Haider Abbas Rizvi | |
Honorific-Suffix: | NI |
Constituency: | NA-253 (Karachi-XV) |
Office: | Member of National Assembly of Pakistan |
Majority: | 96,973 votes |
Term Start: | February 2008 |
Term End: | December 2012 |
Predecessor: | Asadullah Bhutto |
Successor: | Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi |
Term Start1: | 2002 |
Term End1: | 2008 |
Successor1: | Sheikh Salahuddin |
Constituency1: | NA-244 (Karachi-VI) |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1968 |
Birth Place: | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
Birthname: | Syed Haidar Abbas Rizvi |
Spouse: | Nusrat |
Party: | MQM-P (2023-present) |
Children: | Rajal Rizvi, Sabika Rizvi, Zyra Rizvi, Salaar Rizvi |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Alma Mater: | University of Karachi, Pakistan University of Detroit |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Engineering Management Consultant |
Education: | Chemical Engineering |
Awards: | Nishan-e-Imtiaz |
Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi (Urdu: سيد حیدر عباس رضوی ), (born, January 1, 1968, in Karachi) is the former deputy parliamentary leader of MQM who had been the member of National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012. Previously, he served as member of National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2008.
Rizvi has completed his M.Sc. degree in Applied Chemistry in 1992 from the University of Karachi and M.Sc. Chemical Engineering in 1998 from University of Detroit Mercy, U.S.A. He is an Engineering Management Consultant by profession. He is also qualified as a lead Auditor for ISO 9000, Lead Auditor for ISO 14000 and has attended a wide range of management training courses. He was also a former director of Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC).
He was first elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from constituency NA-244 (Karachi-VI) in 2002 Pakistani general election by receiving by 54,101 votes.[1]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM from constituency NA-253 (Karachi-XV) in 2008 Pakistani general election receiving 96,973 votes.[2]
He resigned from his National Assembly seat in December 2012 due to having dual nationality.[3]
Haidar Abbas Rizvi has two sons and two daughters. He has travelled to the Georgia, Tanzania, Estonia and Ivory Coast. His interests include reading Urdu literature, writing Urdu poetry, playing cricket and chess. He is a member of Young Parliamentarians Forum (YPF) Pakistan.[4] He currently is employed as an Uber driver in Canada.[5]
2011 | Nishan-e-Imtiaz | Awarded by Asif Ali Zardari (President) | [6] |