A. T. M. Mustafa

Abu Tayyab Mohammad Mustafa (, ) was a Pakistani lawyer, politician and cricketer.

Early life Mustafa was born in 1925 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Kolkata, West Bengal, India), into the family of Islamic scholar Abul Khayer. During his student life, Mustafa served as vice-president of the Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union from 1946 to 1947. Afterward, while pursuing studies in Grrat Britain, He was a right-handed batsman. His only first-class match was played in January 1956 against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club, led by Donald Carr, at the Chittagong Stadium. In that match, Mustafa captained the East Pakistan team. However, he was unsuccessful as a batsman, failing to reach double figures in either innings. The team also performed poorly and, after being forced to follow on, lost by an innings and 101 runs. Mustafa did not play any further first-class matches thereafter.

He served as vice-president of Mohammedan Sporting Club and Victoria Sporting Club, and was a member of the Dacca Improvement Trust and the organisational committee of the East Pakistan Sports Federation.

Political career In 1962, he was elected vice-president of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee. In the same year, he was inducted into the Faruque cabinet and was given charge of the Ministry of Law, Publicity and Information for East Pakistan.

On 14 January 1966, his body was repatriated from Havana to Dhaka via Karachi. After lying briefly at his residence in Dhanmondi, funeral prayers were held at the Outer Stadium Ground. He was subsequently buried beside his father's grave at Azimpur graveyard.

In the same year, several sporting events were established in his memory, including the Mustafa Memorial Cricket Cup, the A. T. M. Mustafa Football Trophy, and the A. T. M. Mustafa Memorial Badminton Shield Tournament.