Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khosa ( ur, ; born 20 October 1935) is a Pakistani political leader, former senator and former Governor of Punjab. He represented

Punjab, Pakistan Punjab (; , ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in central-eastern region of the country, Punjab is the second-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the largest province by population. It shares land borders with the ...

in the

Senate of Pakistan Senate of Pakistan or Aiwān-e-Bālā Pākistān ( ur, , , literally "Pakistan upper house"), is the upper legislative chamber of the bicameral legislature of Pakistan, and together with the National Assembly makes up the Parliament of Pakist ...

. Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan has been elected to the

Provincial Assembly of Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of Paki ...

for ten consecutive tenures in 1964, 1970, 1977, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2002 and 2008. Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan contested for a National Assembly of Pakistan in general election 2018 but lost to Sardar Muhammad Amjad Farooq Khan Khosa.

Biography

He comes from a Baloch Khosa tribe. He was born in Bahadurgarh,

Dera Ghazi Khan District Dera Ghazi Khan (Urdu and pnb, , Saraiki: , bal, ڈیرہ غازی خان) is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Its capital is the town of Dera Ghazi Khan. Most of its inhabitants are Saraikis and Baloch. The district lies t ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi Language, Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also Romanization, romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the I ...

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

. He became the

Tumandar Tumandar ( ur, ) is a title given to the leader of Baloch and Pashtoon tribe in Pakistan. As defined in the Gazette of Pakistan, a "Tumandar" or "Sardar" who is accepted as the leader of a tribe, under any custom or usage or otherwise could obt ...

of the Khosa in 1935 after the death of his father, Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa. He was the Governor of the Punjab from 17 August 1999 to 12 October 1999. He was a senator from

, from 2012 to 2018. He has three sons: Hissam Uddin Khan Khosa, Saif Uddin Khan Khosa, and

Dost Muhammad Khosa Sardar Dost Muhammad Khosa ( ur, دوست محمد کھوسہ; born 22 October 1973) is a Pakistani politician affiliated with Pakistan People's Party. He was appointed as the Interim Chief Minister of Punjab on 12 April 2008, after winning ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khosa, Zulfiqar Ali Baloch politicians Living people Governors of Punjab, Pakistan Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Pakistan People's Party politicians People from Dera Ghazi Khan District Tumandars 1935 births Pakistani senators (14th Parliament)