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DR PIRZADA ( DR. GM PIRZADA, MIRPUR AZAD KASHMIR Dr. Pirzada with a complete name as Ghulam Mohi ud din Pirzada is a highly qualified and well respected doctor of Mirpur Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Dr. Pirzada has practised private General Medicine for 43 years in Mirpur and was the first medical consultant to serve community in Mirpur Azad Kashmir and its surrounding towns and districts. Born on 29th April, 1929 in Srinagar, ( Indian occupied Kashmir) and migrated to Pakistan at the age of 19 during the partition of the subcontinent ( india / pakistan) in 1947.

Dr. GM Pirzada graduated from Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan with an MBBS degree and joined the Armed Forces of Pakistan as the medical doctor. Dr Pirzada was chosen as the first few doctors to be awarded fellowshp from Royal College of Physcians and Surgeons for both East & West Pakistan. Dr. Pirzada left Pakistan Army voluntarily in 1968 at the birth of his daughter and decided to start his private practice in Mirpur Azad Kashmir. DR. GM Pirzada is a very missionary doctor who dedicated his entire life to his patients and the area of Mirpur Azad Kashmir. People of Mirpur Azad Kashmir and the surrounding areas regard Dr GM Pirzada as their life saver and have commended him for his contributions to the city and the entire region. A large population of Mirpur Azad Kashmir is settled in the UK and they traveled back to Mirpur to seek medical consulatations from Dr Pirzada. Today in the UK, Dr. GM Pirzada is known as the pride of the Mirpur Azad Kashmir. Dr. Pirzada has been awarded and commended by the Prime Ministers and the Presidents of the Azad Kashmir for his contribution and to create standadrds of medical practice in the state of Azad Kashmir. A local TV channel in Pakistan wants to do a biograpgy of Dr. Pirzada's struggle and efforts from leaving his entire family in India to join the Freedom movement of Pakistan.

Dr. GM Pirzada is married to Najma Gani who also migrated to Pakistan from Srinagar, India in 1948. Dr.Pirzada has four children named, Dr. Moeed Pirzada, Dr. Aneela Pirzada, Basir Pirzada and Hadi Pirzada. Dr. Pirzada has stoped his private practice due to his ailing health and resides in his own private residence in Mirpur Azad Kashmir.

Dr Pirzada's eldest son ( Dr. Moeed Pirzada) is a well known media anchor for Dunya TV Pakistan where he hosts his own daily political and current affairs program called Dunya Today with Dr. Pirzada. Dr. Moeed Pirzada is settled in Islamabad, Pakistan after living and studying in New York and London.

Dr. Pirzada's only daughter who continued medical profession is a senior consultant Gynecologist. Dr. Pirzada's other two sons Basir Pirzada and Hadi Pirzada live in the United States.