Omar Hayat Malik | |
|---|---|
| 1stAmbassador to Japan | |
| Assumed office 1950 | |
| Vice ChancellorUniversity of the Punjab | |
| Principal Islamia College Peshawar | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | , |
| Alma mater | Government College, Lahore |
Omar Hayat Malik was aPakistani politician, educationist anddiplomat[1], who served the firstVice Chancellor of the University of the Panjab after the independence of Pakistan. Later he joined asAmbassador toJapan.
In British India, Malik served as the principal of theIslamia College, Peshawar andIslamia College, Lahore.[2] A participant in thePakistan Movement[1], he was elected[a] to theConstituent Assembly of India as a candidate of Muslim League and abdicated attendance until theMountbatten Plan sanctioned the creation of Pakistan and its own constituent assembly.[3][4] A gifted orator, Malik wished for the new state to be a theocratic democracy.[5]
In independent Pakistan, Malik was appointed as the firstvice-chancellor of theUniversity of the Punjab.[6][7][8] However, he resigned in 1950 and joined the diplomatic corps; Malik would serve as Pakistan's ambassador toJapan,Germany,Indonesia and as High Commissioner toIndia.[1]
An eminent educationist, a renowned scholar, an accomplished diplomat and one of those who led the movement for the creation of Pakistan... Later, became Vice-Chancellor of the Punjab University. As Pakistan's ambassador, he held assignments in Indonesia, Japan, India and Germany.
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