Zulfiqar Ali Khosa Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Senator
Zulfiqar Ali Khosa
President:Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Primeminister:Nawaz Sharif
Nationality:Pakistani
Spouse:Nadra Begum
[1]
Office:Governor of Punjab
Termstart:August 12, 1999
Termend:October 12, 1999
Office1:Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Termstart1:12 March 2012
Termend1:12 March 2018
Birth Date:1935 10, df=yes
Primeminister1:Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Children:Dost Muhammad Khosa (son)
Muhammad Saif-ud-Din Khosa (son)
Relations:Sardar Muhammad Mohiuddin Khosa (grandson)
Latif Khosa (cousin)
Amjad Farooq Khan (cousin)
Otherparty:PTI (2018-2023)
PMLN (1993-2018)
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988-1993)
Independent (1985-1988)
Constituency1:General seat from Punjab
Office2:Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Term Start2:3 July 2008
Term End2:12 March 2012
Constituency2:PP-243 Dera Ghazi Khan-IV
Term Start3:18 February 1997
Term End3:12 October 1999
Constituency3:PP-201 Dera Ghazi Khan-III
Term Start4:18 October 1993
Term End4:17 November 1996
Constituency4:PP-201 Dera Ghazi Khan-III
Term Start5:5 November 1990
Term End5:28 June 1993
Constituency5:PP-201 Dera Ghazi Khan-III
Term Start6:30 November 1988
Term End6:6 August 1990
Constituency6:PP-201 Dera Ghazi Khan-III
Term Start7:12 March 1985
Term End7:30 May 1988
Constituency7:PP-184 Dera Ghazi Khan-I
Term Start8:9 April 1977
Term End8:5 July 1977
Constituency8:PP-192 Dera Ghazi Khan-VII
Term Start9:9 June 1962
Term End9:8 June 1965
Constituency9:Dera Ghazi Khan-II
Office9:Member of the West Pakistan Assembly

Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khosa (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|ذوالفقار علی کھوسہ; born 20 October 1935) is a Pakistani political leader, former senator and former Governor of Punjab. He represented Punjab, Pakistan in the Senate of Pakistan. Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan has been elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab for eight tenures in 1970, 1977, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997 and 2008. He was also elected to the West Pakistan Assembly in 1962. Khosa also contested for a National Assembly of Pakistan in general election 2018 but lost to Amjad Farooq Khan.

Biography

Khosa is one of the most seniors politicians of Pakistan and is famous for his consistent control in the Politics of Punjab from 1986 to 2018.He comes from a Baloch Khosa tribe. He was born in Bahadurgarh, Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab, British India .

He became the Tumandar of the Khosa in 1935 after the death of his father, Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa.[2]

He was the Governor of the Punjab from 17 August 1999 to 12 October 1999. He was a senator from Punjab, Pakistan, from 2012 to 2018.

He has three sons: Hissam Uddin Khan Khosa, Saif Uddin Khan Khosa, and Dost Muhammad Khosa.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elderly Khosa confirms his second marriage. 30 January 2014.
  2. Web site: Member Profile: Sirdar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa . Provincial Assembly of the Punjab . 14 June 2014 . pap.gov.pk.