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

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

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. 1 2 3 4 "AJCL – Ahmed Jaffer & Company (Pvt) Ltd". ajcl.co. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  3. 1 2 3 "KARACHI: Ahmed Jaffer's biography launched". DAWN.COM. 2002-01-13. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Olympedia – Ahmed Jaffer". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  5. ↑ Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan. Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan. 1960.
  6. 1 2 "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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