Dr Hajira Rizvi, wife of renowned doctor and director of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) Prof Dr Adibul Hasan Rizvi, passed away on Wednesday evening after a brief illness. She completed her MBBS in 1961 and married Prof Rizvi in 1970. She was a private medical practitioner and actively involved in a number of social welfare and philanthropic activities. She left behind a daughter, a son and her husband to mourn her death. The funeral prayer for the departed soul will be offered at Imambargah Shah-e-Karbala in Rizvia Society, Nazimabad on Thursday at 4 pm.