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Shoaib Sultan Khan
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Shoaib Sultan Khan

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Community-led rural development in Pakistan.

Rural support programmes

Born
11 July 1933
Birthplace
Moradabad

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Shoaib Sultan Khan

Development practitioner who organised rural support programmes around local leadership, saving and skills. Worked in government and international development before continuing voluntarily after retirement.

Early life

Education

Born in Moradabad and raised within an extended household. Studied English at Lucknow University and public administration at Cambridge.

Career

  1. 1953

    Teaching

    Began work as a lecturer.

  2. 1955–1978

    Civil service

    Held administrative posts in Pakistan.

  3. 1959

    Rural development

    Encountered Akhter Hameed Khan’s approach to community organisation.

  4. 1972

    Daudzai project

    Helped establish a rural development pilot programme.

Selected work

Rural support programmes

Applied collective saving, local leadership and training to rural development.

Beyond work

Voluntary service

Continued working full-time with Pakistan’s Rural Support Programmes after retirement, on a voluntary basis.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Digital Library, Institute of Rural Management. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.