Education
Shaukat Aziz was born in Karachi, Sindh Province of Pakistan on March 6, 1949 to an Urdu-speaking family. His father, S.A. Aziz (sometimes Abdul Aziz) was a radio engineer employed in the state-owned Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) as chief engineer. His father, S.A. Aziz was noted for making singular contributions in the development of Radio Pakistan and was the architect of its external services; for this his father was conferred with state honors by the government of Pakistan in 1950s. S.A. Aziz was one of the pioneers who nurtured Radio Pakistan in its days of infancy, and chartered the future roadmap for expansion of its network and technological advancement and growth.
The PBC moved his family to Abbottabad, North West Frontier Province and attended the Abbottabad Public School, and later the family moving back to Karachi. Aziz matriculated and obtained high-school diploma from Saint Patrick's High School and proceeded to St. Patrick's College In Karachi where he passed his university-level Intermediate courses and ascended to attend the Gordon College of Rawalpindi, Punjab Province in 1965. Aziz obtained BS degree in Economics in 1967 from Gordan College and moved back to Karachi the same year to enroll in a master's programme. Aziz attended the master's programme of the world renowned Institute of Business Administration (IBA) in Karachi and obtained MBA in business administration in 1969. While at the IBA, Aziz secured the internship of U.S.-based Citibank, and after his master's degree, Aziz was called to join the executive senior staff of the Citibank, based in the United States.
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