Manzur Qadir

Manzur Qadir
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
29 October 1958  8 June 1962
President Ayub Khan
Preceded by Feroz Khan Noon
Succeeded by Muhammad Ali Bogra
Personal details
Born 1913
Died 1974 (aged 6061)
Political party All-India Muslim League
(Before 1947)
Muslim League (1947–1958)

Manzur Qadir (Urdu: منظور قادر) was a leading Pakistani jurist of the mid-20th century. He also served as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan in the military government of Ayub Khan from 1958 to 1962.

He was the son of Sir Abdul Qadir. He married a daughter of Fazli Husain.[1]

In 1960 Qadir served as the chairman of the constitutional committee which formulated Pakistan's constitution of 1960.[2]

Manzur Qadir served as the chief justice of the Lahore High Counrt from 1962-1963.

Qadir was a role-model to and friend of Sardar Khushwant Singh.[3]

References

  1. J. Henry Korson. Contemporary Problems of Pakistan. (Brill Archive, 1974) p. 10.
  2. Samin Khan's statements about his own role in the formation of the 1960 constitution
  3. The News March 29, 2008
Political offices
Preceded by
Feroz Khan Noon
Minister of Foreign Affairs
1958–1962
Succeeded by
Muhammad Ali Bogra