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Z.A. Nizami or Zilley Ahmed Nizami (31 May 1931 – 7 April 2013) was a Pakistani educationist and also the founder of the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology.

Born on 31 May 1931, in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, British India, Nizami also served as the director-general of now defunct Karachi Development Authority (KDA) He graduated from Aligarh Muslim University in India with a degree in civil engineering. Nizami migrated to Karachi, Pakistan in 1951.He was also the president of the Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association. As the director general of the KDA, he guided and took the city of Karachi through 45 schemes of modernization. Besides being a good town planner, one of his outstanding achievements was the founding and establishment of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology in 1994 in Karachi, Pakistan.

Lafter his skills, knowledge and expertise were used by the Government of Saudi Arabia in the expansion of Makkah and Madinah cities.