Jamshed Dasti

Jamshed Dasti is a MNA (Member of National Assembly) in Pakistan from Muzaffargarh (Urdu: ضلع مظفر گڑھ), NA-178,^[1] which is a district in the south of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Muzaffargarh spreads over an area of 8,435 km² and it forms a strip between the river Chenab on its east and Indus river on its West. Muzaffargarh is one of oldest districts of Punjab.

See Dasti

Controversy[link]

A six-judge SC bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the case filed against his certificate in religious education. It become evident that Dasti presented a fake degree to prove his eligibility for elections. Later, he resigned from his office.

Jamshed Dasti informally rejected the court decision and in spite of losing moral ground, he decided to contest it by polls. He openly called the court decision a joke and claimed that the court of people of his district was the real court.^[2] The court did not give a decision, as Mr. Dasti voluntarily relinquished his post as MNA.

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Hina Rabbani Khar <>حنا ربانی کھر
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 July 2011 Acting: 13 February 2011 – 19 July 2011
Prime Minister	Yousaf Raza Gillani
Preceded by	Shah Mehmood Qureshi
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 11 February 2011 – 19 July 2011
Prime Minister	Yousaf Raza Gillani
Preceded by	Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan
Succeeded by	Salman Bashir
Personal details
Born	(1977-11-19) 19 November 1977 (age 34) Multan, Pakistan
Political party	Pakistan Peoples Party
Spouse(s)	Feroze Gulzar
Alma mater	Lahore University of Management Sciences University of Massachusetts Amherst
Religion	Islam
Website	Official website

Hina Rabbani Khar (Urdu: حنا ربانی کھر; born 19 November 1977^[1]) is a Pakistani politician and the Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Appointed in July 2011, she is the first female and the youngest person to ever head Pakistani's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

She was elected to the National Assembly in both 2002 and 2008 and was Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs between 2008 and 2011.

Early life and education[link]

Hina Rabbani Khar was born on 19 November 1977 in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. She is the daughter of politician and landowner Ghulam Noor Rabbani Khar and the niece of Ghulam Mustafa Khar, a former governor of Punjab.^[2] The Khar family has roots in the village of Khar Gharbi located in Kot Adu, a tehsil in Muzaffargarh District in Punjab; and has many land holdings: an estate that includes fisheries, mango orchards, and sugarcane fields. She graduated with a B.Sc. in Economics from Lahore University of Management Sciences in 1999 and received her M Sc (Hon) in Business Management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2001.^[1][3]

Personal life[link]

She is married to Firoze Gulzar, with whom she has two daughters, Annaya and Dina.^[4] She is the co-owner of the Polo Lounge restaurant on the Lahore Polo Grounds.^[5]

Political career[link]

In the 2002 general elections, as a candidate with the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q)—the party of President Pervez Musharraf—Khar was elected to the National Assembly, representing the NA-177 Muzaffargarh-II constituency in Punjab, a position her father had held previously, but a new law requiring all candidates to hold a university degree meant he could not run that year.^[6][7][8] The Guardian wrote, "In deference to local sensibilities about the place of women, her landlord father Noor addressed rallies and glad-handed voters; Hina stayed largely at home, with not even her photo appearing on the posters."^[9] After the PML-Q denied her a ticket for re-election in 2008, she joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and was elected for a second time.^[6][10] The PPP won the majority of the votes and formed an alliance with the Pakistan Muslim League (N). They nominated and elected Yousaf Raza Gillani as Prime Minister.

Between 2004 and 2007 Khar was Minister of State for Economic Affairs (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Economic Affairs.^[11] She served as Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs in the cabinet of Gillani between 2008 and 2011.^[4] On 13 June 2009, she became the first woman to present the Pakistani budget in the National Assembly.^[12]

Foreign Minister[link]

Hina Rabbani Khar - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012

Khar was appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs—the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs—on 11 February 2011, as part of Gillani's cabinet reshuffle.^[13] After Shah Mehmood Qureshi's resignation as Foreign Minister, she became acting Minister of Foreign Affairs on 13 February 2011.^[14] She was approved as Foreign Minister on 18 July^[15] and was sworn-in on 19 July, becoming the youngest and first female Minister of Foreign Affairs.^[16] President Asif Ali Zardari, who succeeded Musharraf in 2008, said the appointment was "a demonstration of the government's commitment to bring women into the mainstream of national life".^[17]

Shortly after her appointment, she visited India and held peace talks with her Indian counterpart, Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna. Relations between the two countries had been suspended following the 2008 Mumbai attacks, resuming in February 2011.^[18] The Indian media reported extensively on her fashion and appearance—the Birkin bag, the sunglasses, the Jimmy Choo stilettos and the pearl necklaces, for example.^[19] She held talks with leaders of Kashmiri independance movement before meeting Indian government representatives, a decision which was criticised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition party of India,^[20][21] who said it was a breach of protocol and demanded an inquiry into the matter.^[22] In August 2011 she visited China and held talks with Yang Jiechi, the Chinese foreign minister.^[23] Hindustan Times reported that, in contrast to her reception in India, she was largely ignored by Chinese media.^[24]

As a result of the 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan which killed 24 Pakistani troops, Foreign Minister Khar stated that Pakistan's Cabinet and defense committee had approved a measure- similar to a parliamentary resolution put forward after bin Laden's May 2011 death- that formally bars NATO and ISAF forces from using Pakistani supply routes.^[25]

Electricity Bill Scandal[link]

Hina Rabbani Khar came under severe criticism in Pakistan when several news sources alleged that there were massive irregularities in Electricity bill payments by Galaxy Textile Mills, a company owned by Khar's husband and father-in-law. The allegations suggest that there is an outstanding bill of Rs. 70 million against the company, which they have managed to settle in terms of installments of Rs. 3000 rupees per month, presumably through political pressure. This is seen as a major political scandal in a country marred by electricity shortage, with citizens having to face up to 12 hours of outages every day.^[26][27]

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Rana Mubashir is a Pakistani television news journalist and talk show host who is known more notably for his current affairs show Rana Mubashir at Prime Time on News One. He specialises and focuses mostly on Pakistani politics and has interviewed a number of high profile personalities, both within and outside the country. A professional journalist with over 20 years experience, specialising in investigative reporting. Working as Consultant Current Affairs and then Director News.^[1]

Early life[link]

Rana Mubashir used to live in capital of Pakistan, Islamabad where he completed his early education and then joined Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad for his Masters Degree and completed M.Sc. Defence & Strategic Studies.

Career in Journalism[link]

Rana Mubashir is dynamite journalist with over 20 years experience, he started his career in journalism from Jang Group of Newspapers as Staff Reporter from 1990 to 2006. During his journalistic career he was always been interested in investigative reporting and penned down various investigative stories. Rana has also worked in PTV as consultant Current Affairs and Business Plus TV as Director News. Nowadays Rana is working as Director News in one of the leading Pakistani TV Channel News One^[2] as well as he is host two current affair programs "Rana Mubashir at Prime Time"^[3] and "Pakistan Chowk".^[4][5][6]

Facing Threats[link]

During his Career in Investigative Journalism he faced some hardships and struggled to highlighting social and human rights issue in Pakistan. Rana Mubashir faced manhandling problems during his journalistic duties, when he tried to highlight the patients issues in Government sector's Hospitals in Pakistan. In Rawalpindi Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Hospital's Doctors and the other hospital staff members manhandled senior journalist and Director News Rana Mubashir.^[7][8]

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