Haji Muhammad Nawaz Khokhar was a Pakistani politician from

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Early life and career

Nawaz Khokhar was elected as MNA thrice from his constituency NA-35 (Malakand) in 1985–1988, 1990–1993 and 1993–1996. He was elected the deputy speaker 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 ...

in 1999 and also served as Minister of Science and Technology. he was one of the richest men in all of Pakistan. He was brother of late Imtiaz Khokhar also known as Taji Khokhar and

Afzal Khokhar Muhammad Afzal Khokhar (; born 6 April 1974) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to May 2018 and a M ...

. He died on 9 January 2021 due to cardiac arrest.

References

20th-century births 2021 deaths Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly of Pakistan Politicians from Islamabad Year of birth missing {{Pakistan-MNA-stub