Muhammad Shoaib
{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=July 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Muhammad Shoaib
| office = 4th & 6th Minister of Finance
| termstart = 15 December 1962
| termend = 25 August 1966
| termstart1 = 15 November 1958
| termend1 = 8 June 1962
| president = Ayub Khan
| president1 = Ayub Khan
| predecessor1 = Syed Amjad Ali
| successor1 = Abdul Qadir Sanjrani
| predecessor = Abdul Qadir Sanjrani
| successor = N M Uqaili
| birth_place = Amilo, Azamgarh, United Provinces, British India
| birth_date = 1907
| death_date = 13 May 1976 (aged 70)
| death_place = Washington, D.C.
| children = Nafis Sadik (daughter)
| alma_mater = Allahabad University
}}
Muhammad Shoaib ({{langx|ur|محمد شعیب}}); 1907–13 May 1976) was a Pakistani politician who served as the finance minister of Pakistan from 15 November 1958 to 8 June 1962 and again from 15 December 1962 to 23 March 1965.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/14/archives/mohamed-shoaib-70-dies-expakistan-finance-chief.html|title=Mohamed Shoaib, 70, Dies; Ex-Pakistan Finance Chief|date=1976-05-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2025-01-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806161116/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/14/archives/mohamed-shoaib-70-dies-expakistan-finance-chief.html|archive-date=6 August 2023|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1270432 |date=13 July 2016|title=From the past pages of Dawn: 1966: Fifty years ago: New Finance Minister|newspaper=Dawn|location=Pakistan|access-date=16 January 2025|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705232958/https://www.dawn.com/news/1270432}}
Early life and career
He was born in 1907 at Amilo, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, British India.
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.{{cite web|url=http://todayinpakistan.com/pakistan-nuclear-program-history/|title=Pakistan Nuclear Program - History, Names to Remember (1947 - 1998) [Muhammad Shoaib was averse to Pakistan Nuclear Program]|author=Asim Farooq|publisher=Today in Pakistan newspaper|date=24 May 2016|access-date=16 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527114144/http://todayinpakistan.com/pakistan-nuclear-program-history/|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 May 2016}}
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.
Personal life
Muhammad Shoaib was married to Iffat Ara and they had a daughter named Nafis Sadik, a world population control activitist.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-04-mn-34914-story.html|title=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|newspaper=Los Angeles Times newspaper|date=4 September 1994|access-date=16 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112122720/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-04-mn-34914-story.html|archive-date=12 January 2023|url-status=dead}}
Death
References
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{{Finance Minister of Pakistan}}
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{{succession box |title=Finance Minister of Pakistan|
years=1958–1962|
before=Syed Amjad Ali|
after=Abdul Qadir Sanjrani}}
{{succession box |title=Finance Minister of Pakistan|
years=1962–1965|
before=Abdul Qadir Sanjrani|
after=N M Uqaili}}
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Category:Indian emigrants to Pakistan
Category:Ministers of finance of Pakistan
Category:Politicians from Karachi
Category:People from Azamgarh district
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