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Leghari Family
Leghari may refer to: * Leghari tribe, a Baloch tribe in Pakistan and Iran People * Awais Leghari (born 1971), Pakistani politician * Farooq Leghari (1940–2010), Pakistani politician, President of Pakistan 1993-1997 * Irfan Zafar Leghari (fl. from 2018), Pakistani politician * Jaffar Khan Leghari (born 1942), Pakistani politician * Jamal Leghari (fl. 2011), Pakistani politician * Javaid Laghari, Pakistani academic, author, and politician * Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari (born 1963), Pakistani politician * Mushtaq Leghari (active 1962–1999), Pakistani Air Force officer and diplomat * Nadir Laghari, Pakistani politician * Nazir Leghari (born 1955), Pakistani journalist, writer and news analyst * Rafique Haider Khan Leghari (born 1951), Pakistani politician * Rehana Leghari (born 1971), Pakistani politician * Sajeela Leghari (born 1964), Pakistani politician See also * Tuman Leghari, a town and union council of Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab province, Pakistan * {{dab, surna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leghari Tribe
The Leghari (or Lighari, Laghari) is a Baloch clan of Rind tribe. The Leghari tribe mainly resides in Pakistan, followed by Iran. Descendants of the Laghari family mainly speak the languages of Balochi, and/or Saraiki, based on locality. Legharis living in Sindh mostly speak Sindhi-Saraiki, a combination of Sindhi and Saraiki, but they speak Sindhi too. Over two centuries, the Leghari tribe conquered a large part of what is today Dera Ghazi Khan District and established themselves at Choti Zareen (Lower Choti). The Leghari Tumandars (or Sardars i.e. Tribal leaders) ruled a vast territory and collected tax from as far off as Barkhan in Balochistan. The Leghari people dwell in all four provinces of Pakistan and other parts of the world as well. The Tribal Headquarter of Fort Munroo, which has a status of tribal Belt and is situated on the Koh Suleman mountain range. The current Sardar of Leghari Tribe is [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awais Leghari
Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari (Urdu language, Urdu: اویس احمد خان لغاری; born 22 March 1971) is a Pakistani politician who is currently an Finance department, Punjab (Pakistan), Minister of Finance Department & Revenue Punjab & MPA in Punjab Assembly as well as Secretary General PML N Punjab, He has previously served as the Ministry of Energy (Pakistan), Federal Minister for Power, in Abbasi cabinet from October 2017 to May 2018, Federal Minister of IT & Technology (tenure) and Chairman of Foreign Relations (tenure). He has also previously been elected as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007 and again from March 2011 to May 2018. Early life and education He was born on 22 March 1971 in Lahore, Pakistan to former President of Pakistan, Farooq Leghari. Awais Leghari was enrolled into the famous Aitchison College, where he excelled at sport and extracurricular activities. While he did reasonably well in his educational commitments, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farooq Leghari
Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari ( ur, ; 29 May 194020 October 2010), was a Pakistani politician who served as the eighth president of Pakistan from 14 November 1993 until resigning on 2 December 1997. He is the first Baloch to have been elected as president. Born into a Baloch tribal and influential feudal family, Leghari was educated at Aitchison College, the Forman Christian College in Pakistan, and St Catherine's College, Oxford in United Kingdom. Upon return from the UK, he sat for the Civil Services Exam in 1964 and started his career as a civil servant, remained commissioner sargodha division, prior to getting in to politics in 1973 and tenured as Senator representing the Punjab on the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) platform from 1975 to 1977. He contested the 1977 he won the National Assembly Elections on Pakistan People's Party ticket and was appointed Minister for Industries. In 1980s, he led demonstrations aimed against President Zia-ul-Haq's administration and succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irfan Zafar Leghari
Irfan Zafar Leghari is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Political career He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-234 (Dadu-I) as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party in 2018 Pakistani general election. References Living people Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 Pakistan People's Party politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Pakistan-MNA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaffar Khan Leghari
Muhammad Jaffar Khan Leghari (; 23 June 1945 – 31 December 2022) was a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018 until his death in December 2022. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from October 2002 to 2007, from 2008 to 2013, and from June 2013 to May 2018. Political career Leghari was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of National Alliance from Constituency NA-174 (Rajanpur-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 59,783 votes and defeated Gorish Sardar Gorchani, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of National Alliance from Constituency PP-243 (Dera Ghazi Khan-IV) and as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-246 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VII) but was unsuccessful. He received 19,557 votes from Constituency PP-243 (Dera Ghazi Khan-IV) and lost the seat to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamal Leghari
Sardar Muhammad Jamal Khan Leghari is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from May 2013 to May 2018 and is the son of former president of Pakistan Farooq Leghari. Early life and family He was born on 10 March 1966. Jamal Leghari comes from a family of politicians and landlords. He is the son of former president of Pakistan Farooq Leghari. His grandfather Muhammad Khan Leghari and great grandfather after whom he was named had both been ministers in the British government. Jamal Leghari's native village is Choti Zareen in Dera Ghazi Khan district of Punjab. Leghari is a major landowner in the area and owns approximately 2,500 acres of land. After the death of his father, Jamal Khan Leghari was crowned the 27th chief of the Leghari tribe in October 2010. Political career He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-245 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VI) in 2013 Pakistani general election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javaid Laghari
Javaid Laghari (Urdu: جاويد لغارى; ''TI'' is a Pakistani American who has served as senator, science and technology administrator, president of a university, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and is the author of eight books and over 600 publications, and numerous invited talks and interviews. He has also served as the Chairperson of the Higher Education Commission 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 ... from Aug 2009 to Aug 2013 with the status of a Federal Minister. Publications BOOKS * ''Solomon’s Dream'', Jan 2023, Amazon Publishing, ISBN 979-83-742-07-330 * ''Solomon's Magic'', Nov 2022, Amazon Publishing, ISBN 979-83-659-20-354 * ''Solomon's Demon'', Aug 2022, Amazon Publishing, ISBN 979-884-8052-107 * ''Challenges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari
Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari ( ur, ; born 9 June 1963) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since March 2023. He also served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Irrigation from August 2018 till April 2022, and for Finance from August 2022 till January 2023. He had been a member of the 14th Provincial Assembly of Punjab (2003-2007) and the 15th Provincial Assembly of Punjab (2008-2012). He had been elected for the 3rd tenure to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab and served from August 2018 till January 2023. He has also represented Punjab in the Senate of Pakistan from March 2012 to March 2018. Early life and education He was born on 9 June 1963 in Dera Ghazi Khan. After his early education from Aitchison College, he attended the University of Oklahoma. He got his Certification in Global Financial Markets from FINSIA and he also has a Post graduate Diploma in Applied Economics from the University of the Punjab. He is an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mushtaq Leghari
Sardar Mushtaq Ahmed Khan Laghari is from Rahimabad. He was born in Choti Zareen. He is the son of Sardar Mohammad Akbar Khan Laghari. His paternal grandfather was Sardar Noor Mohammed Khan Leghari, founder of Rahimabad. His maternal grandfather Sardar Din Mohammed Khan Leghari, was given the title of Khan Bahadur on 12th December, 1911 and Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire and C.I.E. (Companion of the Indian Empire) On 1st January, 1916. He was also the Leghari tribe's Tumandar. Education Sardar Mushtaq Ahmed Khan Laghari started his education from the Convent School in Multan and later joined Aitchison Chief's College in junior school. He graduated from Aitchison College as Best Leaving Boy from Godley House in 1962 to join the Pakistan Air Force Academy in Risalpur. PAF career Sardar Mushtaq Ahmed Khan Laghari got his commission as a fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force. He was the Wing Under Officer (WUO) of his graduating course. In the Air Force, he rose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadir Laghari
Nadir Leghari (born as Nadir Akmal Khan Leghari) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Provincial Minister of Sindh for Irrigation and Power from 2002 till 2007. He joined 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-confidenc ...'s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2010, and was elected President of its Sindh Chapter in March 2013 and the Chairman of Insaf Professionals Forum-Sindh. He was part of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) government in 2002. He lost his seat (PS-7 Ghotki-III) to the Pakistan Peoples Party’s Sardar Ahmed Ali Khan Pitafi in the 2008 general elections and did not contest the 2013 general elections. Sardar Nadir Akmal Khan Leghari is a graduate and has been active in the agriculture and business sector. His wife is a businesswoman. He has two childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazir Leghari
Nazir Leghari ( ur, , born 11 November 1955) Nazir Leghari is a fearless, humble and thorough professional. He received his LLB degree from Federal Urdu University of Arts and Sciences, Karachi and then began working for the daily, Nawa-e-Waqt, in 1981 where he was in-charge of its political desk. He joined the daily Jang, in 1985 and became the newspaper’s Magazine Editor in 1989. In 1990 he became Assistant Editor – News, with Jang and rose through the ranks to become Editor of daily Awam in 1994. In 2006, he switched to Jang again, where he was appointed as Editor. In addition, he has authored multiple books. He regularly features on a number of talk shows and is widely appreciated for his balanced and rational views. Currently he is the host of BOL News Program “Ek Leghari Sab Pe Bhaari”Profile of Nazir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafique Haider Khan Leghari
Sardar Rafiq Haider Khan Leghari (born 24 March 1951) is a Pakistani politician. Leghari was born in the village of Rahimabad in Rahim Yar Khan District, Pakistan, the third son of Sardar Gulam Haider Khan Leghari – a landlord of the district and Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Bahawalpur Assembly. He has three brothers: Sardar Sikander Hayyat Leghari (the eldest of all brothers and ex- CSP officer), Sardar Zubair Haider Khan Leghari (the second brother and an ex-army officer), and Sardar Shafiq Haider Khan Leghari (the third and youngest brother, an agriculturist). He received his early education from Sadiq Public School Bahawalpur. After the early death of his father in 1967, he gave up his education and returned to his village where he took control of the agricultural lands. Political career Leghari started his political career in 1977. He was elected (unopposed) in 1979 first to district council as district chairman of Rahim Yar Khan; and then became the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |