Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar ( ur, احمد مختار) (22 June 1946 – 25 November 2020) was a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the Defence Minister of Pakistan in the PM

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-led cabinet. He also owned Servis Group and founded

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. He was a central leader of the

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from

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and he defeated

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from Gujrat NA-105 in 1993 & 2008, the leader of

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party, who was allied with President

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, in Pakistan's 2008 elections.

Early life and career

Born in Lahore, Ahmad Mukhtar did his Operational Management from California, United States and a Diploma in Plastic Technology from

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. Mukhtar was also a graduate of

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. He was a businessman who started his political career in 1990 on PPP platform. His brother

Ahmad Saeed Chaudhry Ahmad Saeed (11 January 1941 – 28 September 2018) was the former chairman of the Pakistan's national carrier, Pakistan International Airlines. He resigned that position in 2005. He was also the former Chairman of Zarai Taraqiati B ...

served as PIA Managing director (from April 2001) and PIA chairman (from April 2003, both until April 2005) during the General

era. Ahmad Mukhtar himself took the role of chairman PIA from May 2008. He was an industrialist and served as Commerce Minister in the 1993–1996

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government. He was considered the most likely candidate to be the next

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, along with Ameen Faheem,

and

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, but was later denied, when Yousaf Raza Gillani was announced as the new PM on 22 March 2008. He became the Defence Minister in the coalition government of PPP,

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, ANP and

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formed after 2008 elections on 31 March 2008. He was also the brother-in-law of former

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(PCB) chairman,

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. He belonged to a

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family of Gujrat.

Death

Ahmad Mukhtar died after prolonged illness on 25 November 2020, aged 74.Former Defense Minister Ahmad Mukhtar Passes Away
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References

External links

Minister of Textile Industry profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mukhtar, Ahmad Pakistan People's Party politicians Defence Ministers of Pakistan People from Gujrat District Pakistani industrialists 2020 deaths Punjabi people 1946 births Water and Power Ministers of Pakistan Pakistan International Airlines people Politicians from Lahore Commerce Ministers of Pakistan St. Anthony's High School, Lahore alumni Service Industries Limited Forman Christian College alumni Pakistani MNAs 1993–1996