Atta-ur-Rehman (politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:Senator
Atta-Ur-Rehman
Office:Pakistani Senator from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Term Start:March 2015
Birth Date:25 July 1962
Birth Place:Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Party:Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam
Office1:Minister of Tourism
Term Start1:2008
Term End1:2010
Office2:Vice President Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam
Term Start2:2006
Office3:Member of National Assembly of Pakistan
Term Start3:2002
Term End3:2007
Term Start4:2008
Term End4:2013
Constituency4:NA-25
Alma Mater:Gomal University
Profession:Politician
Scholar
Author
Nationality:Pakistani
Relations:Mufti Mehmood (father)
Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman (brother)
Maulana Lutf-ur-Rehman (brother)
Maulana Asad Mehmood (nephew)

Atta-Ur-Rehman (Urdu: عطا الرحمن), born 25 July 1965) is a Pakistani politician currently serving as Senator.[1]

The son of Mufti Mehmood, former Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and the younger brother of Fazl-ur-Rehman, he is the vice-president of JUI (F).

He also served as federal Minister of Tourism from 2008 to 2010 during the PPP government.

Early life and education

Following his early education in a local madrasa, he completed his Master's in Islamic Studies from the Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan.[2]

Political career

Member of National Assembly

He was elected two times consecutively as the member of national assembly of Pakistan from NA-25, District Tank. In his first election he led the main contender Mr Dawar Khan Kundi by about 72,000 votes. In his second election of 2008, he defeated the former provincial minister Habib Ullah Khan Kundi aka Babu Khan, but there was a controversy in the result and Babu Khan claimed that the election was unfair and he petitioned a case in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against Maulana Atta-ur-Rehman but the Supreme Court cleared the result and Maulana Atta-ur-Rehman was declared as the member of National Assembly of Pakistan.

Minister of Tourism

In 2008, JUI, under a unanimous decision passed by the central executive committee, joined the PPP government as a coalition partner and he was given the portfolio of Minister of Tourism.[3] His first measure was to ban alcohol in hotels and restaurants for both local and foreign tourists. He would keep the position till 2010.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atta Ur Rehman. www.senate.gov.pk. Senate of Pakistan. 24 December 2017.
  2. Web site: Gillani . Waqar . 8 February 2009 . "Nothing un-Islamic or unconstitutional will be allowed" . https://web.archive.org/web/20230808182400/https://jang.com.pk/thenews/feb2009-weekly/nos-08-02-2009/foo.htm . 8 August 2023 . Jang.
  3. Web site: Maulana Atta-ur-Rehman. Ministry of Tourism . 31 March 2012 . 18 October 2016.