Zaffar Hussain Mirza (10 October 1926 – 27 August 2015) was a Pakistani judge and the father of former Home Minister of Sindh

Zulfiqar Mirza Zulfiqar Mirza (Urdu: ) is a Pakistani politician who is currently affiliated with the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA). He is from Badin District, Sindh, Pakistan. Early life and education He acquired his early education from Cadet College ...

. He was also the

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Hasnain Mirza Hasnain Ali Mirza ( ur, ) (born 29 May 1983), is a Pakistani lawyer and barrister who is elected as Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA). He is the son of Zulfiqar Mirza and federal minister Fahmida Mirza. He is the grandson (through father) o ...

Early life

Mirza was born on October 10, 1926, in

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, to Mirza Ali Nawaz Baig. The roots of his family are traced back to Central Asia, from where his great-grandfather migrated in 1805 to Hyderabad, adopted by Mir Karam Ali Talpur, the ruler of the Mir dynasty of Hyderabad. He comes from a well-known family of Hyderabad, Sindh, which has produced many civil servants, political and literary figures, including Shams-ul-Ulema Mirza Kalich Beg. His great-grandfather served in an important position in the courts of the

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Mirs of Hyderabad, Sindh, in the early 19th century. His father was the deputy collector of

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during the

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. Mirza was the father of

, former

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and former Home Minister of Sindh. He was also the grandfather of Barrister

(son of Zulfiqar Mirza). His daughter-in-law

Fahmida Mirza Fahmida Mirza ( ur, ; born 20 December 1956) is a Pakistani politician who was Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination, in office from 20 August 2018 until 10 April 2022. She served as the 18th and only women Speaker of the National ...

served as

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, the first woman in the Islamic world to serve in that position. He attended Noor Muhammad High School in Hyderabad, S.M. Arts College in Hyderabad, and Hyderabad Law College. He was appointed Advocate General of Sindh in 1973. He was called to the bench as a judge of the High Court of Sindh and Balochistan from October 1, 1975, to August 4, 1981. He then served as justice of the

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from August 4, 1981, to October 9, 1991. He also served as chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission of Pakistan from 1991 to 1997.

Personal life

Zaffar Hussain Mirza married twice, first with Afroze Begum, from whom he had: #

(son) # Yasmeen (daughter) #Shaheen (daughter) # Naheed (daughter) Then he married Bilquis Begum, from whom he had: #Anita (daughter) #Fawad Mirza (son) # Zainab (daughter)

Relation with Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid

Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid was his wife Afroze Begum's brother. And therefore he married his son with Qazi's daughter

Death

He died in Dr Ziauddin Hospital in Karachi due to illness on 27 August 2015. He was survived by a wife, five daughters and two sons.

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