Syed Fida Hassan was a Pakistani bureaucrat and administrator who was the Chairman of the

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(PCB) between 1963 and 1969.

Life and career

Syed Fida Hassan was born on December 4, 1908, in Dera Ghazi Khan. He was educated at the Rang Mahal Mission School and

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. He was admitted to the

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and was educated at the

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. In 1954, he was appointed as the manager of

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for the tour of England.

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. Her daughter, Anjum Niaz, was an American-Pakistani journalist who worked for ''

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''.

References

1908 births People from Dera Ghazi Khan District Pakistan Cricket Board presidents and chairmen Pakistani civil servants Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Year of death missing {{Pakistan-bio-stub