Jamsheed marker

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Jamsheed Marker (born November 24, 1922 in Hyderabad , † June 21, 2018 in Karachi ) was a Pakistani diplomat with a 42-year diplomatic career. He served as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States from September 17, 1986 to June 30, 1989 in the governments of Muhammad Khan Junejo and Benazir Bhutto .

Life

Marker was born into a Parsi family in 1922 . His father, Kekobad Ardeshir Marker, ran a pharmacy. He attended Doon School in India and then Forman Christian College in Lahore . He pursued his passion, cricket, at both schools. Marker commanded a minesweeper unit during World War II . He then worked as a cricket commentator on the radio. Cricket is by far the most popular sport in Pakistan. His first game, the Tour of India in Pakistan in 1954, he commented on the radio with Omar Kureishi. He worked in his own family business until 1965 when he became Pakistan's Ambassador to Ghana . He was also active in Mali and Guinea . He represented Pakistan as ambassador to Europe and North America . Marker was appointed Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States in 1986. He was instrumental in the negotiations on the withdrawal of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan . He also worked closely with Zia ul Haq on Pakistan's nuclear program . In 1999, Marker was the permanent representative of the UN in East Timor . In 2003, Marker published the book East Timor: A Memoir of the Negotiations for Independence about his time at the UN . Marker was highly valued and respected in Pakistan as a non-Muslim. He had close ties with Pakistani government leaders. However, he criticized the politicians Bhutto , Nawaz Sharif and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto . Marker taught international relations in Florida from 1995 to 2004 . Marker was appointed Diplomat at large by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for his long career in diplomacy . He was also awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz in 2011 by President Asif Ali Zardari .

Works

  • East Timor. A Memoir of the Negotiations for Independence
  • The American Papers. Secret and Confidential India-Pakistan-Bangladesh Documents (with Roedad ​​Khan)
  • Quiet Diplomacy: Memoirs of an Ambassador of Pakistan

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Salman Masood: Jamsheed Marker, Leading Pakistani Diplomat, Dies at 95 in the New York Times on June 29, 2018, accessed December 2, 2018.
  2. ^ The International Who's Who 1992–93 . Taylor & Francis, 1992, p. 1065, accessed December 2, 2018.
  3. ^ Imtiaz Ali: Jamsheed Markar passes away in Karachi . Dawn. June 21, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  4. ^ Jamsheed Marker: East Timor: A Memoir of the Negotiations for Independence . McFarland, Jefferson 2003, ISBN 0-7864-1571-1 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
personal data
SURNAME Marker, Jamsheed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pakistani diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Hyderabad
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 2018
Place of death Karachi