Sharifuddin Pirzada

9th Minister of Foreign AffairsIn office
31 August 1966 – 1 May 1968PresidentAyub KhanPreceded byZulfikar Ali BhuttoSucceeded byMian Arshad HussainAttorney General of PakistanIn office
1968–1971PresidentYahya KhanPreceded byPost establishedSucceeded byYahya BakhtiarIn office
1977–1984Preceded byYahya BakhtiarSucceeded byAziz A. MunshiSecretary General of the Organisation of Islamic CooperationIn office
1985–1988Preceded byHabib ChattySucceeded byHamid Algabid Personal detailsBorn(1923-06-12)12 June 1923
Burhanpur, British India
(now in Madhya Pradesh, India)Died2 June 2017(2017-06-02) (aged 93)
Karachi, PakistanPolitical partyAll-India Muslim League
(Before 1947)
Muslim League (1947–1958)Alma materUniversity of Mumbai
Inns of Court School of LawAwardsNishan-e-Imtiaz (1998)

Sharifuddin Pirzada (شریف الدین پیرزادہ سيد) NI (12 June 1923 – 2 June 2017) was a Pakistani Barrister who served as a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Personal life

Sharifuddin Pirzada was born in the city of Burhanpur, in what is today Madhya Pradesh, to parents Mir Niazi Pirzada and his wife, Fatima. His father was a noted barrister as well, serving in the Indian Civil Service at the time and posted in the state.^{[citation needed]}

He died on 2 June 2017, aged 93.^[1][2][3][4]

Awards

• Awarded Nishan-i-Imtiaz in 1998

Publications

• Pakistan at a Glance, Bombay 1941.
• Jinnah on Pakistan, Bombay 1943.
• Leaders Correspondence with Jinnah.
• Evolution of Pakistan, Karachi 1962 (also published in Urdu and Arabic).
• Fundamental Rights and Constitutional Remedies in Pakistan, Lahore 1966.
• The Pakistan Resolution and the historic Lahore Session. Islamabad 1970.
• Foundation of Pakistan (3 volumes), 1971.
• Some Aspects of Quaid-i-Azam's Life 1978.
• Collected Works of Quaid-i-Azam Jinnah (3 volumes).
• Dissolution of Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, Karachi 1985.

References

External links

• http://www.pirzada.com
• BBC Hardtalk interview of Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada

Political offices
Preceded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1966–1968	Succeeded by Mian Arshad Hussain
New office	Attorney General of Pakistan 1968–1971	Succeeded by Yahya Bakhtiar
Preceded by Yahya Bakhtiar	Attorney General of Pakistan 1977–1984	Succeeded by Aziz Munshi
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Habib Chatty	Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation 1985–1988	Succeeded by Hamid Algabid