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Education: Dr. Nami received his early education in Hoshiar Pur and Punjab. In 1924 he got admission in Central Homeopathy College, Lahore. For the next three years he was taught by Maj. Dr. Sadiq Ali, Dr. Amanullah and Dr. Nizamuddin. In 1933, he enrolled in Tayabba College Lahore.

Homeopathy: Dr. Nami accepted the invitation of Ghulam Mustafa Bhurgari, son of Raees Ghulam Mohammed Bhurgari and settled in Hyderabad. Dr. Nami started practicing Homeopathy. He represented Punjab in the first annual meeting of All India Homeopathic Association held in Calcutta. In 1935 he started the monthly magazine ‘Homeo Doctor’. In the same year he became secretary of Upper India Homeopathic Association. In 1936, he became joint secretary of All India Homeopathic Association. In 1944, he founded Sindh Homeopathic Medical Union. He also founded the free Homeopathic dispensary at Fakir Pur (1948- 1972). In 1957 when the government founded ‘Board of Homeopathic System of Medicine’ he was selected as a member. Later on the board was abolished through an act. In 1965 it was reinstated and Dr. Nami was selected again. In 1968 he won the board elections. In January 1972, he was elected as unopposed president of the board and remained so until his death. ‘Pakistan Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia was published under his tenure. In 1955 he founded Sindh Homeopathic College which was inaugurated by then education minister Qazi Akbar. Later it was nationalized by the government. In 1929, the college was shifted to Grongar Trust Building. He led the Pakistani delegation in International Homeopathic conference at Holland in 1975.

Contribution to Homeopathy: Dr. Nami was also interested in research. He invented many Homeopathic medicines. His medicine for snakebites is very famous. He did not keep his knowledge to himself but spread it through his publications and pupils. His ‘Bacha and Homeopathy’ (Child and Homeopathy) is very famous. Due to his expertise and healing power people who did not believe in Homeopathic system of medicine became believers. Greatest Tragedy of his life: In May 1948, Dr. Nami was heartbroken when his eldest son, Khalid drowned in Pholali Lake while trying to save his Christian friend Noel. He founded ‘Khalid Memorial Welfare Society’ in his son’s memory. In 1948, he also built ‘Khalid Memorial High School’.

Social Work: Dr. Nami took active part in community service. He was the president of ‘Sindh Chamber of Commerce and Industry’ for many years. He remained president of Sindh Cooperative Union for 12 years. He was also a member of the welfare council as well as a member of the governing body of Halal-e-Amar Hospital, Latifabad. At the time of partition, he set up camps in a garden in front of the Hyderabad railway station for refugees where he provided them with food, clothes and medicine. He allotted two rooms of his house for orphans and homeless people. Despite his fame, Dr. Nami was a humble and loving person. While staying at Model Town, Lahore he took care of renowned journalist Mian Mohammed Shafi who mentioned this in his condolence letter at the time of his death. He was a humble and loving person despite his fame. His friend circle was very wide and included Pir Sirhindi Ghulam Mohammed Bhurgari, Mir Rasul Baksh Talpur, Mir Ali Ahmed Talpur, and Professor Karar Hussain. Every person who had the opportunity to meet him became his admirer. According to Mir Ali Ahmed, “If someone wants to introduce his sons, it is enough to say that they are Dr. Ismail Nami’s sons. Once P.K. Shahani a former agriculture minister said, “If someone living in Sindh does not know about Dr. Nami; I doubt on his being Sindhi.” Once Pir Ubaidullah Durani, famous religious leader of K.P.K. became severely ill due to some intestinal problem. He was treated by many able doctors but in vain. At last when nothing worked he came to Dr. Nami. After regaining his health he spent two years with Dr. Nami and received knowledge about homeopathy. Later on he started homeopathic practice in Peshawar where many MBBS doctors voluntarily served in his dispensary. Dr. Durani gave much respect to Dr. Ismail Nami.

Death: He died on 21st April 1980. Only after one year, his devoted wife died on 14th August 1981. It is a strange coincidence that both their death anniversaries fall on national holidays.

Political Career: Dr. Mohammed Ismail Nami began his political career at the age of fourteen in 1918 by joining the Khilafat Movement. Later on, he joined Khaksar Movement. Due to his active participation and continuous struggle he became the right hand of Allama Mashraqi and was given the title of ‘Nami Bahadur’ by him. After the tragic and violent clash between the Khaksars and the police on 19th March 1940; the Punjab government declared the Khaksar movement an unlawful association under the CLA act. Mashraqi was arrested under DI rules by the central government. According to Confidential reports sent to Lord Linlithgow:

“Internal evidence shows that the Khaksar agitation is likely to continue. The movement now appears to be in the hands of Dr. Mohammed Ismail Nami of Lahore who is believed to have been moving about in Bengal and United Provinces. He is understood to have rejected the Punjab Government Communiqué of April the 16th explaining the condition on which the ban on the Khaksar organization would be lifted and to have issued orders to Khaksar leaders in other provinces to send detachments to Lahore to intensify the agitation.” [1] “It was reported in the press the other day that Dr. Mohammed Ismail Nami, one of the two men who have been organizing the agitation from behind the scenes and whom we have been trying to arrest for some time had appealed to Jinnah to ‘open negotiations for a settlement’ with the Punjab government. Jinnah agreed to do this and Nami (whose whereabouts are still unknown) thereupon announced in the press that the Khaksars were to suspend all demonstrations till July the 27th.” [1]

“The Khaksar newspaper, ‘Al-Islah’, continues to be published from Calcutta, edited (and apparently mainly written) by the notorious Dr. Mohammed Ismail Nami, the man whom we have been trying to arrest for the last few months and who approached Jinnah to open negotiations.” [1]

Negotiation between Dr. Nami and Mr. Jinnah:

Quaid-e-Azam issues a statement to the Press regarding the Khaksars: “I have received a number of letters and was personally pressed by the Muslim public on my way to Simla from Bombay to intervene in the Punjab Government-Khaksar trouble…” The Hindustan Times, June 29, 1940 [2]

Even though the Khaksars did not think that Jinnah needed their permission to bring about a settlement regrinding the Khaksar issue, they still decided to send him a telegram officially granting him authority to resolve their issue with the Government. Thus, following Quaid-e-Azam’s statement, Dr. Mohammed Ismail Nami, a Khaksar leader sent him a telegram on July 03, 1940 giving Jinnah authority (as per his requirement) to negotiate on behalf of the Khaksars.[2]

Quaid-e-Azam replies to Dr. Mohammed Ismail Nami’s telegram of July 03, 1940: “Your telegram. My advice suspend defiance pending negotiations. If your instructions obeyed by rank and file your authority cannot be doubted. Willing help find solution.” [2]

Dr. Mohammed Ismail issues a statement to the press saying, “Peace negotiations have been taken up by Mr. Jinnah. To facilitate his efforts I order suspension of defiance of law and order by Khaksars in the Punjab till July 27[1940]. Salar-i-Khas-Hind should take immediate steps to stop the Khaksar activities.” The Statesman, Calcutta, July 08, 1940, The Hindustan Times, July 08, 1940. [2]

Dr. Nami also sends the following telegram to Mr. M.A. Jinnah: “Advice accepted. Orders issued for suspending defiance of law till July 27[1940]. Instruct Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan also to suspend arresting Khaksars.” [2]

Quaid-e-Azam responds to Dr. Nami: “I received your telegram of the 6th July suspending defiance of law by the Khaksars in Punjab till 27th July. I will communicate with you in the matter as soon as possible.” [2]

Quaid-e-Azam writes a letter to Lord Linlithgow, Viceroy of India: Dear Lord Linlithgow, With reference to our talk regarding the Khaksar situation in the Punjab, I have made one more attempt to find a satisfactory solution and I am enclosing here with a copy of the statement that I issued from Simla and the subsequent development is shown by the correspondence that has passed between me and Dr. Mohammed Ismail Nami of Calcutta. I am inclined to think from what information is available to me that he in next to Mashraqi in the Khaksar organisation. He has accepted my advice and has suspended defiance till 27th July, but if necessary I will be able to persuade him for continuing this suspension pending our being able to find a satisfactory solution. I think we ought not to miss this opportunity at this juncture to bring the Khaksars round as the matter has now gone beyond the Khaksar organization and there is a universal feeling among the musalmans all over India and particularly in the Punjab that they are being crushed by the Punjab government at the bidding of Sir Sikander Hyat Khan. If you are inclined to take up the matter as I thought you were inclined during the course of our conversation I shall be glad to do all I can do to see that a reasonable solution is accepted by the Khaksars. Yours Sincerely M.A. Jinnah [2]

“The Viceroy gave an evasive reply, saying that he could not intervene since this was primarily an internal matter of the Punjab government.” [3]

According to Confidential reports sent to Lord Linlithgow:

“Another Khaksar leader, Dr. Mohammed Ismail Nami who is believed to be in Calcutta but whose arrest we have never been able to effect, recently announced in the press that the Khaksars activities were only suspended uptil the 30th of September, and demands for the release of Inayatullah Mashriqi and all the Khaksar prisoners and also for compensation to the dependents of those killed in the original clash are still being made.” [1]

“In paragraph six of my letter to you of the 24th of September I mentioned that Sikandar had accepted my suggestion to go slow over ordering the actual release of any of the Khaksar prisoners, mainly owing to the wild statements made in the Khaksar newspaper ‘Al-Islah’ (which is now published in Calcutta) by Dr. Mohammed Ismail Nami. In today’s papers, however, it has been announced that the releases are now to proceed, Dr. Nami having given an assurance that he has no intention of defying the law himself or asking others to do so.” [1]

“From this it can be concluded that the British considered it vitally important that the Khaksar and the ML leaders should not be allowed to draw closer to each other because an alliance or even an understanding between these two organizations would have given the League a different color which was unacceptable to them” [3]

“In 1943 some prominent leaders such as Dr. Nami and Ghulam Mustafa Bhurgiri resigned from the organisation.” [4]

References: [1]= Confidential reports on the situation in Punjab, INDIA                                                                           OFFICE LIBRARY AND RECORDS

[2]= Pakistan freedom and Allama Mashriqi by Nasim Yousaf

[3]=Allama Inayatullah Mashraqi: A Political Biography by Mohammed Aslam Malik

[4]= A Nation in Turmoil by Yunas Samad