Muhammad Shoaib

Muhammad Shoaib (Urdu: محمد شعیب) (1907 – 13 May 1976^[1]) was the Finance Minister of Pakistan for eight years (15 November 1958 – 8 June 1962 and 15 December 1962 – 23 March 1965) during General Ayub Khan's regime.^[2]

Muhammad Shoaib
4th & 6th Minister of Finance
In office 15 December 1962 – 25 August 1966
President	Ayub Khan
Preceded by	Abdul Qadir Sanjrani
Succeeded by	N M Uqaili
In office 15 November 1958 – 8 June 1962
President	Ayub Khan
Preceded by	Syed Amjad Ali
Succeeded by	Abdul Qadir Sanjrani
Personal details
Born	1907 Amilo, Azamgarh, United Provinces, British India
Died	13 May 1976 (aged 70)
Children	Nafis Sadik (daughter)
Alma mater	Allahabad University

Early life and career

He was born in 1907 at Amilo, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, British India. He was married to Iffat Ara. He has a daughter named Nafis Sadik, who has a long distinguished career track record with the United Nations in the area of 'Family Planning and World Population control'.^[3]

Muhammad Shoaib is widely criticized for disapproving the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission's agreement with General Electric of Canada to build a 137 MW Nuclear power plant in Pakistan. Munir Ahmad Khan (then IAEA scientist) urged him for support but his diplomatic decisions created serious delay in Nuclear technology development of the country.^[4]

He resigned his position on 23 March 1965 as Finance Minister to join the World Bank as an advisor. He was associated with the World Bank for 20 years and had retired in 1975.^[2][1]

Death

Muhammad Shoaib died at his home near Washington, D. C. on 13 May 1976 at age 70.^[1]

Political offices
Preceded by Syed Amjad Ali	Finance Minister of Pakistan 1958–1962	Succeeded by Abdul Qadir Sanjrani
Preceded by Abdul Qadir Sanjrani	Finance Minister of Pakistan 1962 – 1965	Succeeded by N M Uqaili

See also

• Nafis Sadik (United Nations Under-Secretary-General) (late Muhammad Shoaib's daughter)

References

1. "Mohamed Shoaib, 70, Dies; Ex-Pakistan Finance Chief". The New York Times. 14 May 1976. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
2. "From the past pages of Dawn: 1966: Fifty years ago: New Finance Minister". Dawn. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
3. Fighting Population With Women's Rights: Meeting: Nafis Sadik has spent years promoting family planning. The head of this week's U.N. conference sees equality as key to controlling world's numbers Los Angeles Times (newspaper), Published 4 September 1994, Retrieved 8 July 2018
4. Asim Farooq (24 December 2016). "Pakistan Nuclear Program - History, Names to Remember (1947 - 1998) [Muhammad Shoaib was averse to Pakistan Nuclear Program]". Today In Pakistan (newspaper). Retrieved 15 July 2018.