Ghulam Mustafa Khar

Ghulam Mustafa Khar Malik, (born August 2, 1937 in Muzaffargarh) was a close ally of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and his chief minister in Punjab, Pakistan during the 1970s,also Khar was one of the founders of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Khar was also jailed by the Zia ul Haq regime after the 1977 coup.

After sometime in the political wilderness (famously calling Bhutto the 'maharaja of Larkana') he rejoined Bhutto before the 1977 general elections. Arrested after the imposition of martial law, Khar slipped out of the country after an understanding with General Chishti (a General Zia-ul-Haq's comrade). He promptly went back into opposition politics after leaving the country a fact which infuriated Zia and led to the withdrawal of an offer to Khar's close friend Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi to become Prime Minister.

Returning to Pakistan before 1988, Khar had by then had fallen out with Benazir Bhutto and with Army backing created the National Peoples Party (NPP) along with Jatoi and other PPP dissidents. The Army believed they needed to neutralize Benazir Bhutto's influence in Sindh with a Sindhi and wanted to use Jatoi for that, Khar in the meantime contested for several seats in the Punjab and won all of them. However, Jatoi suffered a shock defeat.

Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi became caretaker Prime Minister in 1990 after Benazir's removal but Punjab's Chief Minister and Khar's rival Nawaz Sharif outmaneuvered Jatoi and ended up being Prime Minister. Khar eventually ended up rejoining the PPP before the 1993 elections. Re-elected, he served as Federal Minister for Water and Power under Benazir Bhutto. Defeated in the 1997 election, he was unable to contest the 2002 elections because of a restriction placed on non-graduates from contesting the elections.

Khar then rejoined the PPP and began campaigning to become the Party President for Punjab province. In 2007, Khar was removed from the PPP by Benazir Bhutto due to his controversial statements regarding the deal between Benazir and General Musharraf. He also had a war of words with the secretary general of the PPPP Jehangir Badar , who was called a political orphan by Khar.

Khar has been married numerous times and his relationship with Tehmina Durrani, one of his seven wives is in particular famous, as she wrote a book called "My Feudal Lord" on her husband , in which she describes the alleged abuse given to her by Khar.

In detail coverage on his personality traits, chronology of the events in Pakistan's political landscape etc can be found in the book "My Feudal Lord" by Tehmina Durrani.

Mir Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto

Mir Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto (18 September 1954 – 20 September 1996), PhD, was a Pakistani public socialite and left-wing democratic socialist intellectual. The elder son of the former Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and First Lady Nusrat Bhutto, Murtaza Bhutto was fatally and publicly shot dead in a controversial Sindh Police encounter along with his six close confident on 20 September 1996, during the second government of Benazir Bhutto— Murtaza Bhutto's eldest sister.

Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani

Name: Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani 
Born:
Affiliation(s): PPP
Fathers Name: Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani

Syed Abdul Qadir Gillani is a Son of Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani Prime Minister of Pakistan he is also a Member of Provincial Assembly of Punjab.

Syed Ali Musa Gilani

Name:  Syed Ali Musa Gilani
Born:
Affiliation(s): PPP

Fathers Name: Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani


Syed Ali Musa Gilani won by-election for NA-148 Multan after defeating his rival from PML-N Abdul Ghaffar Dogar by a margin of 50,287 votes.

Musa Gilani secured 93,106 votes while Abdul Ghaffar bagged 42,819 votes, Election Commission officials said while unveiling unofficial results.

Hina Rabbani Khar

Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
Born: N/A
Profession: Politician
Affiliation(s): Pakistan People's Party
Citizenship: Pakistani






Hina Rabbani Khar was born on January 19, 1977 in Multan Daughter of Veteran Politian, Ghulam Rabbani Khar. Proud of her ancestral village and all that life gave her, Hina is a buoyantly zestful lady. A business woman by profession and hailing from one of the least developed parts of Pakistan.

Education
Hina graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons) from Lahore University of Management Sciences in 1999, and received her M.Sc. degree in Management from University of Massachusetts, U.S.A in 2001. A graduate of ‘University of Massachusetts - USA’, she has all that it takes to be a leader.

Ghulam Rabbani Khar
Her father, Ghulam Rabbani Khar, drove Hina into politics, setting her on a different path from the hotel management career.

Profession
A businesswoman by profession. She had been pursuing with great zeal. She is a co-owner of the Polo Lounge, an upscale, popular restaurant located on the Lahore Polo Grounds.

Political career
She has her roots in Village ‘Khar Gharbi’ located in Tehsil Kot Addu, and politically affiliated now with PPPP.

Election 2002
She won the elections in 2002 from the platform of PML-Q and was the Parliamentary Secretary for Economic Affairs and Statistics.

Election 2008
She got elected as Member of National Assembly (MNA) in 2008 elections from NA-177, Muzaffargarh-II for the second time.

Minister for Economic Affairs
Hina Rabbani Khar has served as Minister of State for Economic Affairs for 3 years and Minister of State for Finance & Economic Affairs for another 2 Years – During these years, she was the lead person in Pakistan’s Economic diplomacy both bilateral and Multilateral. She successfully conducted 4 Pakistan Development Forums (PDF’s) and the 3rd World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF). Over the years – She has developed expertise in Aid Effectiveness.

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
As Minister of State for Foreign Affairs represented Pakistan in the first ever strategic dialogue with GCC countries, OIC Foreign Ministers Meeting in Astana.

Chairperson / Member of Different Committees:

- Vice Chairperson of Steering committee for Studies on “National Trade Corridor Strategy & Structural Transformation”.
- Member of National Finance Commission.
- Member of Economic Advisory Council.
- Member of Cabinet Committee on Fast Track Power Generation Projects through International Competitive Bidding.
- Chairperson of High Level Committee to consult all stakeholders for protection of WAPDA from reduction of gas to the power sector.
- Member of Cabinet Committee for Review of Zakat and Bait-ul-Mal Systems.
- Member of Task Force on Public Private Partnerships Infrastructure Finance and Development.
- Member of Ministerial Committee to recommend measure to further accelerate the efforts to enhance agriculture output.
- Member of Young Parliamentarians Forum (YPF) Pakistan

Distinctions:

- Nominated and selected as Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum
- First Women to present Finance Budget in 2009
- Chairperson of AHAN-Aik Hunar Aik Nagar – Rural Development Concern
- Served as Governor of Pakistan at the Islamic Development Bank

She is articulate, brilliant, enterprising, and very far-sighted even at such a young age. Moreover, she is humble, approachable, professional, and knows her job very well. At the end of the day, if we have more people like her in our government, perhaps Pakistan’s positive image won’t need any marketing beyond simply introducing them to the world.

Married to: Mr. Feroze Gulzar. Has two daughters Annaya and Dina.