Z A Nizami, the Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) Karachi passed away on Sunday after protracted illness. He also remained Director General of KDA and President of Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association.
Engr Z A Nizami was acclaimed as one of the leading educationists of the country, having immortalised himself by establishing the engineering university. He has also served as Director General of the Karachi Development Authority (KDA), Additional Secretary, Govern-ment of Pakistan, and Advisor/ Consultant to the World Bank.
Engr Z A Nizami, having graduated in first division in civil engineering from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, in 1951, had many research publications to his credit on the subjects of housing, resettlement of squatters, environmental planning and control, transportation problems of mega cities and water supply and sewage projects.