Jamsheed Marker
Pakistani diplomat (1922–2018)
Jamsheed Marker (24 November 1922 – 21 June 2018) was a Pakistani diplomat and a cricket commentator. A recipient of the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, he was associated with diplomatic career for over 42 years. He was notable for his tenure as Ambassador to the United States, serving from 17 September 1986 to 30 June 1989 during the administrations of Prime Ministers Muhammad Khan Junejo and Benazir Bhutto. He claimed to have helped negotiate the Soviet military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
From 1995 through 2005, Marker taught a course in "Diplomacy in International Relations" at Eckerd College, a private liberal arts college in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Awards and recognition
Hilal-i-Imtiaz Award (Crescent of Excellence) by President Pervez Musharraf in 2003.
Sitara-i-Quaid-e-Azam Award
Early life
Jamsheed Kekobad Ardeshir Marker was born in Hyderabad, British India, on 24 November 1922, into a distinguished Parsee (Parsi), or Zoroastrian, family that had been in the shipping business. His father was Kekobad Ardeshir Marker, who ran the family pharmaceutical business, and his mother was Meherbano Marker (née Pestonji), a homemaker.
He attended the elite Doon boarding school (The Doon School) in Dehradun, India, and Forman Christian College University in Lahore, Pakistan.
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