised services of their late colleague. Others present on the occasion included Prof Dr Peerzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, the vice chancellor of Ziauddin university, registrar Muhammad Yousaf, and other faculty members.
