Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, KCSI (6 February 1893 – 1 September 1985) was a Pakistani diplomat,First Asian President of the International Court of Justice,President of the UN General Assembly, Pakistan’s first foreign minister, renowned international jurist and a member as well as scholar of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Zafrullah was born on February 6, 1893, in Sialkot, Pakistan, the son of Nasrullah Khan. He graduated from the Government College, Lahore, in 1911. Between 1911 and 1914 he studied at King’s College London and was called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn. Returning to India he practised law in Sialkot, until July 1916, and lectured in the Law College, Lahore, during 1919 to 1924, and practised law in Lahore up to 1935.

Sir Zafarullah Khan in a meeting with President John F Kennedy

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