Khusro Bakhtiar
| Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtyar (Seraiki:مخدوم کسر بختٻد) MP | |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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Assumed office 11 May 2013 | |
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| Born |
7 July 1969 Lahore, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Religion | Islam |
Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar was Minister of State for Foreign Affairs within Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2007. He comes from a huge political family based in the village of Mianwali Qureshian in South Punjab. His father Makhdoom Ruknuddin has served as Member of the National Assembly. His Uncle Makhdoom Hameaduddin has also served as Minister in President Ayub Khan's Cabinet. His cousin and political rival Makhdoom Shahabuddin was also a Finance Minister and was also nominated as Prime Minister and hails from the Pakistan People's Party.
Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtyar is from Rahim Yar Khan, a city in the Saraiki belt[1] of southern Punjab.
Prior to entering politics he qualified as a Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln's Inn, London, following which he was an associate at Orr, Dignam & Co., Pakistan's leading corporate law firm.
He started his polictical career in 1997 by leaving his job at Orr Dignam and contesting for a seat in the Punjab Provincial Assembly. He ran on a PML-N ticket and was successful. Later, during the rule of Pervaiz Musharraf, he joined the pro-Musharraf PML-Q party and subsequently became Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. In the 2013 elections he contested Independently and was successful in the National Assembly Seat of NA - 194, and the Provincial Seat of PP - 289 . He has currently joined the Pakistan Muslim League - Noon along with his younger Sibling Makhdoom Hashim Jawn Bakhtyar who is a Member of the Provincial Government.
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| Preceded by Inam-ul-Haq |
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs 2004 – 2007 |
Succeeded by Malik Amad Khan |