Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Explained

Khawaja Muhammad safdar
Office1:Chairman of Majlis-e-Shoora
Term Start1:1981
Term End1:1985
President1:Zia-ul-Haq
Office2:Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Term Start2:6 August 1975
Term End2:4 July 1977
Constituency2:Punjab
Term Start3:6 August 1973
Term End3:5 August 1975
Constituency3:Punjab
Office4:Leader of Opposition in Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan
Term Start4:9 June 1962
Term End4:25 March 1969
Office7:Member of the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan
Termstart7:9 June 1965
Termend7:25 March 1969
Constituency7:Sialkot-I
Termstart8:9 June 1962
Termend8:8 June 1965
Constituency8:Sialkot-I
Party:Pakistan Muslim League
Nationality:Pakistani
Relations:Khawaja Muhammad Asif (son)
Birth Place:Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan

Khawaja Muhammad Safdar was a Pakistani Pakistan Muslim League.[1]

Early life and career

He was born in Sialkot and took an active part in the Pakistan Movement before 1947. In 1981, he was nominated as chairman of Majlis-e-Shoora, Pakistan and also acted as acting president of Pakistan in this capacity.

He is the father of foreign minister of Pakistan in 2017, Khawaja Muhammad Asif. He was elected Member of Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan in 1962[2] and was thereafter elected as leader of opposition.[2] He was re-elected to both these position in 1965.[3] and served in those positions till 25 March 1969, when General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan seized power and dissolved the Assemblies. Khawaja Muhammad Safdar contested 1970 elections in Pakistan but lost to a nominee of Pakistan Peoples Party.

Sialkot Medical College was set up in Sialkot in 2011 which was later renamed after Khawaja Muhammad Safdar as Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College.[4] A famous main boulevard in Sialkot on which Khwaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College lies has also been named as Khwaja Muhammad Safdar Road.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Ghumman. Khawar. Experience and loyalty count in the PML-N kitchen cabinet. 8 August 2017. Dawn (newspaper). 7 June 2013. en.
  2. Web site: Khawaja Muhammad Safdar listed as member of Provincial Assembly (1962-1965) on pap.gov.pk website. 8 August 2017.
  3. Web site: Khawaja Muhammad Safdar listed as member of Provincial Assembly (1965-1969). 8 August 2017.
  4. http://www.pulsepakistan.com/index.php/main-news-dec-15-13/585-khawaja-muhammad-safdar-medical-college-Sialkot Sialkot Medical College renamed as Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College