Choudry Mohammad Sadiq (born 1900 in
Batala
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Gurdaspur district
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; died 1975). Sadiq graduated from
Islamia College
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Lahore
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and obtained his law degree in 1928. He became an eminent politician and remained a Muslim Leaguer before and after independence. He settled in
Sindh
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in 1934. First bought land near Tando Ghulam Ali and then near
Hyderabad
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and moved to Hyderabad in 1942. Founded Sindh Chamber of Agriculture in late 1960s. A famous housing scheme of Hyderabad (Sadiq Livina) is named after him.
1900 births
1975 deaths
Pakistani lawyers
Pakistani politicians
20th-century Pakistani lawyers
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