Fatehyab Ali Khan

Fatehyab Ali Khan (1936 – 26 September 2010) was a Pakistani social and political activist and lawyer, who served as chairperson of the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, president of Mazdoor Kisan Party, and the first-ever president of students union of Karachi University in 1962.

Early life Fatehyab was born in 1936 in Hyderabad (Hyderabad Deccan) of British India. He migrated from Bombay (now Mumbai) to Pakistan in 1949 and settled in Karachi. He was fourteen when he entered the newly-independent Pakistan. He then served as President of the University of Karachi students union in 1962.

He was also displaced from Sindh by the military government of the country for taking part in a movement against Ayub’s coup d'état.

Fatehyab Ali Khan was also elected as the President of Mazdoor Kisan Party in Pakistan in 1989. Among the survivors was his wife, Masuma Hasan and their two sons. Masooma Hasan later became Pakistan's ambassador to Austria.