Hina Rabbani Khar

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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 19 January 1977 (1977-01-19) (age 35)
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) 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.

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[edit] Early life and education

Hina Rabbani Khar was born on 19 November 1977 in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan in a Seraiki family. She is the daughter of politician and landowner Ghulam Noor Rabbani Khar and the niece of Ghulam Mustafa Khar, a former governor of Punjab.[1] 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.[2] [3]

[edit] Personal life

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]

[edit] Political career

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]

[edit] Foreign Minister

Khar (sitting on right) signing the Afghan-Pak Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) with Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul in June 2011. Standing behind Khar is Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and standing behind Rassoul is Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

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 separatist leaders of Kashmir 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 November 26, 2011 incident 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]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Press Trust of India. "Hina Rabbani set to be Pak’s new foreign minister". The Times of India. 25 June 2011. Accessed 30 August 2011.
  2. ^ http://www.mofa.gov.pk/mfa/pages/article.aspx?id=43&type=4
  3. ^ Xinhua News Agency. "Pakistan appoints first female foreign minister". China Daily. 20 July 2011. Accessed 30 August 2011. Archived 29 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b Foreign Minister. Minister of Foreign Affairs. Accessed 29 August 2011. Archived 29 August 2011.
  5. ^ Khar, Zainab. "Polo Lounge: palate pleaser". Daily Times (Pakistan). 18 January 2004. Accessed 30 August 2011. Archived 30 August 2011.
  6. ^ a b "District Profile: Southern Punjab- Muzaffargarh". Dawn. Accessed 30 August 2011. Archived 29 August 2011.
  7. ^ Pakistani general election, 2002: constituency-wise detailed results PDF (397 KB). Election Commission of Pakistan. p. 48. Accessed 30 August 2011. Archived 29 August 2011.
  8. ^ Khan, Omer Farooq. "Hina Rabbani Khar a misfit, say most Pakistanis". The Times of India. 25 July 2011. Accessed 30 August 2011.
  9. ^ Walsh, Declan. "Pakistan foreign minister bags attention on India trip". The Guardian. 29 July 2011. Accessed 30 August 2011.
  10. ^ "NA-177 (Muzaffargarh-II)". Election Commission of Pakistan. Accessed 30 August 2011. Archived 29 August 2011.
  11. ^ CV PDF (527 KB). Competitiveness Support Fund. Accessed 30 August 2011. Archived 30 August 2011.
  12. ^ Asghar, Raja. "Hina Khar first woman to present Pakistan budget". Dawn. 14 June 2009. Accessed 30 August 2011.
  13. ^ Hassan, Ahmad. "Some heavyweights left out of 22-member new cabinet". Dawn. 12 February 2011. Accessed 30 August 2011.
  14. ^ Indo-Asian News Service. "Hina Rabbani Khar to be Pakistan foreign minister". MSN News. 24 June 2011. Accessed 30 August 2011. Archived 29 August 2011.
  15. ^ Buncombe, Andrew. "Pakistan selects female envoy for India talks". The Independent. 19 July 2011. Accessed 30 August 2011. Archived 29 August 2011.
  16. ^ Agence France-Presse."Hina Rabbani Khar sworn in as foreign minister". Dawn. 19 July 2011. Accessed 29 August 2011.
  17. ^ Ghosh, Labonita. "Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan's foreign minister: Just a Greenhorn or Rising star?". The Economic Times. 26 July 2011. p. 2. Accessed 30 August 2011. Archived 30 August 2011.
  18. ^ "India and Pakistan relations 'on right track'". BBC News. 27 July 2011. Accessed 30 August 2011.
  19. ^ Rodriguez, Alex. "Pakistan's top envoy gets points for style, but at home questions loom". Los Angeles Times. 5 August 2011. Accessed 30 August 2011. Archived 29 August 2011. See also:
  20. ^ "Pak foreign minister starts India visit by meeting Kashmiri separatists". The Times of India. 27 July 2011. Accessed 30 August 2011.
  21. ^ Press Trust of India. "BJP protests Khar-Hurriyat meet, slow pace of 26/11 trial". Hindustan Times. 28 July 2011. Accessed 30 August 2011.
  22. ^ Press Trust of India. "BJP demands inquiry into Khar-Kashmiri separatists meeting". Daily News and Analysis. 27 July 2011. Accessed 30 August 2011.
  23. ^ "Pakistan, China ties are unique: Hina Rabbani Khar". The Times of India. 24 August 2011. Accessed 30 August 2011.
  24. ^ Dasgupta, Saibal."Hina Rabbani Khar's charm fails to excite the Chinese". The Times of India. 24 August 2011. Accessed 30 August 2011.
  25. ^ http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/02/world/asia/pakistan-nato-airstrikes/index.html

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Preceded by
Ali Nazary		 Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs
2008–2011		 Succeeded by
Dost Muhammad Mazari
Preceded by
Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan		 Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
2011		 Succeeded by
Salman Bashir
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