Ali Muhammad Rashidi

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Pir Ali Muhammad Rashidi (Urdu: پیر علی محمد راشدی‎ ,1905–1987) was a Pakistani politician, scholar, bureaucrat, journalist and a well-known writer. He was from Rashidi Syed. He was the elder brother of scholar Pir Hassam-ud-Din Rashidi.

His father Pir Muhammad Hamid Shah lived in Bahman village, Ratodero Taluka, Larkana District, Sindh. Pir Shahab got his early education from Molvi Muhammad Soomar and Molvi Muhammad Sidiq. He taught himself Persian, Urdu and English. He also studied English with Marmaduke Pickthall.

Career[]

Rashidi started his career as a journalist for the newspaper in 1924. He was appointed editor of Al Rashid in 1928 at Sukkur. He also served as editor of Al Amin. He was appointed as the secretary of Mohammad Ayub Khuhro in 1927. He started his own newspaper in 1934. He was also appointed the editor of the English-language newspaper in 1948. He served as the president of the .

Political career[]

Rashidi started his political career in 1926 by joining the . He also fought for the election of Sindh in Bombay. He joined the Peoples Party of Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto in 1934. He was also considered among the founders of . He joined the Muslim League in 1938 and supported the foundation of Pakistan as Secretary of the Sindh Provincial Muslim League and as Secretary of the Foreign Committee of the All India Muslim League. According to the late Yusuf Abdullah Haroon (an elder statesman of Pakistan), Rashidi was involved in the drafting of the Pakistan Resolution of 1940 that is also known as the Lahore Resolution. After 1947 he was instrumental in reinstating the Gaddi of Pir Pagara and ignored the Frontier Regulation. He won the seat of MPA in the Sindh Assembly in the election of 1953, and was appointed as Minister of Revenue. In the era of Mohammad Ayub Khuhro, he served as Minister of Health, Revenue and Information. He also served as Federal Minister for Information under Prime Minister Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, up until he resigned in 1957.

Diplomat and author[]

He served as Pakistan's ambassador to the Philippines from 1957 to 1961 and was Doyen of the diplomatic corps there. He also served as an ambassador in China for 10 months, during which he concluded negotiations for the border agreement between Pakistan and China which Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto later signed on behalf of Pakistan. His work and journalism also took him to Hong Kong.

Rashidi wrote books in Sindhi, Urdu and English on politics, biographies, local issues and diaries.

Selected publications[]

• Uhee Denhin Uhee Shenih (3 volumes)
• Jager Dari Jo Khatimo
• Sindh jee Nain Wizarat
• Boodin Ja Imdadi Masla
• Cheen jee (diary)
• Imam Inqlaab
• Sindh Ways and Days

See also[]

• Hassam-ud-Din Rashidi
• Nabi Bux Khan Baloch
• Dr. Umar Bin Muhammad Daudpota
• Mirza Qalich Baig
• Allama I. I. Kazi
• Elsa Kazi
• Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo
• Ratodero
• Larkana
• Sindhi literature

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