Sindhi Memon is a person of
Memon community who resides in the Pakistani province of
Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
, they speak
Sindhi
Sindhi may refer to:
*something from, or related to Sindh, a province of Pakistan
* Sindhi people, an ethnic group from the Sindh region
* Sindhi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them
People with the name
* Sarkash Sindhi (1940–2012 ...
as their first language.
Historical background
Unlike other Memons, Sindhi Memon remained in their own ancestral land, and now are spread in almost all districts of Sindh. Sindhi Memons are known for their prowess of doing business skillfully, though many Sindhi memons have also sought white collar jobs in govt: and private sectors.
Social welfare work
With the help of some Sindhi Memon philanthropists, a hospital project called ''Memon Medical Institute'' was launched in Karachi in 2003 and was planned to be completed by 2010.
KARACHI: 300-bed teaching hospital planned
Dawn (newspaper), Published 17 April 2007, Retrieved 14 March 2018
Notable People
* Marvi Memon
Marvi Memon ( ur, ; born 21 July 1972) is a Pakistani politician who recently served as Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme, from February 2015 until June 2018. She had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from M ...
, Politician
* Sirajul Haq Memon
Sirajul Haq Memon (24 October 1933 – 2 February 2013) was a Pakistani Sindhi language novelist, journalist, historian, scholar, linguist, story-writer, and advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He was born in Tando Jam town, Hyderabad D ...
Sindhi language writer, novelist
* Jan Muhammad A. Memon acadmecian
* Hussain Haroon, former ambassador of Pakistan to UN
* Sharjeel Memon
Sharjeel Inam Memon (Urdu: ), sd, شرجیل انعام ميمڻ , born 14 June 1974) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from June 2008 to May 2018.
Early life and education
He was born on 14 June 197 ...
; Politician
* Maria Memon, TV Journalist and Anchorperson
See also
* Memon people
The Memon are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that originated in the Sindh region of Pakistan. The majority of the Memon people around the world follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. The Memon people have cultural similarities with the Khoja, Khat ...
References
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Ethnic groups in Pakistan
Sindhi tribes
Social groups of Pakistan
Sindhi-language surnames
Pakistani names