Habib Ibrahim Rehmatullah

Habib Ibrahim Rehmatullah
حبیب ابراہیم رحمت اللہ
5th Governor of West Punjab
In office
24 June 1954  26 November 1954
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor-General Malik Ghulam Muhammad
Preceded by Mian Aminuddin
Succeeded by Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani

Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola (Urdu: حبیب ابراہیم رحمت اللہ; March 10, 1912 - January 2, 1991) was the first High Commissioner to the UK for Pakistan.[1]

Other political offices

He also held other posts such as the Pakistani Ambassador to France, the Governor of Punjab (Pakistan) and the Governor of Sindh and served as the Federal Minister of Commerce and Industries of Pakistan, Chairman Pakistan Red Cross, He continued in public service until his retirement in the late 1970s.

Business affairs

In the late 1950s, he entered private business by setting up an investment company called Bandenawaz (Pvt) Ltd.

He also served on the Boards of various multinational and national companies in Pakistan as either a Director or Chairman including: United Bank Ltd, Eastern Federal Insurance, Brooke Bond, Pakistan Oxygen (now BOC Pakistan), Aspro-Nicholas (now Reckitt Benckiser), Organon Pakistan (part of AkzoNobel) and Pakistan Cables (BICC). [2]

References


Political offices
Preceded by
Mian Aminuddin
Governor of Punjab Succeeded by
Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani


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