Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar ( ur, ; born 2 August 1937) is a Pakistani politician and

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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

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to a wealthy landlord family and he belongs to the

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tribe. From his maternal side, he is a descendant of Khawaja Suleman Taunsvi of

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. He received his education from

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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 Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourth ...

as one of the founding members of the

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as a close personal friend and political ally. He was appointed

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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

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's military government. When the 1973 constitution was adopted in August and Bhutto became

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, Khar was given the portfolio of

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of Punjab Province. Thanks to complaints from within the PPP, Khar was replaced by the far more left-leaning and intellectual

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. Khar was briefly reappointed Governor in March 1975 before being finally dismissed in July 1975. Bhutto's suspicions over Khar's ambitions as well as the deep divisions within the PPP in the Punjab led to his refusal to allow Khar to run for Ramay's seat in Lahore. Khar's attempts to run for the seat as an independent ended in failure. By 1976, former rivals within the PPP, Khar and Ramay were working together within the Pir of Pagaro's

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. However, his relations with Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto briefly improved as he was appointed Special Assistant to the Prime Minister in 1977. In April 2017, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and he is considered to be on the left-wing of the PTI.

Personal life

Khar has been married eight times. One of Khar's marriages was to

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, a Pakistani women's rights activist and author. Her first book, ''My Feudal Lord'', released by

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of Lahore in June 1991, caused controversy in Pakistan's society by describing her abusive and traumatic marriage to Ghulam Mustafa Khar. His daughter Aaminah Haq is a Pakistani model and actress noted as a Lux model and for her role in the television drama ''

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''.

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, the former

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, is the daughter of his brother Ghulam Noor Rabbani. His son, Bilal Mustafa Khar was accused by his former wife Fakhra Younus of pouring acid over her face. Later, his son was acquitted of the charges. Four witnesses testified to seeing his son enter Fakhra's home on the day of the attack complained of receiving death threats. Later, they retracted their statements due to serious threats. In December 2003, judge dismissed the charges. Khar continued to protest his son's innocence, claiming the perpetrator was a pimp with whom his wife had been having an affair.

Writings

Books

*''Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto ki Kahani'', 1975, 156 p. *''Khari Baten'', 1987, 152 p.

Book chapter

“Pakistan’s role in Muslim world” in the book ''Re-emerging Muslim World'' edited by Zahid Malik, published by Pakistan National Centre in 1974.

References

External links

Ghulam Mustafa Khar

Ghulam Mustafa Khar
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khar, Ghulam Mustafa Living people 1937 births Pakistani landowners Pakistani MNAs 1962–1965 Pakistan People's Party politicians People from Multan Governors of Punjab, Pakistan Chief Ministers of Punjab, Pakistan People from Muzaffargarh District Ghulam Mustafa Aitchison College alumni Pakistani landlords People from Muzaffargarh Politicians from Muzaffargarh