Malik Amjad Ali Noon, born on 17 June 1954 in

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...

Punjab, Pakistan Punjab (; , ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in central-eastern region of the country, Punjab is the second-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the largest province by population. It shares land borders with the ...

is a Pakistani

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

.Sargodha Transport Network launched
Dawn (newspaper), Published 20 June 2002, Retrieved 31 May 2018Profile of Amjad Ali Noon on cnn.com website
Published 21 July 2014, Retrieved 31 May 2018

Family

His father Malik Anwer Ali Noon (1924 – 12 September 2014) mostly had lived in their hometown village Ali Pur Noon during his lifetime. The Noon family has 27 villages in

Bhalwal Bhalwal ( Punjabi and ur, ), is a city and capital of Bhalwal Tehsil of Sargodha District in the centre of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the 99th largest city of Pakistan, according to 2017 census. The city of Bhalwal is the headquar ...

Tehsil: Nurpur Noon, Sultan Pur Noon and Sardar Pur Noon, among others. Malik

Feroz Khan Noon Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon, ( ur, ملک فیروز خان نون; 7 May 18939 December 1970), best known as Feroze Khan, was a Pakistani politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Pakistan from 1957 until being removed wh ...

ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan was also a prominent member of the Noon family.

Education

Amjad Ali Noon got his early education from the prestigious Aitchison College and his bachelor's degree from the

Forman Christian College Forman Christian College is an private liberal arts university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was founded in 1864 and is administered by the Presbyterian Church. The university follows an American-style curriculum. Founded in 1864 by America ...

. He has studied the Law and has attended in his capacity as a member of the District Government, the National Institute of Public Administration (Pakistan) (NIPA),

, and the

National Defence University, Pakistan , native_name_lang = ur , image = National Defence University, Pakistan Logo.png , image_upright = , image_alt = , caption = Seal of the NDU , former_name = National Defence College , motto ...

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital ...

Political career

At the age of 34, Noon was the youngest High Commissioner of Pakistan to

Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi ...

. He was also Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Pakistan to Rwanda,

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

and

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...

under the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government of Benazir Bhutto (1989–90). Amjad Ali Noon served as the Zila

Nazim Subahdar, also known as Nazim or in English as a "Subah", was one of the designations of a governor of a Subah (province) during the Khalji dynasty of Bengal, Mamluk dynasty (Delhi), Khalji dynasty, Tughlaq dynasty, Mughal era ( of India who w ...

Sargodha Sargodha (Punjabi and ur, ) is a city and capital of Sargodha Division, located in Punjab province, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's 12th largest city by population and one of the fastest-growing cities of the country. Sargodha is also known as t ...

(District Governor) in 2002. At the launching ceremony of the Sargodha Transport Network, he stated that the district government had fulfilled a promise of providing cheap transport facility to the public. His political affiliations have been with the Pakistan Peoples Party. In 2010, he also served as Chairman of the ''Prime Minister's Inspection Commission of Pakistan''. In 2011 and 2012, Amjad Ali Noon was serving as President, Punjab Squash Association, a sports organisation.Junior Squash Championship reaches quarters
Pakistan Today (newspaper), Published 5 February 2011, Retrieved 31 May 2018

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Noon, Amjad Ali 1954 births Living people Aitchison College alumni Pakistan People's Party politicians Amjad High Commissioners of Pakistan to Kenya High Commissioners of Pakistan to Rwanda High Commissioners of Pakistan to Uganda Ambassadors of Pakistan to Ethiopia Punjabi people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians