About Liaquat National Hospital

One of the most established significant emergency clinics in Karachi is the Liaquat National Hospital. Not long after the formation of Pakistan the Red Cross Committee, which was led by Syed Wajid Ali, (one of the three famous children of Syed Maratib Ali) raised with regards to Rs. 800,000 through meena marketplaces coordinated under the direction of Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan. 

The board of trustees chose to lay out an emergency clinic in Karachi, Pakistan called "The National Hospital". Mr Ghulam Muhammad, the Governor General of Pakistan, established the framework stone of the medical clinic on February 23, 1953. In memory of Liaquat Ali Khan, the primary Prime Minister of Pakistan who was killed in 1951, the National Hospital was renamed as Liaquat National Hospital.

 Syed Wajid Ali was chosen as the leader of a panel to manage the working of the emergency clinic. The clinic was introduced by President Iskander Mirza on 16 October 1958 - the seventh commemoration of Liaquat Ali Khan's affliction and 9 days after he had announced military law and selected General Ayub Khan to head the bureau. In the photos beneath we can see the appearance of Iskander Mirza with Mrs Naheed Iskander Mirza with Ayub Khan. 

The second shows Syed Wajid Ali providing the visitors with a visit through the medical clinic and the third shows the introduction service.