Background
Mirza, Mahmud was born on November 15, 1927 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Son of Mohammed Noor and Fatima (Ghulam) Mirza.
Mirza, Mahmud was born on November 15, 1927 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Son of Mohammed Noor and Fatima (Ghulam) Mirza.
Engineer, Punjab College Engineering and Technology, 1949.
With, Workshop Instruction Punjab College Engineering and Technology (named change to U. Engineering & Technology), Lahore, Pakistan, 1950-1951;
technical director, Pak Publications, Inc., Karachi, Pakistan, 1968-1981;
managing partner, Mirza Book Agency, Lahore, until 1988;
proprietor, Mirza Book Agency, Lahore, since 1988;
book consultant, 1994. Leader 1st Pakistani Booksellers Inward Mission, United Kingdom, 1985. Asia representative to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at International Booksellers Federation General Assembly, Padua, Italy, 1986, Madrid, Spain, 1992, Amsterdam, Holland, 1995.
Member international advisory board Logos, London, 1990-1995. Pakistani representative to International Public Association Congress, New Delhi, India, 1992. Active International Committee for Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, since 1984.
Speaker in field; organizer 1st International Seminar on copyright, piracy & reprinting in Pakistan, 1984. Book consultant, since 1994. Pakistani representative public workshop on reprinting and copyrights United States Information Agency, 1996.
Member American Library Association, Pakistan Association Advancement of Science (life), Pakistan Library. Association (life), Pakistan Association Science and Science Profession (life), Horticulture Society Pakistan (life), Pakistan Institute Management (associate life), Bangladesh Library. Association (life), International Bookseller Federation (associate), Lahore Chamber and Industry (member committees), Pakistan Publications and Booksellers Association, Pakistan American Alumni Association, National Association College Stores, Afro-Asia Book Council.
Married Sultana Tasawar, November 11, 1962. Children: Shahid Mahmood, Qasim Mahmood, Asia Bano, Tariq Mahmood, Aamina.