F. S. Aijazuddin

Fakir Syed Aijazuddin OBE is a Pakistani historian, academic and business executive. From November 2007 to April 2008, he served as Punjab's interim Minister for Culture, Tourism and Environment.

Aijazuddin was born in 1942.^[1] He received his education from the Aitchison College in Lahore and Berkhamsted School in England, and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1965.^[1]

During the 1970s, Aijazuddin worked in various public sector projects across Pakistan, including as a director at the National Fertilizer Corporation. From 1980 to 1989, he worked at the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in an executive role.^[1] In 1989, he returned to Pakistan and served as CEO of International General Insurance and the First International Investment Bank. Aijazuddin was also a board member of the Lahore Stock Exchange, Oil & Gas Development Company, PTCL, National Transmission & Despatch Company and Bata Pakistan.^[1]

Aijazuddin has taught accounting and management at the Lahore University of Management Sciences and Forman Christian College University. From 2006 to 2008, he was a faculty member at the National School of Public Policy where he taught international relations. From 2008 and 2012, he served as the principal of Aitchison College.^[1]

Additionally, he has also been the chairman of the Lahore Museum and a fellow of the National College of Arts.^[1]

Between November 2007 and April 2008, Aijazuddin was a member of the interim Punjab cabinet. He served as Punjab's Minister for Culture, Tourism and Environment.^[1][2]

Since 1994, he has been the UK government's honorary consul in Lahore, for which he received an Order of the British Empire in 1997.^[1] He retired from the post in June 2022.

He is married to Shahnaz (herself a writer of note). They have three children - Momina, Mubarika, and Komail - and also two grandchildren Raeya and Ramiz.

Pahari Paintings & Sikh Portraits in the Lahore Museum (1977).

Sikh Portraits by European Artists (1979).

Aitchison College - The First Hundred Years 1886 - 1986 (1986).

Lahore - Illustrated Views of the Nineteenth Century (1993).

Historical Images of Pakistan (1994).

The Armless Queen and Other Essays (1994).

Rare Maps of Pakistan (2000).

From a Head, Through a Head, To a Head: The Secret Channel between the US and China through Pakistan (2000).

The Bark of a Pen. A Miscellany of Articles and Speeches (2001).

The White House & Pakistan: Secret Declassified Documents, 1969-74 (2002).

Lahore Recollected: An Album (2003).

When Bush Comes to Shove & Other Writings (2006).

The Counterfoils of My Years: 1942-1971 (2007).

Commanding Success: Aitchison College, 1886-2011 (2011).

From a Minister’s Journal (2013).

The Resourceful Fakirs: Three Muslim brothers at the Sikh Court of Lahore (2014).

The Morning After: Writings and Speeches, 2006-2014 (Lahore, 2015).

The Fickle Years: Memoirs 1972-79 (2016).

Sketches from a Howdah: Charlotte, Lady Canning’s Tours, 1858-61 (2019).

Shooting Words: Writings, 2014-18 (2020).

Imperial Curiosity: Early Views of Pakistan, 1845-1906 (2021).

Studies in Majesty: Paintings by August Schoefft and related portraits (2021).