Mohammad Uzair (also written as Muhammad Uzair) (Urdu: محمد عذیر), was a Pakistani economist, senior bureaucrat, and professor emeritus who has held various public offices. He has written articles, and books on

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Biography

During his stay at

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he was a class-fellow of the

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and a year senior to Mustafa Zaidi. He started his career as a

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in 1951 at Dhaka University. Later he moved to

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. He attained his

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(MBA) degree in 1956 and

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in economics in 1960 from

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, United States. He remained Dean &

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for some time, then left teaching and joined governmental organizations. He held appointments in many

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of the country. He served as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance from 1972 to 1976, he later worked at Muslim Commercial Bank. He last served in NDFC (National Development Financial Corporation). He retired in 1992, re-entered the academic world and remained associated with

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and many other private educational institution as Dean and Rector. He was the first

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& Project Director of Karachi University Business School. He appeared many times on

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and

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. He was a lifetime member of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs. In January 2015, his

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was published with the name of Yaddasht''

He was one of the pioneers of interest-free banking, and wrote the book "Interest Free Banking". In 1985, Faridi, Fazlur Rahman, published an article in Journal of King Abdul Aziz University: Islamic Economics, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1985 on this book. He is also the author of "Some thoughts on Economy, finance and management" which was published on 1 January 1974. On 23 March 2016, he was awarded with the 3rd highest civil award of Pakistan,

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, in acknowledgement of his services in the field of education in 2016

He died on 19 March 2019 in Karachi at the age of 90.

References

External links

*http://www.pid.gov.pk/?p=16716 *https://www.express.pk/story/399109 *https://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2016/03/president-to-confer-pakistan-civil-awards/ *http://educationist.com.pk/pakistan-civil-awards-2016-14-scientists-25-engineers-10-educationists-5-journalists-decorated/ *Faridi, Fazlur Rahman, Mohammad Uzair, Interest Free Banking (1985). Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1985. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3127992 {{DEFAULTSORT:Uzair, Mohammad 1928 births 2019 deaths Pakistani economists Recipients of Sitara-i-Imtiaz