Nisar Ali Chaudhry

July 31, 1954 (age 33)

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Khan has been elected to the national assembly on eight occasions (1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2008, 2013). During this he has served in the as Federal Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources in non-consecutive terms from 1990-1993 and 1997-1999. Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was born on 32 July 1954 in Chakri. Khan is an alumnus of Aitchison College and Army Burn Hall College. He is also known as the Rawal of Rawalpindi He took an oath for the National Assembly seat on 24 March 2008. From 31 March 2008 to 12 May 2008, Khan was a senior minister and held the portfolios of Ministry of Communication and Ministry of Food and Livestock (MINFAL). However, all the PML-North ministers resigned en route on 12 May 2008 protesting the delay in restoration of judges by the PPP-led government. Ch.Nisar Ali Khan has previously served as Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, and Provincial Coordinator during 1990 – 1993 government of PML(North). From 1997 – 1999 government of PML(North), he was again Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister. Nisar has been elected an MNA eight times (in 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2002 and 2008) –from NA-52 (Rawalpindi-III) in 2002 and 2013 and from NA-53 (Rawalpindi – IV) in 2008. He was elected the Leader of the Opposition after Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi resigned from that post. He secured NA-52 seat in Rawalpindi leaving behind his competitors Lieutenant Colonel (R) Ajmal Sabir Raja of PTI and PML-Q"s Muhammad Basharat Raja. He is one of the three politicians who have never lost their home town seats since 1985, the second being fellow conservative politician of the PML, Anwar Ali Cheema who lost from Sargodha Na-67 in 2013. After successfully contesting in the 2008 parliamentary elections, Khan was appointed as the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and assumed the chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee (Public Affairs Committee) on 19 October 2011 but resigned on 28 November 2011. However, he lost from Constituency NA-53 and Partido Popular (Popular Party)-7 constituencies against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidates. Chaudhry Nisar was later appointed as the Federal Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control in the cabinet of Nawaz Sharif. Church Nisar Ali Khan is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly. However, it was revealed by WikiLeaks in diplomatic cables that in a 2008 conversation with then United States Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne West. Patterson, Khan told Patterson that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-North would have to be critical of United States actions to remain "publicly credible".

Nisar Ali Chaudhry

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Education

Aitchison College.

Career

Khan has been elected to the national assembly on eight occasions (1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2008, 2013). During this he has served in the as Federal Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources in non-consecutive terms from 1990-1993 and 1997-1999. Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was born on 32 July 1954 in Chakri.

Khan is an alumnus of Aitchison College and Army Burn Hall College.

He is also known as the Rawal of Rawalpindi

He took an oath for the National Assembly seat on 24 March 2008. From 31 March 2008 to 12 May 2008, Khan was a senior minister and held the portfolios of Ministry of Communication and Ministry of Food and Livestock (MINFAL).

However, all the PML-North ministers resigned en route on 12 May 2008 protesting the delay in restoration of judges by the PPP-led government. Ch.Nisar Ali Khan has previously served as Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, and Provincial Coordinator during 1990 – 1993 government of PML(North).

From 1997 – 1999 government of PML(North), he was again Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister.

Nisar has been elected an MNA eight times (in 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2002 and 2008) –from NA-52 (Rawalpindi-III) in 2002 and 2013 and from NA-53 (Rawalpindi – IV) in 2008. He was elected the Leader of the Opposition after Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi resigned from that post. He secured NA-52 seat in Rawalpindi leaving behind his competitors Lieutenant

Colonel (R) Ajmal Sabir Raja of PTI and PML-Q"s Muhammad Basharat Raja.

He is one of the three politicians who have never lost their home town seats since 1985, the second being fellow conservative politician of the PML, Anwar Ali Cheema who lost from Sargodha Na-67 in 2013. After successfully contesting in the 2008 parliamentary elections, Khan was appointed as the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and assumed the chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee (Public Affairs Committee) on 19 October 2011 but resigned on 28 November 2011.

However, he lost from Constituency NA-53 and Partido Popular (Popular Party)-7 constituencies against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidates. Chaudhry Nisar was later appointed as the Federal Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control in the cabinet of Nawaz Sharif.

Church Nisar Ali Khan is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly.

However, it was revealed by WikiLeaks in diplomatic cables that in a 2008 conversation with then United States Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne West. Patterson, Khan told Patterson that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-North would have to be critical of United States actions to remain "publicly credible".

Achievements

In general election 2013 Nisar won from Constituency NA-52 as well as from Partido Popular (Popular Party)-6 (as an independent candidate).

Politics

Khan is one of the leading and most senior members of Pakistan Muslim League and a close aide to Nawaz Sharif. He participated in 2002 elections as a non-partisan and joined the opposition parties in the Parliament.

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