Justice
Zahid Alvi (Retd.) is the newly appointed Caretaker Chief Minister of Sind,
who took oath on Thursday 22nd
of March 2013.
He
was born in Karachi on 21st August 1941. After completing his Matric and Intermediate from St. Patrick’s school and St
Patrick’s college, Karachi, respectively, he achieved “Bachelor of Law” and a
“Master’s in International Relations” from Sindh University.
During
his student life, he wrote many articles and short stories for various
magazines of school and other publications. He was a member of the
English-Speaking Society in the St Patrick’s College and Harvest Magazine,
published by the English department of Karachi University. He was also a member
of the Bohra Youth Association.
After
graduation, he started his law practice in June 1966. He became a judge of the
Sindh High Court on May 27, 1998 and remained on that position till 31st Dec , 2003. After
retirement, he continued the legal profession and also served on various
government commissions.
Besides
his long legal career, he also served various Social welfare organizations
locally and Internationally, and received several awards. In addition, he is
the only Pakistani to be interviewed by Club of Rome on “Young Leaders of the
World”.
He is a very humble person and had remained
non-controversial when he was in the Sindh High Court as well as when he was
with different govt. commissions, and that is the main reason, he was chosen as
the Caretaker Chief Minister of Sindh by the mutual understanding of the major
Political Parties in Sindh.
