Z. A. Suleri

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Ziauddin Ahmad Suleri
BGen Siddique Salik, PA
PresidentGeneral Zia-ul-Haq
Editor-in-chief of the Dawn Newspapers
In office
16 August 1965 – 5 September 1965
Preceded byAltaf Husain
Personal details
Born
Ziauddin Ahmad Suleri

1912/1913
Deoli,
Punjab University
Patna University
NicknamePip
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1965-66
Rank Colonel
Unit17th Army Division
CommandsInter-Services Public Relations
Battles/warsIndo-Pakistani war of 1965

Ziauddin Ahmad Suleri (6/6/1913 – 21/22 April 1999), best known as Z. A. Suleri, was a Pakistani political

journalism in Pakistan, and authored various history and political books on Pakistan as well as Islam in the South Asian subcontinent
.

Early life and education

Ziauddin Ahmad Suleri was born in Deoli, Zafarwal, North India, British Raj (present-day Punjab, Pakistan).[2] He was a Rajput Salahria.[3] After his graduation from school, he briefly studied British literature at Patna University, where he obtained a BA in English.[4] He moved to Lahore to attend the Punjab University to further study English literature.[4] He earned an MA in British literature after compiling a critical and analytical thesis on Great Expectations, written by Charles Dickens.[2]

Political activism and military service

Due to his long attraction to the work of

Evening Times.[2]

Suleri also authored and published "The Road to Peace and Pakistan" in 1944, and My Leader in 1945; all of which greatly exhorted the political objectives of the

director-general and achieved the rank of colonel in 1965.[6][7]

Career in journalism and ministry

Suleri was appointed as editor of

general elections held in 1970. Subsequently, he was removed by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto from The Pakistan Times and was thrown in jail after penning an article against socialism.[9]

After an inquiry launched by the

military government remained close and he witnessed key political events in the lives of Zia-ul-Haq and Nawaz Sharif.[6]

Death

In 1992, Suleri joined the senior staff of

Jinnah Hospital, Karachi, aged 86.[8]

Books

His unfinished biography

When ZA Suleri wanted to write his autobiography, he chose Boys Will Be Boys as its title. The autobiography never materialised, and after his death when his daughter,

Sara Suleri, decided to write a tribute to him, she gave this title to the book.[6]

References

  1. ^ Some sources cite 21 April, others 22 April.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0791462013
    .
  3. ^ Commonwealth: Biographies, 5, vol. 24, Société d'études des pays du Commonwealth, 2001, 4dkHAQAAMAAJ
  4. ^
    ISBN 9780226044675
    .
  5. ^ a b c d Suleri, ZA (1945). My leader. Karachi, Sindh, British Indian Empire: Lion press. pp. 174.
  6. ^ a b c Jaswant Singh (2 May 2004). "Father, dear father". The Tribune, India. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. ^ "List of Director Generals of the Inter-Services Public Relations". Government of Pakistan website. Directorate-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations. Archived from the original on 12 February 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d "Z.A. Suleri passes away". Pakistan Press Foundation website. 22 April 1999. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  9. ^ Memoirs: Memoirs Those heady days Dawn (newspaper), Published 18 June 2011, Retrieved 27 November 2021

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