Nawabzada Ghazanfar Ali Gul, is a senior member of the Nawabzada family of Gujrat, Pakistan. Ghazanfar previously served as Federal Minister of Pakistan as well was member of National Assembly of Pakistan and Provincial Assembly of Punjab. Ghazanfar is a well known political figure of Gujrat, an active Advocate in the Punjab High Court and leader of

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, Pakistan's second largest political party. Gazanfar Ali Gul attended the Government College, Lahore where he achieved the Honour Role in debating. After completing his time at Government College, Gazanfar Ali Gul moved to the

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for his further studies. Where he enrolled at the

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, graduating in a B.Sc. in Economics degree. After graduating, Gazanfar Ali Gul returned to

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only to come back to the United Kingdom to achieve his Post Graduate Diploma in Law from

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. He then qualified as a barrister at

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. Gazanfar Ali Gul returned to his home town and entered politics in 1985. They have long history of involvement in politics and had always supported the

(PPP). However, at this time the PPP had decided to boycott the elections that were being held under the dictatorship of General Zia-ul-Haq, the then President of Pakistan. Gazanfar Ali Gul contested the 1988 general election and won his place as a MPA. His political sharpness and leadership qualities were noted by the former Prime Minister,

Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...

, who offered him the chance of being a MNA. In 1993, Gazanfar Ali Gul defeated Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Bhutto appointed him to be a member of the highest committee of the PPP, the Central Executive Committee. Gazanfar Ali Gul's family has been in rivalry with the Chaudhry family of Gujrat for over five decades. Gazanfar Ali Gul was defeated by

Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain ( ur, ; born ) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2013. In 2023, he was appointed as the president of PML-Q after his brother Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was ...

, the brother of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, in the elections of 2002 and 2008. After the latter, Ghazanfar filed a case against Hussain, claiming that the votes needed to be recounted due to irregularities. In 2017 it was speculated that he was preparing to join the PML-N.

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