Newly-elected President Arif Alvi ’s father was dentist of first Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, according to biography of Mr. Alvi at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) website.
The PTI, in its brief biography of Dr. Alvi, states: “His father Dr. Habib ur Rehman Elahi Alvi who practiced dentistry in India migrated to Pakistan in 1947 and opened a dental practice in Saddar, Karachi. Dr. Elahi Alvi was a dentist to Jawaharlal Nehru and the family has letters from Mr Nehru to Dr Alvi in their possession.”
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Pakistan has a problem with quacks -- people with fake medical degrees and/or qualifications -- who practice medicine, often in smaller towns and cities.