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Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan
Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan ( ur, ; born 31 July 1954) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Interior Minister from 2013 to 2017. He is currently an independent member-of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab - elected to represent PP-10 (Rawalpindi V) since 26 May 2021 having won in the General Election 2018. He however was unsuccessful in winning a National Assembly seat A former leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Khan had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1985 and May 2018. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly from 2008 to 2013. Born in Chakri, Khan was educated at Army Burn Hall College. Khan has served in various federal cabinet positions since 1988. He briefly served as the Science and Technology Minister in 1988. During Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's first and second tenures, he held the cabinet portfolio of Petroleum and Natural Resources Minister. During the Gillani ministry, he briefly served as the Food, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaudhary
Chaudhary (or Choudhary ; also: Chaudhuri, Choudhuary, Chowdhury) is a hereditary title mainly in South Asia, mainly used by Jats, Gurjar and Bhumihars. Chowdhury (Hindi: चौधरी/चौधुरी/चौधारी; Urdu: چودھری/ چوھدری; Bengali: চৌধুরী) a common surname in South Asia. Chaudharys belong from different backgrounds in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh and are not the same people but still have the historical titles. 'Chaudhary' was first bestowed by the various rulers of the Delhi Sultanate, and the custom was continued by the breakaway Bengal Sultanate. Later, the Mughals and the Nawabs conferred the same title in great numbers. Chaudharies were "local magnates" responsible for land taxes alongside an ''amil'' (revenue collector) and a ''karkun'' (accountant) in the local-level administrative units known as parganas. Chaudhary Business * Binod Chaudhary (1955-), a Nepalese businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, and politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Communications (Pakistan)
The Ministry of Communications ( ur, ; reporting name: MoCom), is a Cabinet-level ministry of the Pakistani Government responsible for analysing, formulating and implementing central policy on communications and transportation. It is one of the oldest ministries, created on August 14, 1947. The Ministry of Communications has jurisdiction over telegraph and telephone communications as well as public radio, technical means of radio and television broadcasting and the distribution of periodicals. The Ministry and its political executive, the Communications Minister, are headquartered in the Cabinet Secretariat, Islamabad Capital Venue. The Communications Minister is a public appointee who must be a member of Parliament. History When the Ministry was created in 1947, Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar was appointed as the first Communications Minister. The Communications Ministry was merged in 1971–72 with the Ministry of Hajj. In 1974 the Ministry of Hajj again became a separate Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iftikhar Ali Khan (general)
Lieutenant General Iftikhar Ali Khan ( ur, افتخار علی خان), HI(M) SBt (5 January 1941 – 22 August 2009) was a three-star rank army general of the Pakistan Army. He was the former Secretary of Defense and a Chief of General Staff (CGS) of the Pakistan Army. Early life Khan was born in a family of Jodhra and Alpial tribes of Rajput on 5 January 1941 to Brigadier (retired) Fateh Khan in Chakri village, Rawalpindi District. Personal life He was the older brother of Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan. Military career Iftikhar Ali Khan was commissioned in the Pakistan Army in October 1961 in the 26th PMA Long Course. Khan served as the Chief Instructor of the Armed Forces War College at National Defence College, Rawalpindi from April 1991 to May 1993. He was promoted to Lieutenant General in May 1993 and did a brief stint as Commandant at the National Defence College, Rawalpindi until June 1993. He was later appointed Commander XXXI Corps, Bahawalpur Bahawalp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's Islam by country#Countries, second-largest Muslim population just behind Indonesia. Pakistan is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 33rd-largest country in the world by area and 2nd largest in South Asia, spanning . It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to India–Pakistan border, the east, Afghanistan to Durand Line, the west, Iran to Iran–Pakistan border, the southwest, and China to China–Pakistan border, the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominion Of Pakistan
Between 14 August 1947 and 23 March 1956, Pakistan was an independent federal dominion in the Commonwealth of Nations, created by the passing of the Indian Independence Act 1947 by the British parliament, which also created the Dominion of India. Prior to independence, Pakistan had been administered by the United Kingdom as a part of British India. Before its independence, Pakistan consisted of those Presidencies and provinces of British India which were allocated to it in the Partition of India. Until 1947, they had been ruled by the United Kingdom as a part of the British Empire. During the year that followed its independence, the new country was joined by the Princely states of Pakistan ruled by princes who had previously been in subsidiary alliances with the British, which acceded to Pakistan, one by one, with their rulers signing Instruments of Accession. For many years, these states enjoyed a special status within the dominion and later the republic, but they were sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Punjab
West Punjab ( pnb, ; ur, ) was a province in the Dominion of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955. The province covered an area of 159,344 km2 (61523 sq mi), including much of the current Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province and the Islamabad Capital Territory, but excluding the former State of Bahawalpur, Princely state of Bahawalpur. The capital was the city of Lahore and the province was composed of four divisions (Lahore Division, Lahore, Sargodha Division, Sargodha, Multan Division, Multan and Rawalpindi Division, Rawalpindi). The province was bordered by the Bahawalpur (princely state), princely state of Bahawalpur to the south, the province of Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province), Baluchistan to the south-west and Sind Province (1936–1955), Sind to the south, North-West Frontier Province to the northwest, and Azad Kashmir to the north. It shared International border with Indian state of East Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chakri Vakilan
Chakri Vakilan ( ur, ), is a village in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Pakistan. The village is about from Gujar Khan on the road to Daultala. The village contains five shrines including the Sufi saint Baba Syed Sahib Subhan. Kheengar Bhatti, Gakhar Rajpoot, Kalyal Bhatti Rajpoot, Arain and Syeds are the main castes living in the village. Gulyana, Cheena, Mardyal, Patt, and Dhoke Khokar are other villages located in the neighbourhood of Chakri Vakilan. Etymology The name ''Chakri'' comes from the Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ... or ', meaning "circle sitting".''Vakilan'' comes from ''Vakil'', meaning "a man who helps someone in arguing his case". So together the words mean "a panchiat, or jury, of Lords". References {{Neighbourhoods of Raw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jehangir Bader
Jehangir Bader ( Urdu: جہانگیر بدر) was a Pakistani politician and member of Senate of Pakistan, he served as Chairperson-Senate Committee on Parliamentary Affairs. Affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party since its inception, Jehangir Bader started his political career with the then PPP chairman Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. He died on Sunday, 13 November 2016 due to cardiac arrest. Early life Jehangir Bader was born in Lahore in an Arain family on 25 October in 1944. He was active in student politics in his university days. Political career Jahangir Badar started his political career with Pakistan Peoples Party. He met Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto during General Yahya Khan's regime. Jahangir was arrested for protesting against Yahya regime. He was also arrested for anti-dictatorship protests by General Zia-Ul-Haq and General Pervez Musharaff. Badar was a central figure in PPP's leadership. He held position of Provincial president of Punjab's PPP chapter and General secretary of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malik Naeem Khan Awan
Malik Naeem Khan Awan was a Pakistani politician belonging to an Awan tribe of Khushab District in north-eastern Punjab, Pakistan. He served as Federal Minister for Commerce and Provincial Minister for Irrigation. He was a member of the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ... representing the NA-69 constituency from 1985 to 1996. Awan was a member of the Muslim League Nawaz. Career In the 7th Assembly elections 1985 - 88, held on 20/3/85. Malik Naeem Khan won having votes 51,914 and his opponent Malik Karam Bakhsh Awan gaining votes 38,604.In the 8th Assembly Elections 1988–90, held on 30/11/88. Malik Naeem Khan Awan( Islami Jamhoori Ittehad) won with a majority votes of 81,522 and his opponent Mian Muhammad Sultan Awan of Pakistan people Party 47, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Science And Technology (Pakistan)
The Ministry of Science and Technology ur, , wazarat-e- science o technology (abbreviated as MoST) is a Cabinet-level Ministry of the Government of Pakistan concerned with Science and Technology in Pakistan and in general, Pakistan's science policy, planning, coordination and directing of efforts to initiate and launch scientific and technological programs as well as projects aimed at economic development. The ministry is coordinated by the Federal Minister for Science and Technology who is currently Agha Hassan Baloch and is headquartered in Islamabad. Mission To achieve the security, prosperity and social cohesion of Pakistan through equitable and sustainable socio-economic progress using science, technology and innovation as central pillars of development in all sectors of economic activity. The principle agenda of the MoST is building Pakistan's technological competence in the 21st century by leap forging into new markets, develop a larger pool of human resource for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Ghulam Ishaq Khan ( ur, غلام اسحاق خان; 20 January 1915 – 27 October 2006), was a Pakistani bureaucrat who served as the seventh president of Pakistan, elected in 1988 following Zia's death until his resignation in 1993. He was the founder of his namesake Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute. Raised in Bannu, Ghulam Ishaq graduated from Peshawar University and entered the Indian Civil Service, opting for Pakistan after the independence in 1947. Appointed the first chairman of the Water and Power Development Authority by President Ayub Khan in 1961, Ghulam Ishaq also served as Finance Secretary from 1966 to 1970. A year later, he was appointed Governor of the State Bank by President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, before being made Defence Secretary in 1975, assisting with Pakistan's atomic bomb programme. He was retained by President Zia-ul-Haq as Finance Minister in 1977, overseeing the country's highest GDP growth average. Elected Chairman of the Senate in 1985, Ghulam Ishaq w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Petroleum And Natural Resources (Pakistan)
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources Division , ''wazarat-e- petroleum o qudrati wasail'' (abbreviated as MoPNR) is a Pakistan Government's federal and executive level ministry responsible to ensure availability and security of sustainable supply of oil and gas for economic development and strategic requirements of Pakistan and to coordinate development of natural resources of energy and minerals. The Ministry was converted into Petroleum Division in August 2017 and the division was merged into Ministry of Energy. History of the Ministry Petroleum & Natural Resources Division was created in April 1977. Prior to that Petroleum and Natural Resources was part of the Ministry of Fuel, Power and Natural Resources. Wings /Sections * Directorate General of Gas * Directorate General of LNG & LPG * Directorate General of Oil * Directorate General of Petroleum Concession * Human Resource and Administration Wing * International Joint Venture Wing Organizations Geological Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
