Syed Fida Hassan
Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board
In office
1963–1969
Personal details
SpouseZeenat Hussain
ChildrenS. 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]

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. ^ a b c d Jabbar, Javed (4 September 2016). "A window into the past". DAWN.COM.
  2. ^ a b "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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