The Cowasjee family is one of the oldest families settled in

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...

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. They owned the East & West Steamship Company, the oldest shipping company in Pakistan, established in 1883.

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The Cowasjees are a family. Till his death on 24 November 2012, veteran newspaper columnist

Ardeshir Cowasjee Ardeshir Cowasjee (13 April 1926 – 24 November 2012) () was a Pakistani newspaper columnist, social activist, and philanthropist. Belonging from Karachi, his columns regularly appeared in the country's oldest English newspaper, ''Dawn' ...

was the chairman of the group and patriarch of the family. Ardeshir Cowasjee was also known as a philanthropist, social activist and a businessman. Some charities Ardeshir donated to are

The Citizens Foundation The Citizens Foundation (TCF) is a non-profit organization, and one of the largest privately owned networks of low-cost formal schools in Pakistan. The foundation operates a network of 1,833 school units, educating 280,000 students through over 1 ...

affiliated TCF school in

Lyari Lyari (Urdu: ; ; Balochi: لێاری) is a historic locality in Karachi, Pakistan. It is the most densely populated part of Karachi, and is one of its earliest settled areas. History Lyari is said to be one of the oldest inhabited parts of Kar ...

Lady Dufferin Hospital Lady Dufferin Hospital is a private women's hospital located in Karachi, Sindh. Donations Seth Edulji Dinshaw contributed a sum of Rs. 50,000/- for its establishment in 1898, which may be equal to $2 million-$3 million today. Jehangir Framroze ...

Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation The Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation (SIUT) is a dialysis and kidney transplant centre located in Pakistan. SIUT was founded by Adeebul Hasan Rizvi and it is one of the largest kidney disease center in Pakistan. History It beg ...

(SIUT) and

National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

(NICD) all in greater Karachi area.

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