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Anwar Saifullah Khan
أنور سيف الله خان
Senator for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
21 December 1990 – 21 March 1997
Preceded bySalim Saifullah Khan
Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources
In office
26 January 1994 – 5 November 1996
Prime MinisterBenazir Bhutto
Preceded byJehangir Badar
Succeeded byNouraiz Shakoor
Minister for Environment and Urban Affairs
In office
24 January 1990 – 18 July 1993
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Succeeded byShahida Jamil
Personal details
Born (1945-06-07) 7 June 1945 (age 79)
Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, British India
(now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Political partyIstehkam-e-Pakistan Party (2023-2024)
Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (2018-2020)
Pakistan People's Party (2008-2018)
Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam) (2001–2008)
Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo) (1993–2001)
Pakistan Muslim League (1988–1993)
RelationsSalim, Humayun (brothers)
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
(father-in-law)
Omar Ayub Khan (son-in-law)
Alma materUniversity of Peshawar
Christ Church, Oxford
University of Southern California

Anwar Saifullah Khan (Urdu: أنور سيف الله خان; born 7 June 1945) is a Pakistani politician and industrialist. As a member of the Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo), he served in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's cabinet as Federal Minister of Environment and Urban Affairs from 1990 to 1993 and as Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources from 1994 to 1996 in coalition with Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.[1]

He was also elected to the Senate from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 1990, serving until 1997.[2]

In the 2008 general elections, Saifullah contested for two provincial seats from Lakki Marwat, and was elected to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from both. He became a member of Pakistan People's Party in 2008.[1]

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Early life and family

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Anwar Saifullah Khan was born in Peshawar into the Saifullah family hailing from Marwat tribeofPashtuns. He is the son of Begum Kulsum Saifullah, and the brother of politicians Salim and Humayun Saifullah Khan. He is also the son-in-law of former President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, and the father-in-law of Omar Ayub Khan, the grandson of Pakistan's former military dictator Ayub Khan.[3]

Anwar Saifullah was educated at the University of Peshawar, and Christ Church, Oxford. He took the post of co-chairman of Saif Group, a Pakistani conglomerate, in 1984.

Political career

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Anwar Saifullah Khan was elected to the Senate from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 1990, serving until 1997 as a member of the Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo). He served in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's cabinet as Federal Minister of Environment and Urban Affairs from 1990 to 1993, and as Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources from 1994 to 1996 in coalition with Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.[1]

In the 2008 general elections, Saifullah contested for two provincial seats from Lakki Marwat, and was elected to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from both.[1] He later joined Pakistan People's Party as a candidate for Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but this was vetoed by coalition partner Awami National Party, a rival of the Saifullah family.[4] He was instead appointed President of PPP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but resigned following his defeat in the 2013 general elections.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Anwar Saifullah joins PPP". Dawn (newspaper). 2 March 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  • ^ Profile of Senator Anwar Saifullah Khan on Senate of Pakistan website Retrieved 13 November 2020
  • ^ LAKKI MARWAT: Saifullahs bag three seats in Lakki Marwat Dawn (newspaper), Published 20 February 2008, Retrieved 13 November 2020
  • ^ Mukhtar, Imran (18 February 2012). "Senate defers 20th Amend Bill". The Nation (newspaper). Pakistan. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anwar_Saifullah_Khan&oldid=1228971217"

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