Mustafa Zaidi

Mustafa Zaidi (born Syed Mustafa Hasnain Zaidi; 10 October 1930 – 12 October 1970) was a Pakistani Urdu poet and a civil servant. In 1954, he passed the competitive examination and was sent to England for training before being given the posts of deputy commissioner and deputy secretary. He married Vera Zaidi, a German national, with whom he had a son and a daughter. In June 1970, he was dismissed from civil service along with 38 other Civil Service of Pakistan officers by the dictatorial regime