Omar Hayat Malik Explained

Omar Hayat Malik was a Pakistani politician, educationist and diplomat.

In British India, Malik served as the principal of the Islamia College, Peshawar and Islamia College, Lahore.^[1] A participant in the Pakistan Movement, he was elected to the Constituent Assembly of India as a candidate of Muslim League and abdicated attendance until the Mountbatten Plan sanctioned the creation of Pakistan and its own constituent assembly.^[2] A gifted orator, Malik wished for the new state to be a theocratic democracy.^[3]

In independent Pakistan, Malik was appointed as the first vice-chancellor of the University of the Punjab.^{[4] [5] [6]} However, he resigned in 1950 and joined the diplomatic corps; Malik would serve as Pakistan's ambassador to Japan, Germany, Indonesia and as High Commissioner to India.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Book: Rao, B. Shiva . The Framing of India's Constitution: Select Documents . The Indian Institute of Public Administration . 1968 . I . Nasik, India . 308 . en.
2. Book: The Commonwealth Relations Office List 1952 . Her Majesty's Stationery Office . 1952 . London . 171 . en . Pakistan.
3. Web site: A question of identity Special Report thenews.com.pk . 2022-09-05 . www.thenews.com.pk . en.
4. Web site: University of the Punjab - Former Vice Chancellors. pu.edu.pk.
5. Web site: Religion and Politics in Pakistan. Leonard. Binder. 19 January 1961. University of California Press. Google Books.
6. Web site: Eastern Pakistan Labour Journal. East Pakistan (Pakistan) Labour. Directorate. 20 January 2018. Google Books.
7. Book: Journal of Law and Society. 1. 1. Legal Research Centre, University of Peshawar. 1982. An eminent educationist, a renowned scholar, an accomplished diplomat and one of those who led the movement for the creation of Pakistan... Later, became Vice-Chancellor of the Punjab University. As Pakistan's ambassador, he held assignments in Indonesia, Japan, India and Germany..