Suhail Zaheer Lari

Lari died on 5 December 2020 from COVID-19 related complications. He was aged 84.

Along with his wife, Yasmeen Lari, he founded the Heritage Foundation of Pakistan in 1980, as a conservation organization to generate awareness about Pakistan's art, architecture, and cultural heritage. Specifically, they focused on the preservation of over 600 historical buildings, many of which were in advanced stages of decay. In one of his noted actions, he drew attention to the Makli Necropolis, through multiple proposals for its conservation leading to the cemetery becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Suhail Zaheer Lari (13 November 1936 – 5 December 2020; Urdu: سہیل ظہیر لاری) was a Pakistani historian and author who focused on research and documentation of the history of the Sindh region in Southern Pakistan. He was a co-founder of the Heritage Foundation of Pakistan, a conservation organization which sought to drive awareness to the region's art, architecture, and cultural heritage.

Lari was born in Gorakhpur, in modern-day Uttar Pradesh state in India, on 13 November 1936, in what was then undivided British India and was raised in Allahabad. His mother, Qabila Khatoon, was a homemaker while his father, Zaheer ul Hasnain Lari was a judge and lawyer. The family was known to be close to India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. The family did not leave for Pakistan during the Partition of India in 1947, but, remained in Allahabad until 1950, when they moved to Lahore and later to Karachi.