Khwaja Zakiuddin, the eldest son of late Khwaja Shahabuddin and late Begum Farhat Shahabuddin, died peacefully at home in Karachi on Thursday. He was 85, says a press release. Zakiuddin was the most senior banker of the then East Pakistan, having joined the ANZ Grindlays Bank in 1943.

Later, he joined the State Bank of Pakistan and retired as its executive director. He is survived by his wife, Begum Binoo Zakiuddin, son Zahed Zakiuddin and daughters Almas Zakiuddin and Yasmeen Murshed.