For the Pakistani lawyer and politician, see Zafarullah Khan (lawyer).
Justice Sir
Ch. Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
KCSI
محمد ظفر اللہ خان
Khan in 1939
1st Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 27 December 1947 – 24 October 1954
Prime Minister
Liaquat Ali Khan Khawaja Nazimuddin Muhammad Ali Bogra
Preceded by
Liaquat Ali Khan
Succeeded by
Muhammad Ali Bogra
President of the United Nations General Assembly
In office 1961–1962
Preceded by
Mongi Slim
Succeeded by
Carlos Sosa Rodríguez
President of the International Court of Justice
In office 1970–1973
Deputy
Fouad Ammoun
Preceded by
José Bustamante y Rivero
Succeeded by
Manfred Lachs
Personal details
Born
(1893-02-06)6 February 1893 Wazirabad, Punjab, British India (now Punjab, Pakistan)
Died
1 September 1985(1985-09-01) (aged 92) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party
All-India Muslim League (Before 1947) Muslim League (1947–1958)
Alma mater
Government College University, Lahore King's College London
Sir Chaudhry Muhammad Zafarullah KhanKCSI (Urdu: محمد ظفر اللہ خان; 6 February 1893 – 1 September 1985) was a Pakistani jurist and diplomat who served as the first Foreign Minister of Pakistan. After serving as foreign minister he continued his international career and is the only Pakistani to preside over the International Court of Justice.[1] He also served as the President of the UN General Assembly. He is the only person to date to serve as the President of both UN General Assembly and the International Court of Justice.[2][3]
Khan became one of the most vocal proponents of Pakistan and led the case for the separate nation in the Radcliffe Commission which drew the countries of modern-day South Asia.[4][5] He moved to Karachi in August 1947 and became a member of Pakistan's first cabinet serving as the country's debut foreign minister under the Liaquat administration. He remained Pakistan's top diplomat until 1954 when he left to serve on the International Court of Justice and remained on the court as a judge until 1958 when he became the court's vice president. He left the Hague in 1961 to become the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, a position he served until 1964.[6]
During his time at the UN, he also represented the State of Palestine in a de facto capacity.[7] He left the UN in 1964 to return to the ICJ and, in 1970, he became the first and only Pakistani to serve as the President of the International Court of Justice, a position he maintained until 1973.[8] He returned to Pakistan and retired in Lahore where he died in 1985 at the age of 92. Khan is considered one of the leading founding fathers of Pakistan[9] and a prominent figure in Pakistan.[10] He authored several books on Islam both in Urdu and English.[11]
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^Bhattacharya, Samir (2013). Nothing but!. Book three, What price freedom. India. ISBN 978-1-4828-1625-9. OCLC 1152260969.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Muhammad Zafarullah Khan. The Reminiscences of Zafrulla Khan.
^"Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafaullah Khan - Nusrat Jahan College". njc.edu.pk. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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^"A nation that forgets its heroes will itself soon be forgotten – The Express Tribune Blog". blogs.tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^Khan, Wali. "Facts are Facts: The Untold Story of India's Partition" (PDF). pp. 40–42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
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