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Chief Minister Of Punjab, Pakistan
The Chief Minister of Punjab ( ur, ) is the head of government of the Pakistani province of Punjab. The chief minister leads the legislative branch of the provincial government, and is elected by the Provincial Assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. The current Chief Minister of Punjab is Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. List of chief ministers of Punjab Muslim League Pakistan Peoples Party Pakistan Muslim League (N)/ Islami Jamhoori Ittehad Pakistan Muslim League (J) Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(C) – Caretaker(T) – Trustee See also * Government of Pakistan * Prime Minister of Pakistan * Government of Punjab * Governor of Punjab * Chief Secretary Punjab * Senior Minister of Punjab * Leader of the Opposition Punjab *Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab * List of Chief Ministers in Pakistan * List of Governors in Pakistan * Chief Min ...
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Government Of Punjab, Pakistan
The Government of the Punjab ( ur, ), is the provincial government of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is based in Lahore, the provincial capital. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the Constitution, in which 41 districts come under its authority and jurisdiction. The government includes the cabinet, selected from members the Punjab Provincial Assembly, and the non-political civil staff within each department. The province is governed by a unicameral legislature with the head of government known as the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister, invariably the leader of a political party represented in the Assembly, selects members of the Cabinet. The Chief Minister and Cabinet are thus responsible for the functioning of government and are entitled to remain in office so long as it maintains the confidence of the elected Assembly. The head of the province is known as the Governor, appointed by the federal government, on behalf of the President, while the a ...
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Pakistan Muslim League (J)
The Pakistan Muslim League (J) (Urdu: پاکستان مسلم لیگ ج) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1988. It is one of the factions of the original Pakistan Muslim League, named "J" after Muhammad Khan Junejo. It was created in 1986 as the sole Pakistan Muslim League when Muhammad Khan Junejo was the Prime Minister of Pakistan under President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. In September 1988, the party formed an alliance called Islami Jamhoori Ittehad with Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi's National Peoples Party, and Qazi Hussain Ahmed's Jamaat-e-Islami against Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party for the 1988 general elections. During that time Nawaz Sharif became the most prominent politician outside PPP, and eventually became the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1990. After Junejo dismissed by Gen Zia ul Haq, Nawaz Sharif parted with the PML, and created his own faction called the PML (N), which became a major political party far more influential than the original PML. Junejo ...
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Nawaz Sharif
Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime minister of Pakistan, having served a total of more than 9 years across three tenures. Each term has ended in his ousting. Born into the upper-middle-class Sharif family in Lahore, Nawaz is the son of Muhammad Sharif, the founder of Ittefaq and Sharif groups. He is the elder brother of Shehbaz Sharif, who also became the prime minister of Pakistan in 2022. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, Nawaz is the one of the wealthiest men in Pakistan, with an estimated net worth of at least . Most of his wealth originates from his businesses in steel construction. Before entering politics in the mid-1980s, Nawaz studied business at Government College and law at the University of Punjab. In 1981, Nawaz was appointed by President Zia as the ...
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Sadiq Hussain Qureshi
Nawab Sadiq Hussain Qureshi ( ur, ; 25 July 1927 – 24 June 2000) was a Pakistani politician who served as both Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in the 1970s. A close aid of Mr. Bhutto during his time in power, he retired from all active politics after the military coup of 1977 that ousted Bhutto's government. He was born in the Indian hill station town of Shimla, although his family is native to Multan. Educated at Aitchison College, Lahore, he was forced into responsibility at a young age after his father was killed during the partition. At the time Sadiq Hussain Qureshi was only 20 years old. He turned his attention to politics in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Starting on the district council level as a vice chairman, he rose through the political ranks, being elected as a Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA), a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) and then being appointed advisor to the Governor. He assumed the post of Agriculture Min ...
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Hanif Ramay
Muhammad Hanif Ramay ( ur, ; 1930–2006) was an internationally renowned intellectual, painter, journalist and former Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab, and he was among the founding fathers of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). He was also speaker of Punjab Assembly from October 1993 to November 1996. Early life and education Hanif Ramay was born in Shimla in 1930 in Arain Family. After completing B.A. honors degree from Government College Lahore (most prestigious educational institute in Lahore), later he did his Masters in Economics and Philosophy as well from Punjab University. Ramay had an interest in politics from his college years in Lahore; he held various leadership positions in the local political scene of Lahore. Political career During the dictatorship of Ayub Khan in Pakistan in the 1960s, Ramay led a group of intellectuals in Lahore in developing Islamic socialist ideas, drawing on the thought of Ghulam Ahmed Perwez and Khalifa Abdul Hakim, along with ...
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Ghulam Mustafa Khar
Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar ( ur, ; born 2 August 1937) is a Pakistani politician and feudal lord who has previously served as the Chief Minister of Punjab and Governor of Punjab. Early life He was born on 2 August 1937 in Sanawan in Kot Addu, Punjab to a wealthy landlord family and he belongs to the Jat tribe. From his maternal side, he is a descendant of Khawaja Suleman Taunsvi of Taunsa Sharif. He received his education from Aitchison College, Lahore. Politics Ghulam Mustafa Khar won his first National Assembly election in 1962 at the age of 24. He remained on posts of Minister of Water and Power, Chief Minister and Governor. In 1967, Khar joined Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as one of the founding members of the Pakistan Peoples Party as a close personal friend and political ally. He was appointed Governor and Martial Law Administrator of Punjab, the most electorally powerful province in the country by the newly sworn-in President Bhutto following the collapse of Yahya Khan's mi ...
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Malik Meraj Khalid
Malik Meraj Khalid ( ur, ; 1 February 1916 – 13 June 2003), was a Pakistani advocate, left wing politician and Marxist philosopher who served as Caretaker prime minister of Pakistan from November 1996 until February 1997. He was noted as being one of the original philosophers and founding personalities of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Born in 1916 to a poor farming family in Punjab, British India, he graduated in law from the Islamia College (Lahore) in 1942, starting his legal practices by establishing his own law firm in 1948. Inspired by the communist literature published in the Soviet Union, his initial public community work was aimed towards promoting the literacy in his native village. In 1967, he was one of the founders of the PPP and ascended towards holding the highly important public offices. Responsible for administrating and maintaining the control of the Punjab Province after the war with India in 1971, Meraj Khalid was appointed as law minister in 1974 ...
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Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti (cropped)
Sardar Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti (Urdu: عبدالحمید خان دستی) was a Pakistani politician who served as the Chief Minister of Punjab in 1955. He was a MP in the Second Parliament of Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar .... Family and personal life Sardar Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti was born in Muzaffargarh in 1895, the second of seven sons of Allah Yaar Khan Dasti and Ghulam Jannat. He and his wife, Amatullah, would go on to have three sons, two daughters, and thirteen grandchildren, some of whom would follow in his footsteps to serve their country in politics. He was a keen traveler and bridge player, who enjoyed poetry and writing. He was an avid reader, and built an extensive personal library. Throughout his life he maintained an active and healthy l ...
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Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti
Sardar Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti (Urdu: عبدالحمید خان دستی) was a Pakistani politician who served as the Chief Minister of Punjab in 1955. He was an MP in the Second Parliament of Pakistan. Family and personal life Abdul Hamid Dasti was born in Muzaffargarh Muzaffargarh (Urdu and pa, , , Fort of Muzaffar) is a city in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. Located on the bank of the Chenab River, it is the capital of the district with the same name. It is the 39th largest city of Pakistan by populatio ... in 1895, the second of seven sons of Allah Yaar Khan Dasti. He and his wife, Amatullah, would go on to have three sons, two daughters, and 13 grandchildren, some of which would follow in his footsteps to serve their country in the political realm. Death Abdul Hamid Kahn Dasti died on 11 February 1985. References , - , - 1895 births 1985 deaths Chief Ministers of Punjab, Pakistan Year of death missing Punjab, Pakistan MLAs 1951–1955 Muzaffa ...
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Feroz Khan Noon
Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon, ( ur, ملک فیروز خان نون; 7 May 18939 December 1970), best known as Feroze Khan, was a Pakistani politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Pakistan from 1957 until being removed when President Iskandar Ali Mirza imposed martial law with the 1958 Pakistani coup d'état. Trained as a barrister in England, Noon served as High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom before serving as a military adviser, over issues pertaining to the British Indian Army, to Prime Minister Winston Churchill's war ministry from the India Office. Noon was one of the Founding Fathers of Pakistan who helped to negotiate and establish the Federation of Pakistan as a nation state on 14 August 1947, resulting from the successful constitutional movement led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Early life and education in England Feroz Khan Noon was born in the village of Hamoka, located in Khushab District, Punjab in the then British India on 7 ...
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Mian Mumtaz Daultana
Mian Mumtaz Daulatana ( Punjabi, ur, ), (20 February 1916 – 30 January 1995) was a Pakistani politician and a key supporter of Pakistan Movement in British India. After independence, he served as the second Chief Minister of West Punjab in Pakistan. Early life Daultana was born in Luddan in 1916, the son of Nawab Ahmad Yar Khan Daultana, a wealthy Punjabi landowner.Feisal Khan, Islamic Banking in Pakistan: Shariah-Compliant Finance and the Quest to make Pakistan more Islamic, Routledge, 22 Dec 2015 He belonged to the Daultana clan of the Johiya tribe.http://vehari.gov.pk/?page_id=137, Information about Vehari District, Punjab, Pakistan and its prominent personalities on vehari.gov.pk website, Retrieved 25 January 2017 His father was a supporter of the Unionist Party in the Punjab, whilst his uncle Chaudhry Sir Shahab-ud-Din was the first speaker of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. Daultana studied history at Government College, Lahore, graduating in 1933. Thereaft ...
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