Ishtiaq Husain Qureshi

Historian, Academic

1903 – 1981

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Who was Ishtiaq Husain Qureshi?

Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, SP, HI, was a Pakistani historian, scholar, writer, and a professor a political history at the Karachi University.

An early activist of the historic Pakistan Movement, Qureshi served as the served in the ministries of education and frontier regions as the secretary; in addition, he successfully stood up for the parliament of Pakistan. But, due to his association with the academia, he resigned from his government appointments and joined the academic faculty at the Columbia University as a professor of Soviet history. But soon, he returned to Pakistan and founded the National Language Authority in 1970s. Later, Qureshi joined the faculty of history at the University of Karachi where he remained there the remainder of his life. Qureshi is also credited for editing a four-volume series on history of Pakistan.

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Born
Nov 20, 1903
Patiala
Also known as
  • Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi
Religion
  • Islam
Nationality
  • Pakistan
Profession
Education
  • University of Cambridge
  • St. Stephen's College, Delhi
  • Aligarh Muslim University
Lived in
  • Patiala
  • Pakistan
  • Islamabad
Died
Jan 22, 1981
Karachi

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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