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Following the separation of East
Pakistan in 1971, Habib Rahimtoola's business interests suffered a major setback. He however continued his support for Pakistan serving as Chair of the Pakistan Red Cross on the insistence of then President Yahya Khan, followed by the tenure of Zulfiqar Ali Buutto.
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In the late 1950s, he entered private business by setting up an investment company called
Bandenawaz (Pvt) Ltd. Habib also served as Minister in various capacities of Commerce, Industries and Petroleum. He also led the Pakistan trade delegations to the
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Secretary General of the Muslim Students Union at his college between 1927 and 1931. After completing his further education Rahimtoola proceeded to business affairs. He was also a supporter of the
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The road connecting Shahr-e-Faisal to the
National Stadium in Karachi is named 'Habib Rahimtoola Road' in lieu of his services as founding Chairman of the Karachi Development Authority
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Conference 1948, International Trade and
Employment Conference Geneva 1948, Commonwealth Finance Ministers Conference 1949, South East Asian Conference on
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Rahimtoola was also recipient of the First Class Order of the Sacred
Treasure from the Emperor of Japan. He founded the Photographic Society of Pakistan.
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was a noted Indian Politician who remained Mayor of Bombay city and served as President of the Central Legislative Assembly.
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Habib Rahimtoola was Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Commonwealth Society.
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of Pakistan and chairman Pakistan Red Cross. He continued in public service until his retirement in the late 1970s.
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Habib Rahimtoola died on 2 January 1991 whilst resident in
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118:St. Xavier's College
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744:Governor of Punjab
729:Political offices
411:Ibrahim Rahimtoola
332:Governor of Punjab
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246:formally from the
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1242:Rakhman Gul
1223:Constantine
956:Montmorency
946:Montmorency
870:Fitzpatrick
420:and cousin
380:Brooke Bond
174:Syed Ghawas
1385:Categories
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1286:Rahimuddin
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996:Chundrigar
835:Montgomery
454:References
416:His uncle
124:Occupation
42:1912-03-12
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1276:Jahan Dad
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388:AkzoNobel
357:Ayub Khan
239:in 1946.
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885:Ibbetson
830:Lawrence
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448:Pakistan
394:Accolade
272:G.A.T.T.
256:Pakistan
190:Calcutta
106:(father)
81:Pakistan
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1296:Ebrahim
1233:Gurmani
1131:Rajwana
1106:Maqbool
1061:Qureshi
1046:Hussain
1031:Qureshi
1011:Gurmani
991:Nishtar
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855:Egerton
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704:. 1991.
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474:. 2000.
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73:Karachi
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1311:Haroon
1301:Haroon
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1266:Shaikh
1261:Khanji
1251:Talpur
1246:Bhutto
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1146:Baligh
1141:Cheema
1136:Sarwar
1126:Sarwar
1111:Taseer
1101:Safdar
1056:Jilani
1041:Abbasi
1016:Rahman
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