Abdul Qadir (banker)

Abdul Qadir was born in 1903 in Jallandhar, British India. He studied at Forman Christian College in Lahore.^[3]

Before the partition of India in 1947, Qadir served on administrative and advisory positions within the Government of India.^[3] He was part of the Indian Audit and Accounts Services, working in the Accounts Offices of New Delhi, Nagpur, and Calcutta.^[3] In 1936, he transferred to the Ministry of Finance and was assigned to the Finance and Commerce Cadre.^[3] Later, he served as the Income-Tax Commissioner for Punjab, Delhi, and the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).^[3]

Following the creation of Pakistan, Qadir was appointed Joint Secretary in Ministry of Finance and later became the chairman of the Central Board of Revenue.^[3] In 1950, he was appointed Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, becoming the first Pakistani to hold this position after succeeding Victor Turner.^[3]