Nasir Ahmad Mallal (born 1904) was a Pakistan-born Singaporean lawyer who was the founder (with MJ Namazie) of one of Singapore's earliest law firms, Mallal and Namazie, in 1933. [1] He served as a member of the Legislative Council over two consecutive terms of office from 1948 to 1955. [2]
Mallal was born in Pakistan in 1904. He was educated at Raffles Institution, University of London and Middle Temple. [3]
In 1933, Mallal and MJ Namazie founded Mallal and Namazie, one of Singapore's earliest law firms. [4]
Mallal was the president of the Singapore Indian Association from 1933 to 1934, and the Municipal Commissioner from 1937 to 1947. [2] During World War II, he fought with the British Indian Army as a captain. [3]
Following the end of the Japanese occupation and Singapore's separation from the Straits Settlements as a Crown Colony, he was a founder of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association (SATA) in 1947, [5] and the Singapore Co-operative Stores Society. [6] [7]
Mallal contested the general elections from 1948 to 1955, under the Progressive Party, which he founded with Tan Chye Cheng and John Laycock, and was subsequently elected as a member of the Legislative Council for the Municipal South-West Constituency from April 1948 to February 1951, and the City Constituency from April 1951 to February 1955. [8]