Ali Nawaz Khan Mahar is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the

Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of Sindh ( ur, ) is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of ...

, from May 2013 to May 2018. He was member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

from 2003 to 2007 and served as Minister of State for Industries, Production and Special Initiatives in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz from 2004 to 2007.

Early life and education

He was born 8 March 1972 in Khangarh, Sindh,

Ghotki District Ghotki District ( sd, ضِلعو گھوٽڪي; ) is a district of the province of Sindh, Pakistan, with headquarter the city of Mirpur Mathelo. Prior to its establishment as a district in 1993, it formed part of Sukkur District. Administration T ...

. He has a degree in Masters of Arts from

Shah Abdul Latif University Shah Abdul Latif University ( ur, , sd, شاه عبداللطيف يونيورسٽي; abbreviated as SALU), is a public research university located in rural Khairpur of Sindh, Pakistan. The university is named after the mystic poet and spiri ...

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

(PML-Q) from Constituency NA 201 (Ghotki-II) in by-polls held in January 2003. He received 176,188 votes and defeated Abdul Latif Shah, a candidate of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

(PPP). In September 2004, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

Shaukat Aziz Shaukat Aziz ( ur, ; born 6 March 1949) is a Pakistani former banker and financier who served as 17th prime minister of Pakistan from 28 August 2004 to 15 November 2007, as well as the finance minister of Pakistan from 6 November 1999 to 15 ...

and was appointed as Minister of State for Industries, Production and Special Initiatives. He ran for the seat of the

as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PS-6 (Ghotki-II) in

2008 Pakistani general election 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 24,876 votes and lost the seat to

Ikramullah Khan Dharejo Jam Ikramullah Khan Dharejo is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh since February 2008 and current Provincial Minister for Industries and Commerce, Anti-corruption Establishment and Co-operatives, Gove ...

. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-6 (Ghotki-II) in

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

. He received 53,989 votes and defeated Moulana Abdul Qayoom Halijivi, a candidate of

Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (Fazl) also Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) or simply as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Urdu: ; ; JUI-F) is a Deobandi Sunni political party in Pakistan. Established as the ''Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam'' in 1945, it is the result of ...

(JUI-F). He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-21 (Ghotki-IV) in

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

Family

He is brother of Ali Gohar Khan Mahar and Ali Mohammad Mahar.

References

Living people Sindh MPAs 2013–2018 1972 births Pakistan People's Party MPAs (Sindh) Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Sindh MPAs 2018–2023 Saraiki people Ali Nawaz Khan {{Sindh-MPA-stub