Shujauddin Butt (10 April 1930 – 7 February 2006) was a Pakistani army officer and

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from 1954 to 1962. He served in the

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for 26 years, retiring as a

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in 1978. In 1955 he toured India with the Pakistan national team. He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore. In 1971 he was captured during the

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and held as a prisoner-of-war in

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for 18 months. He managed Pakistan's tours to

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in 1976–77. He wrote two books of Pakistan cricket history, ''From Babes of Cricket to World Champions'' (1996) and ''The Chequered History of Pakistan Cricket'' (2003), with Mohammed Salim Parvez. Butt died in London on 7 February 2006.

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