Muhammad Shoaib
Muhammad Shoaib (Urdu: محمد شعیب) (1907–1997) was the Finance Minister of Pakistan for eight years (1958 – 1965) (more precisely November 15, 1958 – June 8, 1962 and December 15, 1962 – March 23, 1965) during General Ayub Khan's regime.[1]
Early life and career
He was born in 1907 at Amilo, Azamgarh, 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'.[2]
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.[3]
He resigned his position on 23 March 1965 as Finance Minister to join the World Bank as an advisor.[1]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Syed Amjad Ali |
Finance Minister of Pakistan 1958 – 1962 |
Succeeded by Abdul Qadir |
| Preceded by Abdul Qadir |
Finance Minister of Pakistan 1962 – 1965 |
Succeeded by N M Uqaili |
See also
- Nafis Sadik (United Nations Under-Secretary-General) (late Muhammad Shoaib's daughter)
References
- 1 2 "From the past pages of Dawn: 1966: Fifty years ago: New Finance Minister". Dawn (newspaper). 13 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Asim Farooq (24 December 2016). "Pakistan Nuclear Program - History, Names to Remember (1947 - 1998) [Muhammad Shoaib was averse to Pakistan Nuclear Program]". Today In Pakistan (newspaper). Retrieved 15 July 2018.