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List Of Pakistani Political Families
This is a partial listing of prominent political families of Pakistan given in alphabetical order Azhar * Mian Muhammad Azhar (Governor of Punjab, 1990-1993, Mayor of Lahore 1987-1991, founder of PMLN-Q) * Hammad Azhar (Previous Finance Minister of Pakistan) Babar * Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan * Naseerullah Babar * Farhatullah Babar Badshah Khans * Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan (Former member of Indian National Congress, served as the Interim Mister for Industries, Freedom fighter and an Active Member of Pakistan Muslim League) (cousin of Haroon Khan Badshah) * Haroon Khan Badshah (Member of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ex-provincial Minister for Agriculture Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa) Bangash * Ghulam Ishaq Khan, President of Pakistan. Bhuttos * Shah Nawaz Bhutto - The Dewan of Junagadh and the Father of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (Member Bombay Council). ** Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, son of Shah Nawaz (President (1970–1973); Prime Minister (1973–1977)) ** Mumtaz Bhutto, cousi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mian Muhammad Azhar
Mian Muhammad Azhar (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ur, ) is a Pakistani politician and a business oligarch representing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He is from an Arain noble and landlord family of Lahore, and remains a major political player of the city. He is a former Governor of Punjab, Pakistan, governor of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab (1990-1993) and the founder of PML-Q, of which he was also president until retiring from politics. He is one of the largest steel manufacturers of Pakistan and is the CEO of Afco Steel Industries. He was also the mayor of Lahore between 1987 and 1991. He is the father of Federal Minister Hammad Azhar. Education Azhar studied at the Hailey College of Commerce in Lahore. Political career Being a close aide of Nawaz Sharif in the past, he was also awarded the National Assembly ticket from NA-126 (Lahore-IV), NA-95 Lahore-IV, the seat vacated by Nawaz Sharif after the 1988 Pakistani general election, 1988 general elections. Azhar won his seat as a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumtaz Bhutto
Mumtaz Ali Khan Bhutto ( ur, ممتاز علی بھٹو , sd, ممتاز علي ڀٽو) (28 November 1933 – 18 July 2021), was a Pakistani politician who served as 8th Governor of Sindh and later the 13th Chief Minister of Sindh. He was also the first cousin of late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977. Personal life Mumtaz Ali Bhutto was born on 28 November 1933 in the village of Pir Bux Bhutto, Larkana District, Sindh, British Raj. Before the partition his father Nawab Nabi Bux Khan Bhutto was a member of the legislative assembly and had a strong political background. Bhutto attended St George's College in Mussoorie and then Lawrence College, Murree, after the independence of Pakistan. He earned his barrister degree from Lincoln's Inn, and undergraduate and master's degrees in 1959 from Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He had four children including politician Ameer Bux Bhutto and journalist Ali Haider Bhutto. Politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jammu And Kashmir Legislative Assembly
The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly also known as the Jammu and Kashmir Vidhan Sabha is the legislature of Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir was dissolved by the Governor on 21 November 2018. Prior to 2019, the State of Jammu and Kashmir had a bicameral legislature with a legislative assembly (lower house) and a legislative council (upper house). The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, passed by the Parliament of India in August 2019, replaced this with a unicameral legislature while also re-organising the state into a union territory. History Praja Sabha The first legislature of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, called the ''Praja Sabha'', was established by the government of the Maharaja Hari Singh in 1934. It had 33 elected seats, 30 nominated members and 12 ''ex-officio'' members. The first election in 1934 saw the Liberal Group headed by Pandit Ram Chander Dubey emerge as the largest party and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altaf Bukhari
Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari (born 1958) is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir and the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party. He was a member in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, from the Amira Kadal Assembly constituency, for the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party. Bukhari was the elected education minister and later given additional charge of the finance. Almost a year after being expelled from PDP, he formed his own party called Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party The Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) is a political party in Jammu and Kashmir, India, founded by Altaf Bukhari in March 2020. History The Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party was formed on 8 March 2020 by thirty one former members of the Jammu a ... on 8 March 2020. References Living people Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party politicians Kashmiri people Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2014–2018 Apni Party politicians 1958 births Indian people of Kashmiri descent {{Jammu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imran Khan
Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidence in the National Assembly. He is the founder and chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Born to a Niazi Pashtun family in Lahore, Khan graduated from Keble College, University of Oxford, England, in 1975. He began his international cricket career at age 18, in a 1971 Test series against England. Khan played until 1992, served as the team's captain intermittently between 1982 and 1992,Pakistan Test Captaincy record . '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zulfi Bukhari
Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari (born 3 December 1980), also known as Zulfi Bukhari, is a Pakistani multi-millionaire businessman, politician and film producer. He served as a Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan in the capacity of a Minister of State in Cabinet until his resignation on 17 May 2021 over the allegations levelled at him in regards to the Rawalpindi Ring Road scandal. Family Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari is a British-born Pakistani politician and entrepreneur; born on 3 December 1980. He is popularly known as Zulfi Bukhari. He was a member of Pakistan's Federal Cabinet as Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development. He was also appointed Chairman of National Tourism Coordination Board, Pakistan. He belongs to Pakistan’s ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). On 17 May 2021, he resigned from his post of Special Assistant to Prime Minister over the allegations of Rawalpindi Ring Road scandal. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari
Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari ( ur, بختاور بھٹو زرداری; sd, بختاور ڀٽو زرداري; born 25 January 1990) is a Pakistani public figure and educationist. She is the chairperson of SZABIST. She is the daughter of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and former President Asif Ali Zardari, sister of incumbent Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, and granddaughter of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, making her a member of the politically prominent Bhutto family of Pakistan. She is also a trustee of SZABIST Foundation. and Sindh Peoples Welfare Trust. Early life and education Bakhtawar Zardari was born at the Lady Dufferin Hospital in Karachi, Sindh, on 25 January 1990. She is the eldest daughter of the first female prime minister of Pakistan and the Muslim world, Benazir Bhutto and former president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari. She was born while Bhutto was serving her first term as prime minister, making her the first child born to a sitting pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asif Ali Zardari
Asif Ali Zardari ( ur, ; sd, ; born 26 July 1955) is a Pakistani politician who is the president of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians and was the co-chairperson of Pakistan People's Party. He served as the 11th president of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013, the first president born after Independence Day (Pakistan), Independence. He is the widower of twice-elected Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. The son of Hakim Ali Zardari, a landowner from Sindh, Zardari rose to prominence after his marriage to Benazir Bhutto in 1987, who became the Prime Minister of Pakistan after 1988 Pakistani general election, her election in 1988. When Bhutto's government was dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan in 1990, Zardari was widely criticized for Corruption charges against Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari, involvement in corruption scandals that led to its collapse. When Bhut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari ( ur, بلاول بھٹو زرداری; born 21 September 1988) is a Pakistani politician who is serving as the 37th Minister of Foreign Affairs, in office since 27 April 2022. He became the chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, in 2007 following his mother's assassination. He belongs from the Bhutto family, a prominent political family of Pakistan. He is the son of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and former President Asif Ali Zardari. Bilawal became a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on 13 August 2018. Early life and background Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was born at the Lady Dufferin Hospital in Karachi, Sindh, on 21 September 1988 to former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto and her husband, former President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari. He is the maternal grandson of former president and Prime Minister of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and his wife Nusrat Bhutto. His paternal grandfather, Hakim Ali Zardari, was a politician and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatima Bhutto
Fatima Bhutto ( ur, ; , born 29 May 1982) is a Pakistani writer and columnist. Born in Kabul, she is the daughter of politician Murtaza Bhutto, sister of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Jr, niece of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and granddaughter of former Prime Minister and President of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. She was raised in Syria and Karachi, and received her bachelor's degree from Barnard College, followed by a master's degree from the SOAS University of London. Bhutto is a critic of her aunt Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari, whom she accused of being involved in her father's murder. Her non-fiction book, ''Songs Of Blood And Sword'' (2010), is about her family. Bhutto has written for ''The News'' and ''The Guardian'' among other publications. Early life and education Bhutto was born on 29 May 1982 to Murtaza Bhutto and an Afghan mother, Fauzia Fasihudin Bhutto, the daughter of Afghanistan's former foreign affairs official in Kabul. Her father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ameer Bux Bhutto
Sardar Ameer Buksh Khan Bhutto (, ur, امیر بخش خان بھٹو ;) is President of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Sindh and an ex-Member of the Sindh Assembly. He is the son of Sardar Mumtaz Bhutto. and after the death of Sardar Mumtaz Bhutto, he was elected as Chief Sardar of Bhutto tribe of Sindh. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics, Economics & Law from the University of Buckingham and a Master of Philosophy degree in International Relations from Cambridge University. He wrote a thesis titled "Of Knights and Harlots: The Role of the Superpowers in the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War." He has also written dozens of articles published in English and Sindhi newspapers and magazines in Pakistan. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh twice, in 2002 general election and again in 2008 election but was defeated twice by Muhammad Ayaz Soomro. On 10 November 2017, Ameer Buksh Khan Bhutto while meeting with Shah Mehmood Qureishi, announced he was joining Pak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahnawaz Bhutto
Shahnawaz Bhutto (November 21, 1958 – July 18, 1985; Sindhi: شاھنواز ڀٽو) was the son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the former President and Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1971 to 1977 and Begum Nusrat Bhutto, who was of Iranian Kurdish descent. Shahnawaz Bhutto was the youngest of Bhutto's four children, including the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto. Shahnawaz was schooled in Pakistan (at the Aitchison College in Lahore and Rawalpindi American School - renamed the International School of Islamabad (ISOI) in 1979, after the school was stormed during the uprising), where he graduated in 1976 and later travelled abroad to complete his higher education. Shahnawaz was studying in Switzerland when Zia ul Haq's military regime executed his father in 1979. Prior to the execution, Shahnawaz and his elder brother Murtaza Bhutto had embarked on an international campaign to save their father's life, but it was to no avail. The two brothers continued to resist the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
