12-2091: For the Iranian village, see Gohar, Iran . For the Pakistani village, see Gohar, Pakistan . Gohar and Gauhar are given names and surnames. Gawhar is a given name. Bearers of the name include: Given name [ edit ] Gohar [ edit ] Gohar Ali Shah , Pakistani politician from Mardan District, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Gohar Dashti (born 1980), Iranian photographer and video artist Gohar Faiz (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer Gohar Gasparyan (1924–2007), Armenian opera singer Gohar Gasparyan (television presenter) , Armenian television presenter Gohar Ayub Khan (1937-2023), Pakistani politician Gohar Kheirandish (born 1954), Iranian actress Gohar Markosjan-Käsper (1949–2015), Armenian-Estonian writer Gohar Mamajiwala (1910–1985), Indian singer, actress, producer and studio owner Gohar Muradyan , Armenian philologist and translator Gohar Nabil (born 1973), Egyptian handball player Gohar Rasheed (born 1984), Pakistani actor Gohar Shah (born 1995), Pakistani cricketer Gohar Zaman (born 1979), Pakistani footballer Gauhar [ edit ] Gauhar Ara Begum (1631–c. 1706), Mughal princess, daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal Gauhar Afroz (born 1965), also known as Gori , Pakistani retired film actress Gauhar Ali (born 1989), Pakistani cricketer Gauhar Hafeez (born 1999), Pakistani cricketer Gauhar Jaan (1873–1930), Indian singer and dancer Gauhar Jamil (c. 1925–1980), Bangladeshi dancer born Ganesh Nath Gauhar Raza (born 1956), Indian poet, social activist and documentary filmmaker Gauhar Rehman (1936–2003), Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician Gawhar [ edit ] Gawhar (died between 1892 and 1921), third wife of Baháʼu'lláh, founder of
24-512: A broadcaster on All India Radio . Gauhar entered the Civil Service of Pakistan in 1948. Starting his career as Secretary, State Bank of Pakistan . He rose to be Information Secretary Government of Pakistan at the age of 39. During his tenure, draconian laws governing the press were passed, something for which Gauhar later publicly apologised. He was a gifted writer and became very close to President Ayub Khan , so much so that he
36-662: Is a village in Qaleh-ye Khvajeh Rural District , in the Central District of Andika County , Khuzestan Province , Iran . At the 2006 census, its population was 85, in 11 families. This Andika County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Altaf Gauhar Altaf Hussain Gauhar Janjua (17 March 1923 – 14 November 2000) was a civil servant, journalist , poet, and writer from Pakistan, close to
48-1058: The Baháʼí Faith religion Hajji Gawhar Khanum , first female poet and astronomer of the 19th-century Qajar empire Gawhar Shad (died 1457), chief consort of Shah Rukh, ruler of the Timurid Empire Gowhar [ edit ] Gowhar Khanum , Qajar princess and the daughter of Fath-Ali Shah Gowhar Qajar , Iranian poetess and astronomer of the Qajar era Surname [ edit ] Gohar [ edit ] Ali Gohar, birth name of Shah Alam II (1728–1806), Mughal emperor Ali Gohar , Pakistani scholar and restorative justice expert Bushra Gohar , Pakistani politician and Pashtun human rights activist Hamed Gohar , Egyptian oceanographer and biologist Nouran Gohar (born 1997), Egyptian squash player Gauhar [ edit ] Altaf Gauhar (1923–2000), Pakistani civil servant, journalist, poet, and writer very close to
60-778: The country’s first military dictator Ayub Khan to the point that his detractors called him Khan’s Svengali and Goebbels . Gauhar was born in Gujranwala on 17 March 1923 into a Punjabi family of the Rajput - Janjua clan to Raja Tafazzal Hussain Janjua, a minor government official, as the eldest of his five children. Gauhar did his post graduation in English literature from the Government College University, Lahore . Before partition Gauhar worked as
72-552: The country’s first military dictator, Ayub Khan Madeeha Gauhar (1956–2018), Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist Ranjana Gauhar , Indian classical dancer See also [ edit ] Jauhar , an act of mass self-immolation by women in parts of the Indian subcontinent Jawhar (disambiguation) Gauahar Khan (born 1983), Indian model and actress [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
84-422: The high civil award of Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam. Through some palace intrigues, another military dictator, Yahya Khan , assumed power on 25 March 1969. A day or two before that he had had a serious altercation with Altaf Gauhar who wanted Ayub Khan to continue. In 1969, Gauhar was initially marginalized as Director Finance Services Academy Lahore, a position much lower in rank than a Central Secretary. Subsequently, he
96-558: The last one shortly before he died, when he was in great pain and undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. On release from prison, he left Dawn newspaper and went to London and launched the journals Third World Review and Third World Quarterly (in association with The Guardian newspaper), South magazine, and established the Third World Foundation. After BCCI went into liquidation, he returned to Pakistan, and continued into journalism. He exclusively devoted himself to
108-554: The role of editor-in-chief of the Muslim magazine. Towards the end of his life, Gauhar restricted himself to an occasional column in the newspaper The Muslim , but left the newspaper when its editor, A. B. S. Jafri, was sacked by the owner. According to newspaper, The Guardian, "In Pakistan, on his death, he was commemorated as "a very eminent Pakistani", a man who knew power and how it could be used or abused". Altaf Gauhar died of prostate cancer on 14 November 2000 at
120-503: The same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gohar&oldid=1253971355 " Categories : Given names Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Gohar, Iran Gohar ( Persian : گهر )
132-467: Was dismissed from service and all his four civil awards were forfeited. On leaving the civil service in 1969, he became editor of the Pakistani daily newspaper Dawn in 1970. Later, when Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was chief martial law administrator, he was twice imprisoned. It was while in jail, that Gauhar became deeply absorbed by the Quran, from which he was later to make several distinguished translations,
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#1732772678907144-431: Was known as the de facto vice president of Pakistan. He was the main ghost writer for the latter's autobiography entitled Friends Not Masters , published 1967. After the death of his old mentor, he wrote the biography, Ayub Khan : Pakistan's First Military Ruler . The last official act of the dictator Ayub Khan before handing over power as president was to invite Altaf Gauhar to lunch with his family and bestow on him
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