Sir Sheikh Abdul Qadir (15 March 1874 – 9 February 1950) was a Pakistani jurist, newspaper and magazine editor and a Muslim community leader in British India.
[1][4][2] In 1904, Qadir went to study law in London, and was called to the bar in 1907 at Lincoln's Inn[4] after which he returned to India, where he served as a member of the Punjab Legislative Council and the minister of education in Punjab, British India in 1925.
[4] Qadir was knighted by the British in the 1927 Birthday Honours and in 1935 became a member of the governing council of India.
[1][4][5] Sheikh Abdul Qadir died on 9 February 1950 at the age of 75 and was buried in Miani Sahib Graveyard, Lahore, Pakistan.
His son, Manzur Qadir, was a prominent Pakistani jurist who served as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan during the military rule of Ayub Khan.