Anwar Saifullah Khan Explained

Anwar Saifullah Khan
أنور سيف الله خان
Office:Senator for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Term Start:21 December 1990
Term End:21 March 1997
Predecessor:Salim Saifullah Khan
Office1:Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources
Primeminister1:Benazir Bhutto
Term Start1:26 January 1994
Term End1:5 November 1996
Predecessor1:Jehangir Badar
Successor1:Nouraiz Shakoor
Office2:Minister for Environment and Urban Affairs
Primeminister2:Nawaz Sharif
Term Start2:24 January 1990
Term End2:18 July 1993
Successor2:Shahida Jamil
Birth Date:1945 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, British India
(now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Party:Istehkam-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)
Relations:Salim, Humayun (brothers)
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
(father-in-law)
Omar Ayub Khan (son-in-law)
Alma Mater:University of Peshawar
Christ Church, Oxford
University of Southern California

Anwar Saifullah Khan (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|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.

He was also elected to the Senate from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 1990, serving until 1997.[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. He became a member of Pakistan People's Party in 2008.

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Early life and family

Anwar Saifullah Khan was born in Peshawar into the Saifullah family hailing from Marwat tribe of Pashtuns. 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.[2]

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

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.

In the 2008 general elections, Saifullah contested for two provincial seats from Lakki Marwat, and was elected to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from both.[3] 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.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/current_members.php?id=-1&catid=261&subcatid=2&leftcatid=71&cattitle=Members%20of%20Senate?id=-1&catid=261&subcatid=2&cattitle=Members%20of%20Senate Profile of Senator Anwar Saifullah Khan on Senate of Pakistan website
  2. https://www.dawn.com/news/290126 LAKKI MARWAT: Saifullahs bag three seats in Lakki Marwat
  3. News: Anwar Saifullah joins PPP. 2 March 2008. Dawn (newspaper). 13 November 2020.
  4. News: Senate defers 20th Amend Bill. Mukhtar. Imran. 18 February 2012. The Nation (newspaper). 13 November 2020. Pakistan. https://web.archive.org/web/20120319033612/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/18-Feb-2012/senate-defers-20th-amend-bill. 19 March 2012. live.