President of Pakistan from 1973 to 1978. He graduated from the Punjab University in 1927 and became a lawyer by profession. From 1944 to 1958, he was a member of the Muslim League. In 1948, he became Minister for Education and Health in the Punjab Government. Choudhury served as Speaker of the West Pakistan Assembly from 1956 to 1958 and was one of the leading members of the Pakistan Peoples Party from 1967 to 1977. He became Pakistan’s President in 1973 and was at first retained in that office by General Ziaul Haq when he seized power in July 1977. However, he was also retired from office in 1978, when General Ziaul Haq also assumed the mantle of President.