Syed Fida Hassan

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Syed Fida Hassan
Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board
In office
1963–1969
Personal details
SpouseZeenat Hussain
Children S. Azmat Hassan

Syed Fida Hassan was a Pakistani bureaucrat and administrator who was the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) between 1963 and 1969. [1]

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Life and career

Syed Fida Hassan was born on December 4, 1908, in Dera Ghazi Khan. [2] He was educated at the Rang Mahal Mission School and Government College, Lahore. [2] He was admitted to the Indian Civil Service and was educated at the Oriel College, Oxford. [1]

In 1954, he was appointed as the manager of Pakistan national cricket team for the tour of England. [1] [3]

Personal life

Syed Fida Hassan married Zeenat Hussain in 1934 who served as a member on a reserved women's seat in the Punjab Legislative Assembly from 1951 to 1955, and in the West Pakistan Assembly up to 1958. [1] Her daughter, Anjum Niaz, was an American-Pakistani journalist who worked for Dawn . [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jabbar, Javed (4 September 2016). "A window into the past". DAWN.COM.
  2. 1 2 "Memoirs: Book on Syed Fida Hassan launched". The Express Tribune. 19 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Siddiqi, Muhammad Ali (23 October 2018). "OBITUARY: Anjum Niaz: a flair for writing". DAWN.COM.
  4. ↑ Latif, Najum (14 December 2018). "Farewell Anjum Niaz, an Obituary".


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