Hamida Khuhro
Encyclopedia
Dr. Hamida Khuhro is a politician, writer, professor and historian from Pakistan
. She has twice served as Sindh's
Minister for Education.
, a former Chief Minister of Sindh. She has a Phd in South Asian History from the University of London, UK.
, University of Sindh
and University of Oxford
.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. She has twice served as Sindh's
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
Minister for Education.
Family and Education
Khuhro is the daughter of Muhammad Ayub KhuhroMuhammad Ayub Khuhro
Khan Bahadur Muhammad Ayub Khoro was a politician from Sindh, Pakistan, who became its first Chief Minister after independence of Pakistan and subsequently serving two additional terms in the 1950s. He later became the Defence Minister in the government of PM Feroz Khan Noon, before the imposition...
, a former Chief Minister of Sindh. She has a Phd in South Asian History from the University of London, UK.
Professor
She has taught at the University of KarachiUniversity of Karachi
The University of Karachi is a public university located in Karachi, Pakistan. It serves an on-campus student population of more than 24,000. According to the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, it is ranked among the top three universities of the country...
, University of Sindh
University of Sindh
The University of Sindh informally known as Sindh University is the second oldest university in Pakistan accredited by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan....
and University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
.
Books
- Sind Through the Centuries Karachi: OUP 1994
- The Making of Modern Sindh: British Policy and Social Change in the Nineteenth Century OUP 1999
- Khuhro, Hamida, Mohammed Ayub Khuhro: a life of courage in politics. Lahore: Ferozsons, 1998
- Karachi Megacity of Our Times. edited by Hamida Khuhro and Anwer Mooraj. Karachi: OUP 2010 (2nd edition)