Sharifuddin Pirzada Explained

Sharifuddin Pirzada
Office:9th Minister of Foreign Affairs
President:Ayub Khan
Term Start:31 August 1966
Term End:1 May 1968
Predecessor:Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Successor:Mian Arshad Hussain
Office2:Attorney General of Pakistan
Term Start2:1968
Term End2:1971
Predecessor2:Post established
Successor2:Yahya Bakhtiar
Term Start3:1977
Term End3:1984
Predecessor3:Yahya Bakhtiar
Successor3:Aziz A. Munshi
Office4:Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Term Start4:1985
Term End4:1988
Predecessor4:Habib Chatty
Successor4:Hamid Algabid
Birth Date:12 June 1923
Birth Place:Burhanpur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
(now in Madhya Pradesh, India)
Death Place:Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Party:All-India Muslim League
(Before 1947)
Muslim League (1947–1958)
Alma Mater:University of Mumbai
Inns of Court School of Law
President2:Yahya Khan
Honorific Prefix:NI
Awards:Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1998)
Native Name Lang:ur
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Sharifuddin Pirzada 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.

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leading lawyer Sharifuddin Pirzada passes away. Dawn.com. 2 June 2017.
  2. Web site: Three-time attorney general Sharifuddin Pirzada passes away – The Express Tribune. 2 June 2017.
  3. News: Leading lawyer Sharifuddin Pirzada passes away. 2 June 2017. Muslim Global.
  4. Web site: Obituary – Syed Shareefuddin Pirzada. Staff. 2 June 2017. Courting the Law. 2 June 2017.