Abdul Ghafoor (politician)
ʻAbd al-Ghaffār (ALA-LC romanization of ) is a male Muslim given name, and, in modern usage, surname, built from the Arabic words ''Abd (Arabic), ʻabd'' and ''al-Ghaffār'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the List of Arabic theophoric names, Muslim theophoric names. It may refer to: Politicians * (?—1605), Karakalpak sultan, leader of the Karakalpak rebellion 1603—1605. Died in Battle of Kara-Kamysh. *Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890–1988), Indian/Pakistani political and spiritual leader *Abdoel Gaffar Pringgodigdo (1904–1988), Indonesian politician *Hardan ’Abdul Ghaffar al-Tikriti, or Hardan al-Tikriti (1925–1971), Iraqi Air Force commander and politician *Rukan Razuki Abd al-Ghafar (born 1956), Iraqi politician *Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal, Afghan-American politician *Abdul Ghafoor (politician, born 1918) (1918–2004) Indian freedom fighter and politician * Abdul Ghafoor (Saharsa politician) * Abdul Ghaffar (politician), Pakistani politician * A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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ALA-LC (American Library AssociationLibrary of Congress) is a set of standards for romanization, the representation of text in other writing systems using the Latin script. Applications The system is used to represent bibliographic information by North American libraries and the British Library (for acquisitions since 1975)Searching for Cyrillic items in the catalogues of the British Library: guidelines and transliteration tables and in publications throughout the English-speaking world. The Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules require catalogers to romanize Authority control, access points from their non-Roman originals. However, as the MARC standards have been expanded to allow records containing Unicode characters, many cataloguers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed
Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed (Urdu: عبدالغفور احمد; 26 June 1927 – 26 December 2012) was a Pakistani politician who represented Jamaat-e-Islami in National Assembly and Senate of Pakistan in 1970 till 1977. He was a signatory and committee member who prepared the draft of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan.Prof. Ghafoor Ahmad Introduction by Senator of Pakistan Prof. Ghafoor Ahmad On Pakistan Herald Retrieved Pakistan Herald Early life and education Ahmed was born on 26 June 1927 to a Muslim family in[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdul Gaffar Biswas
Abdul Gaffar Biswas is a Bangladeshi businessman and Jatiya Party (Ershad) The Jatiya Party (, ; JaPa or JP(E)) is a political party of Bangladesh. The current chairman of the party is Ghulam Muhammed Quader. On 3 January 2019, the party announced its decision to join the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance a ... politician and a former member of parliament for Khulna-3. Career Biswas was elected to parliament from Khulna-3 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1988. He is president of Khulna KDA New Market's Owners Association, Khulna Divisional Fuel Distributors Association, and Khulna Bus-Truck and Covered-Van Owners Association. His sons, Shible Biswas and Sohel Biswas, were arrested in September 2007 in Khulna City with unclear charges. He is the president of Khulna City unit of Jatiya Party and vice chairmen in central committee. In 2010, he was sued by Destiny Group for allegedly trying to extort them. References Jatiya Party politicians Living people 4th Ja ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdul Ghaffar Wattoo
Abdul Ghaffar Wattoo () is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 till August 2023. Political career He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-166 (Bahawalnagar-I) as an independent candidate in the 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 102,385 votes and defeated Syed Muhammad Asghar Shah, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Following his successful election, he joined PTI in August 2018. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-160 Bahawalnagar-I as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)) in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 118,557 votes and defeated Syed Muhammad Asghar Shah, an independent candidate. External links * More Reading * List of members of the 15th National Assembly of Pakistan The 15th National Assembly of Pakistan was the legislature of Pakistan following the 201 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdul Ghaffar Qureshi
Abdul Ghaffar Qureshi is a Pakistani politician and businessman. He served as a senator from March 2006 to March 2012, representing the province of Sindh and the Pakistan Muslim League The Pakistan Muslim League (; known as PML), is the name of several different Pakistani political parties that have dominated the centre-right platform in the country. The ''Muslim League'' (the original successor of the All-India Muslim ... (PML) party. He also held the position of Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. References Living people Members of the Senate of Pakistan Pakistan Muslim League politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Pakistan-senator-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdul Ghaffar Aziz
Abdul Ghaffar Aziz (; Abdul Ghaffar Aziz, 1962 - 5 October 2020) was a Pakistani politician, Islamic scholar and deputy emir of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan from April 2019 to 5 October 2020 until his death. He was also Director of Foreign Affairs of JI for over two decades. Aziz was appointed Deputy Emir of JI in April 2019 alongside Liaqat Baloch, Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Rashid Naseem, Asadullah Bhutto, Farid Ahmad Paracha, Mian Muhammad Aslam and Merajul Huda Siddiqui. Death and illness Aziz died on 5 October 2020 due to cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po .... According to JI spokesman Qaisar Sharif, Abdul Ghaffar Aziz had been suffering from cancer for a year. His funeral prayer was led by his brother Habib-ur-Rahman in Mansoorah, Lahore. JI Emir Siraju ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdul Ghafar Baba
Abdul Ghafar bin Baba (; 18 February 1925 – 23 April 2006) was a Malaysian politician who served as 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1986 to 1993. Life and career He was born on 18 February 1925 in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, the son of impoverished villagers from Malacca state who emigrated as pastoral nomads, namely Baba Abdullah from Sungai Udang and his wife, Saodah Salleh from Bemban. Ghafar Baba became a teacher and later became a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) political party, which is part of the Barisan Nasional coalition. In 1943, he married Toh Puan Asmah Binti Alang (1927–2004) and they had twelve children, three of whom he outlived. In the early 1990s, he polygamously married his second wife, Toh Puan Heryati Abdul Rahim, with whom he had one child, and divorced in 2003. In 1986, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Previously, Musa Hitam held the deputy premiership but resigned, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdul Ghafar Atan
Abdul Ghafar bin Atan ( Jawi: عبدالغفار بن أتن; 13 July 1956 – 17 November 2021) was a Malaysian politician. He served as Member of the Melaka State Executive Council (EXCO) from March 2008 to May 2018 and again from March 2020 to his death in November 2021, as well as Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Asahan from May 2013 to his death in November 2021 and Gadek from March 2004 to May 2013. He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and also the Alor Gajah UMNO chief. Politics Abdul Ghafar first contested as a BN candidate in the 11th general election in the Gadek state constituency in 2004 and went on to defend the seat in the 12th general election in 2008. In the 13th general election in 2013, he contested the Asahan seat and defended it in the 14th general election (GE14) in 2018. Death On 4 November 2021, it was announced Abdul Ghafar would ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdul Ghafor Zori
Al Hajj Abdul Ghafoor Zori is a citizen of Afghanistan who was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections. Zori completed his high school education in 1971, at the Farokhi Sistani high school in Nimroz province. In 1971 and 1972 he worked in Herat, in its electrical administration. From 1976 to 1978 he worked in Nimroz for the Agriculture Development Bank. During Afghanistan's Soviet occupation Zori fought against the Soviet backed Communist regime, from 1972 to 1992. Six of his brothers were killed during this war. After the ouster of the communists he served as Nimroz province's chief of finance, from 1992 to 1994. He served as head of agricultural cooperatives from 1994 to 1995. During the Taliban regime, from 1995 to 2001, the ''Pajhwok Afghan News Pajhwok Afghan News () () is Afghanistan's largest independent news agency with its headquarters in Kabul. In addition to 24-hour general news reporting, it also publishes special investigative reports about ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdul Ghafoor Khan Mayo
Abdul Gafoor Khan Mayo is the former Food Minister for Punjab, Pakistan. He has been elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab three times. Gafoor Mayo has also repeatedly been in the news. Once, he was charged with manhandling custom officials at Lahore airport. Earlier during his second tenure as MPA in 2010, he was in newspapers for beating police officer at Mall Road. Abdul Ghafoor Mayo is notoriously famous for short temper. He usually exchanges harsh words with opponents and at times even tries to go physical. He has been elected three times to Provincial Assembly, once from Nawaz Sharif home constituency Model Town, and later on from other home constituency of Nawaz Sharif that is Raiwind Raiwind ( Punjabi & ) is a town located within union council 149 (Dholanwal) in Allama Iqbal Town of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The town serves as the headquarters of Tablighi Jamaat and hosts the annual Raiwind Markaz Ijtema. Raiwind is also .... References Externa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdul Ghafoor Khan Durrani
Abdul Ghafoor Khan Durrani () (1910 2000) was a Pakistani politician. He was born in Quetta, Balochistan, British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in South Asia. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another ... in 1910. Political career He brought Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Saddozai, chief of the Sadozai Durrani tribe of Balochistan, into the Muslim League for an important role in the Pakistan Independence movement. In November 1959 all the Chairmen of Union Committees within Quetta city became members of the Quetta Municipal Committee and then Khan Abdul Ghafoor Khan Durrani was elected its 1st Vice Chairman, whereas the Quetta Political Agent remained as its chairman. He was also the General Secretary of Anjuman e Islamia Quetta.http://www.findglocal.com/PK/Quetta/169872553080146/Islamia-boys-college-Quetta- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdul Ghafoor Hoti
Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti (1923–1998) was a former governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (known as NWFP at the time) province of Pakistan. Belonging to Mardan Mardān is a city in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Mardan is the List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, second-largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (after Peshawar). ..., he was the son of Nawab Akbar Khan Hoti and father of Inspector General of KPK Police Nawabzada Muhammad Akbar Khan Hoti.Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti listed as Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1985 - 1986 worldstatesmen.org website, Retrieved 28 January 2018 He was one of the rare politicians who had said that he would resign fr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |