MalikMalik is an Arabic word meaning "king". It has been adopted in various other, mainly Islamized or Arabized Asian languages for their ruling princes and to render kings elsewhere; furthermore it is sometimes used in derived meanings. Malik is one of the names of Allah, "King" in the absolute sense....
SirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in most English speaking cultures...
Feroz Khan Noon,
KCSIThe Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:# Knight Grand Commander # Knight Commander # Companion...
,
KCIEThe Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:#Knight Grand Commander #Knight Commander #Companion...
,
KtThe rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry...
(1893-1970) was a
politicianA politician or political leader is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d'état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest,...
from
PakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located at the crossroads of South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia...
.
Early life
He was educated at Oxford University and belonged to the oon family]. He held many posts in government both before and after the independence and was an important figure in the
Pakistan movementPakistan Movement or Tehrik-e-Pakistan has its origins in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh . Muslims there were a minority, yet their Elite had a disproportionate amount of representaion in the civil service and overall influence...
.
He was the
High CommissionerHigh Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...
of
IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
to the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
from 1936 to 1941, and in 1947 he was sent as Quaid-i-Azam
Muhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali Jinnah Urdu: , a 20th century politician and statesman, is generally regarded as the founder of Pakistan. He served as leader of The Muslim League and Pakistan's first Governor-General. He is officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-i-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum...
's special envoy to some countries of the
MuslimIslam Islam Islam ( al-’islām,
[There are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or , and whether the a is pronounced as in father, as in cat, or (when the stress is on the i) as in the a of sofa...]
world. This one-man delegation was the first official mission sent abroad by the Pakistani government. The aim of the mission was to introduce Pakistan, to explain the reasons of its creation, to familiarize the Muslim countries with its internal problems, and to get moral and financial support.
Noon was knighted in 1933 and appointed a KCIE in 1937 and a KCSI in 1941.
Chief Minister
Noon was Chief Minister of the
PunjabThe Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the country's most populous region with about 45% of Pakistan's total population. The Punjab is home to the Punjabis and various other groups...
province from 1953 to 1956, after which he became
Foreign Minister of PakistanThe Foreign Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The current Foreign Minister is Shah Mehmood Qureshi who took over on 31 March, 2008.The following is the list of all the previous foreign ministers of Pakistan to date....
until 1957.
Prime Minister
On December 16, 1957 he was elected as the seventh
Prime Minister of PakistanThe Prime Minister of Pakistan , is the Head of Government of Pakistan.The Prime Minister is elected by the National Assembly, members of which are elected by popular vote. Most commonly, the leader of the party or coalition with the most votes becomes the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is...
. He held this post until October 7, 1958, when
martial lawMartial law is the system of rules that takes effect when the military takes control of the normal administration of justice.Martial law is sometimes imposed during wars or occupations in the absence of any other civil government. Examples of this form of military rule include Germany and Japan...
was enforced for the first time in Pakistan's history by
Iskander MirzaMajor-General Sahibzada Sayyid Iskander Ali Mirza, CIE, OBE was the last Governor-General of the Dominion of Pakistan and the first President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan .-Early life:Sayyid Iskander Ali Mirza was born at Murshidabad, Bengal on...
.
Apart from politics, Noon wrote five books, including his autobiography,
From Memory. His wife, Begum Viqar un Nisa Noon, was a prominent social worker. Though not originally from Pakistan, she spent her entire life working for the betterment of the people of Pakistan.
Death
Noon died on December 9, 1970 in his ancestral village of
Nurpur NoonNurpur Noon is a historic village in Sargodha District, Punjab, Pakistan. It was settled in the nineteenth century by the Noon family, who moved there from Mitha Tiwana, along with their staff and people to cultivate the lands. 'Nurpur Noon is one of the fifteen villages belonging to the Noon...
near
BhalwalBhalwal is a town of Sargodha District in the centre of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town of Bhalwal is the headquarters of Bhalwal Tehsil and lies in an agricultural area, close to the M-2 motorway, to which it is being connected by two interchanges...
,
Sargodha DistrictSargodha District is a district of Punjab province, Pakistan, the capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district, wheat, rice, and sugarcane being its main crops. The Sargodha district and region are also famous for citrus fruit; kino is a newly developed variety...
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