Ahmad Mukhtar

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Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar (Template:Langx; 22 June 1946 – 25 November 2020) was a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the Defence Minister of Pakistan in the PM Yousaf Raza Gillani-led cabinet.[1] He also owned Servis Group and founded Shalimar Hospital.[2]

He was a central leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party from Gujrat District and he defeated Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain from Gujrat NA-105 in 1993[3] and 2008,[4] the leader of PML-Q party, who was allied with President Pervez Musharraf, in the Pakistan's 2008 elections.

Early life and education

Mukhtar was born 22 June 1946 in Lahore[5] to Chaudhry Muhammad Hussain, who served as the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 1977-1978, into a Punjabi Jat family with roots in Gujrat. Mukhtar did his Master of Science degree in Operational Management from California, United States and a Diploma in Plastic Technology from West Germany.[6][5] Mukhtar was also a graduate of Forman Christian College University. Mukhtar was fluent in Urdu, Punjabi, English and German.[6]

Political career

He was a businessman who started his political career in 1990 on PPP platform.

He was an industrialist and served as Commerce Minister in the 1993–1996 Benazir Bhutto government. He was considered the most likely candidate to be the next Prime Minister of Pakistan, along with Ameen Faheem, Yousaf Raza Gillani and Shah Mehmood Qureshi, but was later denied, when Yousaf Raza Gillani was announced as the new PM on 22 March 2008.[7] He became the Defence Minister in the coalition government of PPP, PML-N, ANP and JUI-F formed after 2008 elections on 31 March 2008.[8]

Personal life

His brother Ahmad Saeed served as PIA Managing director (from April 2001) and PIA chairman (from April 2003, both until April 2005) during the General Pervez Musharraf era. Ahmad Mukhtar himself took the role of chairman PIA from May 2008.

He was also the brother-in-law of former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, Ijaz Butt.[9]

Death

Ahmad Mukhtar died after prolonged illness on 25 November 2020, aged 74.[10]

References

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  1. ↑ Sajjad Malik, "24-member federal cabinet takes oath" Daily Times, 1 April 2008
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  3. ↑ 10th National Assembly of Pakistan, "NA-81(Gujrat-II) Result" Template:Webarchive ECP, 6 August 2014
  4. ↑ 2008 Elections Result, "NA-105 (Gujrat-II) Result" Template:Webarchive ECP, 6 August 2014
  5. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ a b Pakistan Herald, "Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar" Template:Webarchive Pakistan Herald, 7 August 2014
  7. ↑ Ameen Faheem says he is candidate for PM Daily Times, 10 March 2008
  8. ↑ Amir Wasim, "Parties finally clinch deal on key ministries" Dawn Newspaper, 29 March 2008
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ Former Defense Minister Ahmad Mukhtar Passes Away

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