Syed Fida Hassan
Syed Fida Hassan | |
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| Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board | |
| In office 1963–1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse | Zeenat Hussain |
| Children | S. Azmat Hassan |
Syed Fida Hassan was a Pakistani bureaucrat and administrator who was the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) between 1963 and 1969.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Syed Fida Hassan was born on December 4, 1908, in Dera Ghazi Khan.[2] He was educated at the Rang Mahal Mission School and Government College, Lahore.[2] He was admitted to the Indian Civil Service and was educated at the Oriel College, Oxford.[1]
In 1954, he was appointed as the manager of Pakistan national cricket team for the tour of England.[1][3]
Personal life
[edit]Syed Fida Hassan married Zeenat Hussain in 1934 who served as a member on a reserved women's seat in the Punjab Legislative Assembly from 1951 to 1955, and in the West Pakistan Assembly up to 1958.[1] Her daughter, Anjum Niaz, was an American-Pakistani journalist who worked for Dawn.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Jabbar, Javed (4 September 2016). "A window into the past". DAWN.COM.
- ^ a b "Memoirs: Book on Syed Fida Hassan launched". The Express Tribune. 19 March 2016.
- ^ Siddiqi, Muhammad Ali (23 October 2018). "OBITUARY: Anjum Niaz: a flair for writing". DAWN.COM.
- ^ Latif, Najum (14 December 2018). "Farewell Anjum Niaz, an Obituary".
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