Late Career
During the language movement in 1952 he was the Inspector General of Police, East Pakistan. After his retirement from Police Service in 1952, he was appointed the Chairman, Federal Public Service Commission of Pakistan for five years. It was during his chairmanship that the proportional representation in the different services (CSP, PSP, PFS etc.) of the provinces of Pakistan was adopted. In 1958 he became the Governor of East Pakistan, and in 1961 appointed the central minister for Home & Kashmir Affairs of Pakistan. He returned to Chittagong in 1964, and retired from active politics.
He initiated many important institutions during his working life. His first was the establishment of Fauzdarhat Cadet College. Col. Gibson,after he retired as the Director General of East Pakistan Rifles, as appointed the first Principal. Among others, he initiated the building of the 500 bed Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Chittagong University, Chittagong Women’s College, Chittagong New Market, and the establishment of Rangunia College from a school. He also established Begum Iqbal Zakir Husain School, a Women’ College in Rangunia now. Two major city roads have been named after him, Zakir Husain Road in Chittagong and in Dhaka.
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