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
Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan is a compound masculine name; Ayub is the Arabic version of the name of the Biblical figure Job, while Khan or Khaan is taken from the title used first by the Mongol rulers and then, in particular, their Islamic and Persian-influenced s ...
's regime.
Early life and career
He was born in 1907 at
Amilo,
Azamgarh
Azamgarh is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Azamgarh division, which consists of Ballia, Mau and Azamgarh districts. Azamgarh is situated on the bank of Tamsa River (Tons). It is located east of the st ...
,
Uttar Pradesh,
British India. He was married to Iffat Ara. He has a daughter named
Nafis Sadik, who has a long distinguished career track record with the
United Nations in the area of 'Family Planning and World Population control'.
Fighting Population With Women's Rights: Meeting: Nafis Sadik has spent years promoting family planning. The head of this week's U.N. conference sees equality as key to controlling world's numbers
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.[
]
Death
Muhammad Shoaib died at his home near Washington, D. C.
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on 13 May 1976 at age 70.[
]
See also
* Nafis Sadik (United Nations Under-Secretary-General) (late Muhammad Shoaib's daughter)
References
1907 births
1976 deaths
Finance Ministers of Pakistan
Pakistani financiers
Muhajir people
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