Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui () is a Pakistani politician who had been
Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, in office from 20 August 2018 to 06 April 2020. He has been a 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 ...
, since August 2018 and the leader of the
Muttahida Quami Movement Pakistan, since February 2018.
Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 1990 to 1993, from 1997 to 1999 and again from June 2013 to May 2018. During his second tenure as member of the National Assembly, he served Federal Minister for Industries and Production from July 1997 to August 1998 in the cabinet of Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif
Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi language, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime ...
.
Political career
As a student, he became chairman of
All Pakistan Muttahidda Students Organization
The All Pakistan Muttahida Students Organization (APMSO; ) is a Pakistani student organization notable for creating a political party: the Mohajir Quami Movement, now called the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).
APMSO was founded by Altaf H ...
(APMSO)
in 1989 while studying in
Jinnah Sindh Medical University
Jinnah Sindh Medical University (), formerly known as ''Sindh Medical College'', is a medical university in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It gained university status in June 2012.
History
Jinnah Sindh Medical University, formerly known as Sindh Med ...
.
He was elected to 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 ...
as a candidate of Haq Parast Group (HPG) from Constituency NA-169 (Hyderabad-III) in
1990 general election.
The
Muttahida Qaumi Movement Muttahida Qaumi Movement (abbreviated MQM) is a name currently claimed by two competing Pakistani political factions:
* Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London, a political faction managed from the UK
* Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan
Muttah ...
(MQM) had fielded candidates for the 1990 general election under the banner of the HPG.
In 1993, he was appointed as deputy convener of MQM.
He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of HPG from Constituency NA-169 (Hyderabad-III) in
1997 Pakistani general election
General elections were held in Pakistan on 3 February 1997 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections were a fierce contest between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by pre-election Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Mus ...
.
In July 1997, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif
Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi language, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime ...
and was appointed as Federal Minister for Industries and Production where he continued to serve until August 1998.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM from
Constituency NA-219 (Hyderabad-I) 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 141,035 votes and defeated Ali Muhammad Sehto, 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).
On 11 February 2018, he was elevated from deputy Convener of MQM to Convener of MQM after the Coordination Committee of MQM appointed him as the new Convener of the party, replacing
Farooq Sattar
Muhammad Farooq Sattar (; born 9 April 1949) is a Pakistani politician who is the founder & former leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, who split it from MQM founder and leader Altaf Hussain, he announced separate faction after rel ...
. In retaliation, Farooq Sattar dissolved the party's Coordination Committee and called for fresh intra-party election. On 18 February, Farooq Sattar was elected as Convener of the party in intra-party election. Faction of MQM led by Siddique challenged the polls and filed a petition in the
Election Commission of Pakistan
The Election Commission of Pakistan ( ur, ; ECP) is an independent, autonomous, permanent and constitutionally established federal body responsible for organizing and conducting elections to the national parliament, provincial legislatures, l ...
(ECP) and stated that since Farooq Sattar was removed as convener on 11 February, he had no authority to hold the intra-party elections. On 26 March 2018, the ECP ruled in favour of Siddiqui and removed Farooq Sattar as Convener of MQM.
On 28 March 2018, Farooq Sattar filed a petition in the
Islamabad High Court
The Islamabad High Court is the senior court of the Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, with appellate jurisdiction over the following district courts:
* Islamabad District Court (East)
* Islamabad District Court (West)
Justice Aamer Far ...
to against the decision of the ECP to suspend him as the convener of the MQM. On 11 June, the Islamabad High Court dismissed the petition and upheld the orders of the ECP.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM from Constituency
NA-255 (Karachi Central-III)
NA-249 (Karachi Central-III) () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.
Area
This constituency includes neighborhoods of Liaquatabad, named after first Prime Minister of Pakistan Liaquat Ali Khan , and Nazimabad, named after sec ...
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 ...
.
On 18 August,
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 ...
formally announced his federal cabinet structure and Siddiqui was named as
Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication. On 20 August 2018, he was sworn in as Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
On 20 August 2018, a court declared Siddiqui proclaimed absconder in a case regarding violation of the Loudspeaker Act.
On 6 April in a cabinet reshuffle, his resignation was accepted by PM Imran Khan.
On March 30th 2022, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui's
MQM-P left the coalition government of Prime Minister
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 ...
.
References
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Living people
Muttahida Qaumi Movement politicians
Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018
People from Sindh
Muttahida Qaumi Movement MNAs
Jinnah Sindh Medical University alumni
Politicians from Hyderabad, Sindh
Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023
Year of birth missing (living people)