Ahmed Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer

Ahmed Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer was a Central Legislative Assembly member. He was politician and businessman in Pakistan.[1]

Ahmed Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer
Born(1909-08-09)August 9, 1909
Poona
Died1990
NationalityPakistani
Occupation(s)Politician and businessman
Known forCentral Legislative Assembly member

Early life

Jaffar was born on 9 August 1909 in Poona.[2] His father Sir Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer was a businessman.[3] He studied at Anglo Urdu Boys' High School and Deccan College.[4][5]

Career

Jaffar was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly in 1934.[2] At 25, he was the youngest.[4][3] In 1945, he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly of India from Bombay.[4] He was one of two representatives of the Muslim community from the Bombay Presidency.[4] He served as the deputy whip of the All India Muslim League in the Central Legislative Assembly.[4]After the Partition of India, Jaffar served as the President of the Pakistan Chamber of Film Industry.[4] From 1948 to 1950, he was the president of Pakistan Olympic Association.[4] Jaffar was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan.[2] From 1947 to 1955, he served in the Parliament of Pakistan.[2] He also incorporated his family business, founded in 1849 in Pune, in Karachi in 1948.[6]

Global policy

He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a world constitution.[7][8] As a result, for the first time in human history, a World Constituent Assembly convened to draft and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.[9]

Death and legacy

Jaffar died in 1990.[6] His memory is preserved by the Ahmed E. H. Jaffer Foundation in Pakistan.[3]

References
  1. Singh, Nagendra Kr (2001). Encyclopaedia of Muslim Biography: I-M. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 111. ISBN 978-81-7648-233-2.
  2. "AJCL – Ahmed Jaffer & Company (Pvt) Ltd". ajcl.co. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  3. "KARACHI: Ahmed Jaffer's biography launched". DAWN.COM. 2002-01-13. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  4. "Olympedia – Ahmed Jaffer". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  5. Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan. Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan. 1960.
  6. "ABOUT US". Jaffar. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  7. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961". Helen Keller Archive. American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  8. "Letter from World Constitution Coordinating Committee to Helen, enclosing current materials". Helen Keller Archive. American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  9. "Preparing earth constitution | Global Strategies & Solutions | The Encyclopedia of World Problems". The Encyclopedia of World Problems | Union of International Associations (UIA). Retrieved 2023-07-15.
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