Syed Fida Hassan | |
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Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board | |
In office 1963–1969 | |
Personal details | |
Spouse | Zeenat 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]
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]
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]
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