Riaz Hussain Pirzada
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MNA Riaz Hussain Pirzada |
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| Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination | |
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Assumed office 4 August 2017 |
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| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| Minister of Inter Provincial Coordination | |
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In office 28 June 2013 – 28 April 2017 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 August 1948 Bahawalpur, Punjab |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Riaz Hussain Peerzada (Urdu: ریاض حسین پیرزادہ; born 1 August 1948) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination, in office since August 2017. A member of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Pirzada previously held the cabinet portfolio of Minister of Inter Provincial Co-ordination from 2013 to 2017, Minister for Health in 2011 and Minister for Professional and Technical Training from 2011 to 2012.
Peerzada has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, currently representing NA-186 (Bahawalpur).
Pirzada was born on 1 August 1948 in Bahawalpur. He received his LL.B Degree from University Law College, Lahore in 1969.
Pirzada was elected as member of Provincial Assembly of Punjab in Pakistani general election, 1985 where he served until 1988 and held the portfolio of Provincial Minister during the tenure. He was elected member of National Assembly of Pakistan in Pakistani general election, 1993 and again in Pakistani general election, 2008. He was made the Minister for Health in 2011 and Minister for Professional and Technical Training in 2011 where he served until 2012.
He was elected as member of National Assembly of Pakistan in Pakistani general election, 2013 and was made Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination in June 2013. In 2017, he resigned from his post of Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination in protest alleging that there was interference in his ministry by the principal secretary of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
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