Surveyor General of Pakistan
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Mian Mohammed Sharif D.Phil.
FPAS, was a Pakistan
i mathematician
and the Surveyor General
(S.G.) of Pakistan
from March 1974 to mid of 1981. He was one of the founders of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences
.
, in India
.He was born in an Arain
family of India
Punjab
. He excelled in his studies as a student and obtained a B.A (Honours) in Mathematics
, followed by his M.Phil
and D.Phil
in Mathematical sciences
from D.A.V College Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System
in Jalandhar
. He married Zubaida Khatoon, daughter of Dr. Badr-ud-Din of Railway Road, Jalandhar, and sister of his childhood friend Dr. Habib-ur-Rehman graduate of King Edward Medical University and an FRCS of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
.
during the early 1940s. He was the only Muslim
officer to be selected, along with a Hindu and an English officer.
After the Partition he migrated to Pakistan
and re-joined the newly formed Survey of Pakistan
and served as OC, Deputy Director Photogrammetry, Director Map Publications, Director Field Surveys and Surveyor General of Pakistan. His postings included Dehradun
, Murree
, Rawalpindi
, Karachi
, Hyderabad
, Sukkur
and Sylhet
in East Pakistan
. As Surveyor General he served under the governments of President Yahya Khan
, Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Chief Martial Law Administrator General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He was the last civilian to serve as the Surveyor General of Pakistan. All subsequent S.G.'s are now Pakistan Army officers of Major General rank. He was preceded by Mr. Hassan and the succeeding S.G. was Brigadier Syed of the Pakistan Army.
M.M.Sharif represented his department at the Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO) and Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
(SEATO). His foreign tours included Denmark, Germany, Iran, Jordan, Switzerland, Turkey, Thailand, UK and US.
Mr. Sharif died on October 22, 1997, in the family home in Rawalpindi, reputedly of a broken heart a year after the murder of his beloved wife. He was survived by his four grown children: Mrs. Sabha Naeem, wife of retired Brigadier Naeem (RV&FC), Farooq Zakhi, Daud Sharif & Zubair Sharif (deceased September 2009) and five grandchildren.
Salman Rashid, Mrs. Sharif's nephew, and a much acclaimed writer in Pakistan, has travelled to India and interviewed the son of one of the Sikh assassins of Dr. Badr-ud-Din and family, during the 1948 Partition, in Jalandhar, among others and various newspapers article have been published both in India and Pakistan.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
FPAS, was a Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
and the Surveyor General
Geological Survey of Pakistan
The Geological Survey of Pakistan is Pakistan's central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying. It was established in 1947 in Quetta, Balochistan, is one of the research institutes of Pakistan. It is the organizational successor to the UK Ordnance Survey in that part of the world...
(S.G.) of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
from March 1974 to mid of 1981. He was one of the founders of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences
Pakistan Academy of Sciences
The Pakistan Academy of Sciences The Pakistan Academy of Sciences The Pakistan Academy of Sciences (Urdu: پاکستان اكيڈ مى ﺁف سائس; shortened to PAS, is a learned society for science and technology based in Pakistan. The academy consisted and served as the network of science across the Pakistan as...
.
Early life
Mian Sahib, as he was affectionately known by his friends and colleagues, was born in Singhpur, PunjabPunjab (British India)
Punjab was a province of British India, it was one of the last areas of the Indian subcontinent to fall under British rule. With the end of British rule in 1947 the province was split between West Punjab, which went to Pakistan, and East Punjab, which went to India...
, in India
India
India , 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 with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.He was born in an Arain
Arain
The Arain , are a Muslim agricultural caste settled mainly in the Punjab, with significant numbers also in Sindh. They are chiefly associated with farming, traditionally being landlords or zamindars.- Origin :...
family of India
India
India , 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 with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
. He excelled in his studies as a student and obtained a B.A (Honours) in Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, followed by his M.Phil
Master of Philosophy
The Master of Philosophy is a postgraduate research degree.An M.Phil. is a lesser degree than a Doctor of Philosophy , but in many cases it is considered to be a more senior degree than a taught Master's degree, as it is often a thesis-only degree. In some instances, an M.Phil...
and D.Phil
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
in Mathematical sciences
Mathematical sciences
Mathematical sciences is a broad term that refers to those academic disciplines that are primarily mathematical in nature but may not be universally considered subfields of mathematics proper...
from D.A.V College Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System
Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System
The Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System, also familiarly known as the D.A.V. Public Schools System is the single largest non-governmental education society in India . It is based on the ideals of the religious and social reformer, Swami Dayanand Saraswati...
in Jalandhar
Jalandhar
Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...
. He married Zubaida Khatoon, daughter of Dr. Badr-ud-Din of Railway Road, Jalandhar, and sister of his childhood friend Dr. Habib-ur-Rehman graduate of King Edward Medical University and an FRCS of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is an organisation dedicated to the pursuit of excellence and advancement in surgical practice, through its interest in education, training and examinations, its liaison with external medical bodies and representation of the modern surgical workforce...
.
Civil services
M.M. harif joined the Survey of IndiaSurvey of India
The Survey of India is India's central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying. Set up in 1767 to help consolidate the territories of the British East India Company, it is one of the oldest Engineering Departments of the Government of India...
during the early 1940s. He was the only Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
officer to be selected, along with a Hindu and an English officer.
After the Partition he migrated to Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
and re-joined the newly formed Survey of Pakistan
Survey of Pakistan
Survey of Pakistan is the sole national mapping and land surveying government agency of Pakistan. Its head of department is titles as "Surveyor General of Pakistan"....
and served as OC, Deputy Director Photogrammetry, Director Map Publications, Director Field Surveys and Surveyor General of Pakistan. His postings included Dehradun
Dehradun
- Geography :The Dehradun district has various types of physical geography from Himalayan mountains to Plains. Raiwala is the lowest point at 315 meters above sea level, and the highest points are within the Tiuni hills, rising to 3700 m above sea level...
, Murree
Murree
Murree city is a popular hill station and a summer resort, especially for the residents of Rawalpindi/Islamabad, and for the cities of the province of Punjab, Pakistan...
, Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...
, Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Sindh
is the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...
, Sukkur
Sukkur
Sukkur, or Sakharu , formerly Aror and Bakar, is the third largest city of Sindh province, situated on the west bank of Indus River in Pakistan in Sukkur District. However, the word Sakharu in Sindhi means "superior", which the spelling of the city's name in Sindhi suggests is the origin of the...
and Sylhet
Sylhet
Sylhet , is a major city in north-eastern Bangladesh. It is the main city of Sylhet Division and Sylhet District, and was granted metropolitan city status in March 2009. Sylhet is located on the banks of the Surma Valley and is surrounded by the Jaintia, Khasi and Tripura hills...
in East Pakistan
East Pakistan
East Pakistan was a provincial state of Pakistan established in 14 August 1947. The provincial state existed until its declaration of independence on 26 March 1971 as the independent nation of Bangladesh. Pakistan recognized the new nation on 16 December 1971. East Pakistan was created from Bengal...
. As Surveyor General he served under the governments of President Yahya Khan
Yahya Khan
General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan Qizilbash, H.Pk, HJ, S.Pk, psc was the third President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971, following the resignation of Ayub Khan...
, Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Chief Martial Law Administrator General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He was the last civilian to serve as the Surveyor General of Pakistan. All subsequent S.G.'s are now Pakistan Army officers of Major General rank. He was preceded by Mr. Hassan and the succeeding S.G. was Brigadier Syed of the Pakistan Army.
M.M.Sharif represented his department at the Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO) and Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact, signed in September 1954 in Manila, Philippines. The formal institution of SEATO was established on 19 February...
(SEATO). His foreign tours included Denmark, Germany, Iran, Jordan, Switzerland, Turkey, Thailand, UK and US.
Mr. Sharif died on October 22, 1997, in the family home in Rawalpindi, reputedly of a broken heart a year after the murder of his beloved wife. He was survived by his four grown children: Mrs. Sabha Naeem, wife of retired Brigadier Naeem (RV&FC), Farooq Zakhi, Daud Sharif & Zubair Sharif (deceased September 2009) and five grandchildren.
Salman Rashid, Mrs. Sharif's nephew, and a much acclaimed writer in Pakistan, has travelled to India and interviewed the son of one of the Sikh assassins of Dr. Badr-ud-Din and family, during the 1948 Partition, in Jalandhar, among others and various newspapers article have been published both in India and Pakistan.
External links
- http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P027