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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
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.
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. 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).
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