Taj Haider | |
|---|---|
| Pakistan Senator from Sindh | |
| In office 5 July 1995 – 8 August 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Kamaluddin Azfar |
| Succeeded by | Farhatullah Babar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Taj Haider 8 March 1942 Kotah, Rajasthan, British Indian Empire (Present-day India.) |
| Citizenship | Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) (1967 – present) Founding member of the party |
| Alma mater | Karachi University |
| Occupation | Politician, writer, playwright, mathematician |
| Profession | Professor of mathematics |
| Committees | Member of Senate standing committee on Industries, Production, Energy, Education, Scientific and Technological Research |
| Awards | Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan in 2013 |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Karachi DJ Science College Pakistan Academy of Letters Pakistan Mathematical Society Pakistan Television (PTV) |
| Known for | Work in political literature, mathematics, and atomic bomb program |
| Notable awards | PTV Awards (2006) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2013) |
Taj Haider, SI (Urdu: تاج حيدر; born 8 March 1942) is a left-wing politician, nationalist,[1] playwright, mathematician, versatile scholar, and Marxist intellectual. He is one of the founding members of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and has been the general-secretary of the PPP since 2010.[2]
A mathematician and scientist by profession, Haider provided a vital leadership in the formative years of clandestine atomic bomb projects in the 1970s. He is also noted for his writing of political plays for the Pakistan Television (PTV) from 1979 to 1985.[2]
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