Shahryar Khan
Foreign Secretary of Pakistan | |
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In office 1990–1994 | |
Preceded by | Tanvir Ahmad Khan |
Succeeded by | Najmuddin Shaikh |
Personal details | |
Born | Bhopal, Bhopal State, British India | 29 March 1934
Died | 23 March 2024 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | (aged 89)
Nationality | Pakistani |
Spouse |
Minoo Khan (m. 1958) |
Parent(s) | Sarwar Ali Khan The Fletcher School University of Cambridge |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Shahryar Mohammad Khan (
Early life and background
Shahryar Muhammed Khan was born on 29 March 1934 in the Qasr-e-Sultani Palace (now Saifia College), in
Career, retirement and literary work
He worked for a year with
Khan was teaching Pakistan's Foreign Relations at the
On 1 July 1994, he was appointed
In 2005, he was made an honorary fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[16]
In his retirement, Shahryar Khan wrote a number of books. The Begums of Bhopal is a history of the princely state of Bhopal.[17][18][19] The Shallow Graves of Rwanda[20] is an eye-witness account of his two-year stay in a country ravaged by genocide.[14][21][15] Cricket – a Bridge of Peace,[22] about India-Pakistan relations, is his third book. His most personal book was the biography of his mother Princess Abida Sultaan – Memoirs of a Rebel Princess,[23] which has been translated into Urdu.[24] In 2013, with his son Ali Khan, he wrote Cricket Cauldron: The Turbulent Politics of Sport in Pakistan.[25] He also co-authored Shadows Across the Playing Field: 60 Years of India-Pakistan Cricket (2009) with Indian writer and politician Shashi Tharoor.[26]
Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board
Khan served as the
On 16 August 2014, he was again appointed the chairman of the PCB.
In March 2016, Pakistan was eliminated from the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 after losing three matches against India, New Zealand and Australia and only winning against Bangladesh. This caused great controversy over whose 'fault' it was. Khan was amongst those blamed and there were talks about him retiring from the PCB after this. However, he later spoke out and said he would not resign.[33] He also said it would be better to bring in a foreign coach, implying that Waqar Younis's coaching contract, which ended in June 2016, would not be renewed. Furthermore, Khan did not release any statements on who he thought was responsible for the loss,[34] but instead, he said before the match that he would not change Afridi's position because he had been 'serving Pakistan for the last 20 years'. Khan added that changes would happen after the tournament but also noted that the poor performance was from the whole team, except certain individuals.[35]
Personal life and death
Khan met Minoo Khan, a student at the Queen's College in London in 1957, and married her in 1958 in Karachi.[36][37]
Shahryar Khan died on 23 March 2024 in
See also
References
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- ^ "Shaharyar Khan resigns from PCB". ESPNcricinfo. 6 October 2006.
- ^ "PCB unanimously elects Shahryar Khan as chairman – Sport". Dawn.Com. 16 August 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
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- ^ "Pakistan Super League launched in star-studded event". The Express Tribune. 20 September 2015.
- ^ "PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan set to resign". ESPNcricinfo. 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Najam Sethi replaces Shaharyar Khan as Pakistan Cricket Board chairman". Khaleej Times. 9 August 2017.
- ^ "PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan says he is not stepping down". IBNLive. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ "A blow by blow account of Pakistan cricket". The Indian Express. 2 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ "Shaharyar Khan unhappy with Pakistan's Asia Cup performance". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
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- ^ "Veteran diplomat and ex-PCB chief Shaharyar Khan dies at 89". DAWN. 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Shaharyar Khan laid to rest". DAWN. 25 March 2024.