Diplomat and Author
He served as Pakistan's ambassador in the Philippines from 1957 to 1961 and was Doyen of the diplomatic corps there. He also served as ambassador in China for 10 months, during which he concluded negotiations for the border agreement between Pakistan and China that later on, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto signed on behalf of Pakistan. He went Hong Kong for trade and journalism.
Rashdi wrote books in Sindhi, Urdu and English on politics, biographies, local issues and diaries.
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