Javed Burki

Javed Burki

Personal information
Born	8 May 1938 (age 80) Meerut, United Provinces, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Batting	Right-hand batsman
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Relations	Majid Khan (cousin) Imran Khan (cousin) Shahid Javed Burki (cousin) Ahmed Raza (uncle)
International information
National side	Pakistan
Test debut (cap 36)	2 December 1960 v India
Last Test	8 November 1969 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 25 177 Runs scored 1341 9421 Batting average 30.47 36.37 100s/50s 3/4 22/31 Top score 140 227 Balls bowled 42 3394 Wickets – 35 Bowling average – 44.57 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling – 4/13 Catches/stumpings 7/– 101/–

Javed Burki (Urdu: جاوید برکی) (born 8 May 1938) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in 25 Tests from 1960 to 1969 to eventually become an ICC match referee. Burki received his early education from Saint Mary's Academy at Rawalpindi. He also played cricket while studying at Oxford University (1958–1960).
Javed Burki is the son of General Wajid Ali Khan Burki (1900–1988). General Burki's sister-in-law, Shaukat Khanum (Burki), was the mother of Imran Khan, the current Prime Ministers of Pakistan. Another of Burki's cousins, Majid Khan, also served as Pakistan's cricket captain.
Burki's brothers include Dr. Nausherwan Khan Burki, a founding member of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, and Jamshed Burki, a career civil servant Interior Secretary.
After retiring from cricket, Burki joined the Pakistan Civil Service as part of the District Management Malakand Division – NWFP eventually working his way up to become Secretary to Government of Pakistan's Ministry of Commerce and Secretary Ministry of Water and Power (WAPDA). Burki also served as CEO of Pakistan Automobile Corporation (PACO) under whose leadership Pakistan's first locally assembled car company, the Pak Suzuki MotorCompany, was launched.
During the dictatorship of General Pervez Musharraf Burki objected to the questionable military vehicle procurement process by senior serving members of Pakistan's Army. To silence Burki he was arrested on 19 December 2002 from his residence in Islamabad and taken to Karachi Jail.