Muhammad Shoaib ( ur, محمد شعیب) (1907 – 13 May 1976) was the Finance Minister of Pakistan for eight years (15 November 1958 – 8 June 1962 and 15 December 1962 – 23 March 1965) during General

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's regime.

Early life and career

He was born in 1907 at Amilo,

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. He was married to Iffat Ara. He has a daughter named

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, who has a long distinguished career track record with the

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Los Angeles Times (newspaper), Published 4 September 1994, Retrieved 8 July 2018 Muhammad Shoaib is widely criticized for disapproving the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission's agreement with General Electric of Canada to build a 137 MW Nuclear power plant in Pakistan. Munir Ahmad Khan (then IAEA scientist) urged him for support but his diplomatic decisions created serious delay in Nuclear technology development of the country. He resigned his position on 23 March 1965 as Finance Minister to join the

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as an advisor. He was associated with the World Bank for 20 years and had retired in 1975.

Death

Muhammad Shoaib died at his home near

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on 13 May 1976 at age 70.

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1907 births 1976 deaths Finance Ministers of Pakistan Pakistani financiers Muhajir people {{Pakistan-politician-stub

Early life and career

Death

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