Mustafa Khar

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Ghulam Mustafa Khar (* 1938 ) is a Pakistani politician.

Life

Khar comes from a large landowning family from the Punjab in Pakistan. The family belongs to the Kharral Jatt tribe. He was the eldest son of his mother's eight children, his father's third wife. He grew up in Kot Addu . In 1962 he received a seat in the National Assembly . In 1967 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto founded the moderate socialist Pakistani People's Party (PPP). Mustafa Khar was one of its founding members and a confidante of the future prime minister. In 1972 he became governor and military commander of the Punjab, from 1973 to 1974 he was head of government of the Punjab. At that time he was considered the second most powerful politician in Pakistan. He was then ousted because Bhutto feared that Khar might want to take his post. Khar resigned from the PPP. After the military coup in 1977 by General Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq , Khar went into exile.

Khar has been married seven times and has ten children. His sixth wife Tehmina Durrani published an autobiography in 1990 in which she describes him as a charismatic politician and at the same time as a brutal thug against women who are dependent on him.

Later, Khar rejoined the PPP. In the second reign of Benazir Bhutto from 1993 to 1996, Khar was water and energy minister. His niece Hina Rabbani Khar was Pakistan's Foreign Minister from 2011 to 2013.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, page 793
  2. ↑ Tehmina Durrani: My Lord and Lord.
personal data
SURNAME Khar, Mustafa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Khar, Mustafa Ghulam (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pakistani politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1938