Abdul Sattar Pirzada was a Pakistani politician and administrator who served as the

Chief Minister of Sindh Chief Minister of Sindh (, ur, —), is the elected head of government of Sindh. Syed Murad Ali Shah is a PPP politician and the current Chief Minister of Sindh. The Chief Minister is the head of the provincial government alongside the Chief S ...

between May 1953 and November 1954. He also served as the Chairman of the

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(PCB) between September 1951 and July 1953 before becoming chief minister. His son, Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, is known as the architect of

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Education

Abdul Sattar Pirzada was born on 4 July 1907 in

Sukkur Sukkur (; ) is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, directly across from the historic city of Rohri. Sukkur is the third largest city in Sindh after Karachi and Hyderabad, and 14th largest ci ...

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. He received Primary and Secondary education from Sukkur. He graduated in Mathematics and Law from London University College,

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Early career

After graduation from England in 1930, he returned to Sindh and began legal practice in his hometown Sukkur. In 1932-33, he served as Assistant Public Procecutor Sukkur and in 1937-38, he served as Public Prosecutor of

Jacobabad District Jacobabad District ( sd, جيڪب آباد ضلعو, ur, ) is a district in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is located in the north of Sindh, by the provincial boundary with Balochistan. Its headquarters is the town of Jacobabad, which was ...

Political career

His political career began in 1934 when he was elected as a member of Municipal corporation Sukkur. Later on, he served as Vice President of the same corporation. After separation of

from

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, he was elected as a member of

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in 1937. He was appointed as Chief Parliamentary Secretary in 1938. He served as provincial member of Public Works, Irrigation and Health in 1941. In September 1942, he returned all his titles to the government in protest of the strict policy adopted by the

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in connection with the Congress'

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. On this his ministry was deposed. In the late 1945, he joined

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and was elected as a member of provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1946. He was appointed as Minister of Edulation, Local Self Government and Law in the same year. He then served as Minister of Revenue and Law. After creation of

in 1947, he first served as a minister of Food, Agriculture and Health, and then minister of Law. Abdul Sattar Pirzada took oath as the

on 22 May 1953. Due to his opposition to the

One Unit The One Unit Scheme ( ur, ; bn, এক ইউনিট ব্যবস্থা) was a geopolitical programme launched by the Government of Pakistan led by Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra on 22 November 1954 and passed on 30 September 1955 ...

Rule in Pakistan, his Government was dismissed on 8 November 1954. He was elected as a member of West Pakistan Assembly in 1956 and joined the West Pakistan Government as Minister of Law and Agriculture.

Death

Abdul Sattar Pirzada died on 24 August 194.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pirzada, Abdul Sattar Pakistan Cricket Board Presidents and Chairmen Chief Ministers of Sindh Sindh MPAs 1953–1955 Sindhi people 1907 births 1974 deaths