Sharifuddin Pirzada (شریف الدین پیرزادہ سيد) NI (12 June 1923 – 2 June 2017) was a Pakistani Barrister who served as a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
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Sharifuddin Pirzada
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شریف الدین پیرزادہ سيد
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Pirzada in 2007
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| 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 31 August 1966 – 1 May 1968 | |
| President | Ayub Khan |
| Preceded by | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Succeeded by | Mian Arshad Hussain |
| Attorney General of Pakistan | |
| In office 1968–1971 | |
| President | Yahya Khan |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Yahya Bakhtiar |
| In office 1977–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Yahya Bakhtiar |
| Succeeded by | Aziz A. Munshi |
| Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | |
| In office 1985–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Habib Chatty |
| Succeeded by | Hamid Algabid |
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| Born | (1923-06-12)12 June 1923 Burhanpur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India (now in Madhya Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 2 June 2017(2017-06-02) (aged 93) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Political party | All-India Muslim League (Before 1947) Muslim League (1947–1958) |
| Alma mater | University of Mumbai Inns of Court School of Law |
| Awards | Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1998) |
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Sharifuddin Pirzada was born in the city of Burhanpur, in what is today Madhya Pradesh, to parents Mir Niazi Pirzada and his wife, Fatima. His father was a noted barrister as well, serving in the Indian Civil Service at the time and posted in the state.[citation needed]
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| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1966–1968 |
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| New office | Attorney General of Pakistan 1968–1971 |
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| Preceded by | Attorney General of Pakistan 1977–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation 1985–1988 |
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