Omar Hayat Malik was a Pakistani politician, educationist and diplomat.[1]
In British India, Malik served as the principal of the Islamia College, Peshawar and Islamia College, Lahore.[2] A participant in the Pakistan Movement,[1] he was elected[a] to the Constituent Assembly of India as a candidate of Muslim League and abdicated attendance until the Mountbatten Plan sanctioned the creation of Pakistan and its own constituent assembly.[3][4] A gifted orator, Malik wished for the new state to be a theocratic democracy.[5]
In independent Pakistan, Malik was appointed as the first vice-chancellor of the University of the Punjab.[6][7][8] However, he resigned in 1950 and joined the diplomatic corps; Malik would serve as Pakistan's ambassador to Japan, Germany, Indonesia and as High Commissioner to India.[1]
- ^ a b c Journal of Law and Society. Vol. 1. Legal Research Centre, University of Peshawar. 1982.
An eminent educationist, a renowned scholar, an accomplished diplomat and one of those who led the movement for the creation of Pakistan... Later, became Vice-Chancellor of the Punjab University. As Pakistan's ambassador, he held assignments in Indonesia, Japan, India and Germany.
- ^ Rao, B. Shiva (1968). The Framing of India's Constitution: Select Documents. Vol. I. Nasik, India: The Indian Institute of Public Administration. p. 308.
- ^ a b Rao, B. Shiva (1968). The Framing of India's Constitution: A Study. Nasik, India: The Indian Institute of Public Administration. pp. 93–95.
- ^ "Pakistan". The Commonwealth Relations Office List 1952. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1952. p. 171.
- ^ "A question of identity | Special Report | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "University of the Punjab - Former Vice Chancellors". pu.edu.pk.
- ^ Binder, Leonard (19 January 1961). "Religion and Politics in Pakistan". University of California Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Directorate, East Pakistan (Pakistan) Labour (20 January 2018). "Eastern Pakistan Labour Journal" – via Google Books.
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