Former caretaker PM Moeen Qureshi passes away
Moeen Qureshis funeral prayer will be offered in Maryland, United States.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Former caretaker Prime Minister Moeen Qureshi died in United States on Tuesday at the age of 86, Dunya News reported.
Moeen Qureshi served as the caretaker prime pinister of Pakistan from 18 July 1993 to 19 October 1993 after both Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan resigned from their respected offices.
Moeen Qureshi was born in Lahore on 26 June 1930. He attended the Government College University in Lahore where he gained BA (Honors) in Economics and received an MA in Economics from the Punjab University. He received the Fulbright scholarship and went to the United States to attend the Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where he earned a PhD in Economics in 1955.
He returned to Pakistan in 1955 and joined the country s civil service and was initially posted at the Planning Commission. In 1956, he resigned from the Planning Commission and went to the United States to join the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
In 1981, Moeen Qureshi joined the World Bank and become the senior vice president of finance, which he remained until 1987. Eventually, he was appointed the Senior Vice President of the World Bank and oversaw its financial operations all over the world.
In 1993, he returned to Pakistan and served as caretaker prime minister from 18 July 1993 to 19 October 1993. Moeen Qureshi returned to New York in 1993 after his three-month tenure as caretaker prime minister and established a consultant office with the help of his son.
Moeen Qureshi died on Tuesday (November 22). His funeral prayer will be offered in Maryland, United States.
