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Haque, Kazi Anwarul (1909-2001) bureaucrat, technocrat
adviser-minister and writer. Kazi Anwarul Haque was born in Dhaka on 8
February 1909. His father Khan Bahadur kazi
imdadul huq was a literateur reputed for his classic Bangla
novel Abdullah. Anwarul Haque obtained his grduation from the Dhaka
University in 1932. He joined the Indian Police Service in 1932, and served
as district superintendent of police in both East and West Bengal.
After the partition of India in 1947 he opted for Pakistan and
then served as superintendent of police in Chittagong. In 1953,
he was promoted to the post of Deputy Inspector General, and in
1958, to the rank of Inspector General of Police. Later he was
absorbed in the civil service, and was the first Bangali to be
appointed as the Chief Secretary to the Government of East Pakistan
in 1961. He served as the chairman of Pakistan Central Public
Service Commission (1963-65).
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Kazi Anwarul Haque |
In 1965, he was inducted into the Federal Cabinet of
Pakistan as Minister for Education, Health, Labour and Social Welfare,
a position which he held till 1969. Thereafter he was associated with
the management of industries and business enterprises.
In Bangladesh, after the change of government in 1975
he was invited to join the Council of Advisors and Ministers. He held
this position for six years during the presidency of Abusadat
Mohammad sayem, ziaur
rahman and Justice abdus
sattar.
After retirement, Anwarul Haque wrote his memoir Under
Three Flags : Reminiscence of a Public Servant, an account of things
and events witnessed by him under the three regimes he served in various
capacities. He wrote a book on the freedom movement of the country entitled
In Quest of Freedom (1991). He was an ardent supporter of the concept
of 'community police', and he took keen interest in the efficiency and
welfare of the police force even after his retirement. He died in November
2001. [Kazi Ebadul Hoque]
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