Founder and Foundation
Late Dr Shafi Muhammad Soomro was a doctor, social worker, and a community leader – a status that may have been ascribed at the time of his birth, but one he worked to achieve and honor all his life.
During his life, he put his weight behind several community upliftment projects. This included donating his family land in Gambat, Upper Sindh, for the development of an eye hospital and a Girls Degree College.
Whatever he did, wherever he went, the words of our country’s founder stayed with him – Dr Soomro believed that to change the fate of any nation, it is important for its generations to be educated and bring about that change themselves. It was this belief that became the cornerstone of Iqra Public Higher Secondary School, when it was founded in 1991. And since its establishment, the institution has been providing affordable and accessible education to members of the community.