Minocher Bhandara (died June 15, 2008M.P. Bhandara passes away
Dawn (newspaper), Published 16 June 2008, Retrieved 5 November 2021), popularly known as Minoo, was a Pakistani businessman and former minority representative and 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 ...

(MNA).

Family

He belonged to the small

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

-speaking

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community. Bhandara was the brother of Pakistani novelist,

Bapsi Sidhwa Bapsi Sidhwa ( ur, بیپسی سدھوا; born 11 August 1938) is a Pakistani novelist of Gujarati Parsi Zoroastrian descent who writes in English and is a resident in the United States. She is best known for her collaborative work with Indo- ...

. His father owned a liquor shop on the Mall in

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

, Pakistan. His son, Isphanyar Bhandara, is the current CEO of

Murree Brewery Murree Brewery (); ) is a Pakistani multinational manufacturer of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. It is Pakistan's largest and oldest producer of alcoholic products. In 2015, it produced 10 million litres of beer, along with hundreds of ton ...

Career

He was the architect and owner of one of the most successful and durable business conglomerates in Pakistan. Amongst his companies was the Murree Brewery, which his father had bought a controlling share in during the

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in the 1940s.

Politics

He leaves behind a legacy of enlightened political activism. Bhandara, was active as a minority representative and served as MNA from November 16, 2002 to November 15, 2007 affiliated with

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 ...

. Before that, he had also served as a member of

from 14 April 1972 to 7 March 1977 during

Zulfiqar 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 Politician, statesman who served as ...

regime. Minoo also wrote articles in the country's English language newspapers.Father Francis Nadeem, Yeh Des Hamara Hai, Lahore, p. 77

Death

He died in

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

, Pakistan on Sunday June 15, 2008 at the age of 71, due to complications as a result of a serious car accident in China several weeks earlier on 23 April 2008.M P Bhandara passes away
Business Recorder (newspaper), Published 16 June 2008, Retrieved 5 November 2021

References

Pakistani industrialists Pakistani Zoroastrians Parsi people 2008 deaths Year of birth missing Pakistani MNAs 1972–1977 Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Pakistani people of Gujarati descent {{Pakistan-business-bio-stub