Ghulam Mustafa Khar
| Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar | |
|---|---|
| غلام مصطفى کھر | |
| 8th Governor of Punjab | |
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In office 14 March 1975 – 31 July 1975 | |
| President | Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry |
| Preceded by | Sadiq Hussain Qureshi |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Abbas Abbasi |
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In office 23 December 1971 – 12 November 1973 | |
| President |
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry |
| Preceded by | Attiqur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Sadiq Hussain Qureshi |
| 6th Chief Minister of Punjab | |
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In office 12 November 1973 – 15 March 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Governor | Sadiq Hussain Qureshi |
| Preceded by | Malik Meraj Khalid |
| Succeeded by | Hanif Ramay |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 August 1937 Kot Addu, Muzaffargarh, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Tehmina Durrani (divorced) Ayesha Butt |
| Relations |
Ghulam Rabbani Khar (brother) Hina Rabbani Khar (niece) |
| Children | 3 (including Aaminah Haq) |
| Alma mater | Aitchison College |
| Religion | Islam |
Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar (Urdu: غلام مصطفى کھر; born Kot Addu, Muzaffargarh on 2 August 1937) is a Pakistani politician from Punjab Province.
Early life
Khar was born in the Khar clan in Kot Addu, Muzaffargarh District, Punjab Province on 2 August 1937. His father, Mohammad Yar Khar, was one of the largest landowners of the district. Khar was educated at Aitchison College, Lahore.[1]
Politics
In 1967 Khar joined Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as one of the founding members of the Pakistan Peoples Party as a close personal friend and political ally. He was appointed Governor and Martial Law Administrator of Punjab, the most electorally powerful province in the country by the newly sworn in President Bhutto following the collapse of Yahya Khan's military government. When the 1973 constitution was adopted in August and Bhutto became Prime Minister of Pakistan, Khar was given the portfolio of Chief Minister of Punjab Province.[2] Thanks to complaints from within the PPP, Khar was replaced by the far more left-leaning and intellectual Hanif Ramay. Khar was briefly reappointed Governor in March 1975 before being finally dismissed in July 1975. Bhutto's suspicions over Khar's ambitions as well as the deep divisions within the PPP in the Punjab led to his refusal to allow Khar to run for Ramay's seat in Lahore. Khar's attempts to run for the seat as an independent ended in failure. Ironically by 1976 former rivals within the PPP, Khar and Ramay were working together within the Pir of Pagaro's Pakistan Muslim League (F).
Personal life
One of Khar's marriages was to Tehmina Durrani, a Pakistani women's rights activist and author. Her first book, My Feudal Lord, released by Vanguard Books of Lahore in June 1991 caused controversy in Pakistan's society by describing her abusive and traumatic marriage to Ghulam Mustafa Khar.
His daughter Aaminah Haq is a Pakistani model and actress noted as a Lux model and for her role in the television drama Mehndi.
Hina Rabbani Khar, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, is the daughter of his brother Ghulam Noor Rabbani.[3]
His son, Bilal Mustafa Khar was accused by his ex-wife Fakhra Younus of pouring acid over her face. However, he was acquitted of the charges. Although four witnesses testified to seeing him enter Fakhra’s home on the day of the attack, all later retracted their statements. They had complained of receiving death threats, but the judge in the case took no notice and in December 2003 he dismissed the charges. Khar continued to protest his innocence, claiming the perpetrator was a pimp with whom his wife had been having an affair.[4]
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References
- ↑ Ghulam Mustafa Khar
- ↑ The Terrorist Prince: The Life and Death of Murtuza Bhutto 1997 p12 ISBN 1859848869 "Punjab, admittedly, was Bhutto's power base, but after a revolt by his most trusted deputy, Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar, in 1974 he no longer felt too easy with the country's largest and most formidable province."
- ↑ Khar, Ghulam Noor Rabbani. "Who is Hina Rabbani Khar".
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9207608/Fakhra-Younus.html
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Attiqur Rahman |
Governor of Punjab 23 Dec 1971 - 12 Nov 1973 |
Succeeded by Sadiq Hussain Qureshi |
| Preceded by Sadiq Hussain Qureshi |
Governor of Punjab 14 Mar 1973 - 31 Jul 1973 |
Succeeded by Mohammad Abbas Abbasi |
| Preceded by Malik Meraj Khalid |
Chief Minister of Punjab 12 Nov 1973 - 15 Mar 1974 |
Succeeded by Hanif Ramay |