was a Pakistani politician, Member of
Punjab Assembly, former Adviser to
Chief Minister of Punjab, and Minister for Labour and Human Resource. He was Secretary General of the center-right party
PMLN in Punjab. He had held various portfolios over his career including Minister for Youth Affairs, Minister for Forestry Wildlife & Fisheries, and Minister for Health.
Early life and education
Raja Ashfaq Sarwar, born at Holy Family Hospital in
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...
, hails from the village of
Ghora Gali
Ghora Gali is one of the tourist mountain resort towns of the Galyat area of northern Pakistan. It has an elevation of 1691m and is located in the northeastern tip of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Ghora Gali is also a Union council, an administ ...
in the
Murree Hills
Murree (Punjabi language, Punjabi, Urdu language, Urdu: مری) is a mountain resort city, located in the Galyat region of the Pir Panjal Range, within the Muree District of Punjab, Pakistan. It forms the outskirts of the Islamabad-Rawalpindi m ...
and is the eldest son of Raja Ghulam Sarwar (late) a two-time member of
West Pakistan
West Pakistan ( ur, , translit=Mag̱ẖribī Pākistān, ; bn, পশ্চিম পাকিস্তান, translit=Pôścim Pakistan) was one of the two Provincial exclaves created during the One Unit Scheme in 1955 in Pakistan. It was d ...
Assembly. He attended
Lawrence College
Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second college in the U.S. to be founded as a coeducation ...
.
[Staff Writer]
"Raja Ashfaq Sarwar Profile"
Pakistan Herald
Political career
His political career started in 1988 when he successfully contested for a
Punjab Assembly seat from Murree as an Independent candidate. He joined PML (a part of
''IJI'' then) later becoming
PMLN, and was appointed Provincial Labour Minister.
He successfully contested for the same seat in 1990 and became the Punjab Minister for Forestry, Wildlife, Fisheries and Minister of Youth Affairs. Within the party he became President of PML Youth Wing Punjab where he appointed
Khawaja Saad Rafique
Khawaja Saad Rafique (; born 4 November 1962) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since October 2018 and the current federal minister for Railways.
A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawa ...
as general secretary. He was re-elected as an MPA in 1993 and 1997 where he became Provincial Minister for Health and Population Welfare up until the
1999 coup d'état by
General Pervez Musharraf
General Pervez Musharraf ( ur, , Parvez Muśharraf; born 11 August 1943) is a former Pakistani politician and four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of the ...
.
Following the Military Coup he took a break from his own elections to focus on strengthening PML N, and restoring Democracy and the Judiciary in Pakistan. During this period he was twice-elected as General Secretary of PMLN in Punjab and currently holds this position. In 2008 he was appointed as Adviser to
Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif
Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi: , ; born 23 September 1951) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who is currently serving as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan, in office since 11 April 2022. He is the current president o ...
.
On 11 May 2013 he was again elected as Member of Punjab Assembly from his home constituency of PP-1 in
Rawalpindi District
Rawalpindi District ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a district located in the northernmost part of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Parts of the district form part of the Islamabad Rawalpindi metropolitan area. Rawalpindi city is the district capi ...
, serving
Tehsil Murree and
Tehsil Kotli Sattian, maintaining his 100% electoral record.
[Election Commission of Pakistan]
"Punjab Assembly Results"
Election of 11 May 2013
He died on 11 April 2020 at the age of 65 after a prolonged illness.
Election history
References
External links
Profile of Raja Ashfaq SarwarOfficial PML-N Website
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1954 births
Living people
Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab)
People from Murree
Lawrence College Ghora Gali alumni
Ross School of Business alumni
Punjab MPAs 2013–2018