Nayyar Hussain Bukhari ( ur, ; born 23 December 1952), is the senior senator from

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and senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) who served as the 6th

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, he is also the key member of the Senate Standing Committee on Water and Power since 17 April 2009. Bukhari is currently a consultant to Lufthansa airlines in

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, Germany.

Biography

Nayyar Hussain Bukhari was born in the suburbs of Village Malpur (then old Rawalpindi,

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, now

), Pakistan, on 23 December 1953. He was educated at the PAF Model School in

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and studied at the St. Mary's College in Rawalpindi. He was active in politics as early as 1968, and was a vital member of the

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. He also attended the Gordon College and a

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to Punjab University to study for his humanities degree. He earned BA in

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in 1973 as well as LLB in civil law from the Punjab University in 1976. Upon graduating from the Punjab University, he enrolled as an Advocate at the local District court in 1977, and later enrolled as an Advocate at the

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in 1981. During this time, he became member of

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and became its general secretary in 1982. During this time, he built up political relations with the members of the PPP and became its general secretary for

wing. After successfully participating in

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held in 1988 for NA–49 Islamabad–II constituency, he supervised the socialist programme, the People's Works Program, initiated by the PPP government in 1989. He consistently defended his NA–49 Islamabad–II during the

held in

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, 2002, and

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. On 17 April 2009, he successfully became senator and chaired the Standing Committees on Interior, Environment and Port and Shipping. In 2011, he personally supervised the successful programme, the Prime Minister Committee for Flood Relief, whilst headed the Standing Committee on Judges Appointments. On 12 March 2012, his credentials and majority of PPP in Senate paved the way for the unopposed election of Bukhari as Senate chairman.

Controversies

On 29 December 2018, Bukhari was indirectly accused by

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(QAU) professor

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of stealing QAU land and building a personal 'palace' as well as other buildings for his relatives upon the stolen university land. In the

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newspaper op-ed, Hoodbhoy mentioned "The palace’s owner proudly identifies himself as former chairman of the Pakistan Senate and a member of the PPP. For a few short days during 2013, he had also been the acting president of Pakistan...Thereafter, a hitherto unnamed road running across the campus suddenly acquired a signboard — "Nayyar Bukhari Road". On 5 January 2019, the

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along with Islamabad Capital Territory demolished the structures that were built illegally as a part of Mr. Bukhari’s residence as a part of an anti-encroachment drive led by the two to retrieve land that belongs to the

References

External sources

Electoral background of Nayyar Hussain Bokhari
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bukhari, Nayyar Hussain 1952 births Living people Pakistani lawyers Pakistani MNAs 1988–1990 Pakistani MNAs 1990–1993 Pakistani MNAs 1993–1996 Pakistani MNAs 1997–1999 Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Chairmen of the Senate of Pakistan Pakistan People's Party MNAs University of the Punjab alumni Peoples Students Federation Government Gordon College alumni

Biography

Controversies

See also

References

External sources