Mohammad Azim Daudpota | |
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25th Governor of Sindh | |
In office 12 October 1999 –25 May 2000 | |
Preceded by | Mamnoon Hussain |
Succeeded by | Muhammad Mian Soomro |
Personal details | |
Born | Bombay,British India (now Mumbai,India) | 14 September 1933
Died | 3 April 2017 83) Karachi,Sindh,Pakistan | (aged
Awards | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Jurat Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Order of Merit (Zimbabwe) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Pakistan Zimbabwe |
Branch/service | Pakistan Air Force Air Force of Zimbabwe |
Years of service | 1951–1989 |
Rank | Air Marshal |
Unit | |
Commands | Sargodha Airbase Air Force of Zimbabwe |
Battles/wars | |
Air Marshal Mohammed Azim Daudpota (Sindhi :محمد عظيم دائودپوٽو; 14 September 1933 – 3 April 2017), commonly known as Azim Daudpota, was the first Sindhi pilot in Pakistan Air Force and the first Sindhi to receive the Sitara-e-Jurrat (Star of Bravery) Award.
He was a three-star officer in the Pakistan Air Force who went on to serve as the Chief of Air Staff of Air Force of Zimbabwe, and then to briefly serve as Governor of Sindh. [1] [2]
Azim Daudpota was born on 14 September 1933 in Bombay (now called Mumbai), British India. His father, Umar Bin Muhammad Daudpota, was a Sindhi research scholar, linguist and a historian of the Indus valley. [1] After his basic education at St. Patrick's High School, Karachi, he completed his college education at D. J. Sindh Government Science College, Karachi in 1951. [1] [3]
Daudpota joined the Pakistan Air Force Academy in 1951. The following year, he commenced a course of training at Royal Australian Air Force Academy from where he graduated in 1956. After service as a pilot and then as Squadron Commander of numbers 15 and 17; he attended the PAF Staff College before serving on the staff of the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi. After a further period of training at the Royal College of Defence Studies in London, Daudpota commanded PAF Bases Rafiqui and Sargodha. [1]
In 1983 the Zimbabweans sought assistance from Pakistan as they wanted to replace the former Rhodesian officer who then headed the Air Force of Zimbabwe. Daudpota was selected and served as Commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe from July 1983 to January 1986. [1]
On his return to Pakistan, Daudpota became the Managing Director and Chairman Of Pakistan International Airlines from January 1986 to March 1991.
He became the Chairman of Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation. He joined Kashmir Corporation as an Executive Director in April 1991; from 25 October 1999 to 24 May 2000, Daudpota also became the Governor of Sindh (1999 –2000). [4]
At the time of his death, he was the chairman of the board at MacPac Films Limited, a company that makes raw material for packaging. [1] [3]
Azim Daudpota died on 3 April 2017 in Karachi at age 83 after battling a number of illnesses and died of cardiac arrest. He was buried at Pakistan Air Force's Faisal Airbase graveyard in Karachi. [1] [3] [2]
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) | Sitara-e-Jurat (Star of Courage) | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) | Tamgha-e-Diffa (General Service Medal) |
Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War (War Star 1965) | Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War (War Medal 1965) | Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War (War Medal 1971) | Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e- (100th Birth Anniversary of |
Tamgha-e-Jamhuria (Republic Commemoration Medal) 1956 | India Service Medal | Queen Elizabeth II (1953) | Order of Merit (Zimbabwe) |
Foreign Awards | ||
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Zimbabwe | Order of Merit |
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