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Abdul Ghafoor Khan Durrani () (1910 2000) was a Pakistani politician. He was born in
Quetta Quetta is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It is the ninth largest city in Pakistan, with an estimated population of over 1.6 million in 2024. It is situated in the south-west of the country, lying in a ...
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Balochistan Balochistan ( ; , ), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region o ...
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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-official Anjuman e Islamia Quetta


See also

* Jinnah


References


External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080726190710/http://www.app.com.pk/en/pdf/balochistan.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Durrani Khan Abdul Ghafoor Khan 1910 births 2000 deaths Pakistan Movement activists Pakistani politicians Pashtun politicians Politicians from Quetta