Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani
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Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gilani (born 18 July 1940) served as Pakistan's Federal Minister of Law.[1] He was born in Kohat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.
His early education was at Islamia College, Peshawar, Iftikhar joined Forman Christian College, Lahore, in 1956.
After studying law at Punjab University from 1959–61, in 1967 Iftikhar moved to Peshawar to practice the Law.
In 1970 elections he contested for the Provincial Assembly as an independent candidate. Losing his first election he joined the PPP in 1971.
Elected to Parliament in 1988 he served as Federal Minister for law in the first government of Benazir Bhutto.
He joined Pakistan tehreek-e-insaf on 21.12.2011 in Islamabad.
On 26 October 2012, it was reported that he has left Pakistan tehreek-e-insaf and joined PML-N.
He has 2 daughters and 1 son. His youngest daughter is named Maliha gillani.
His grandson Ameer Gilani is an actor.[2]
References
- ^ JPRS report: Near East & South Asia, Issue 92110. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1992. p. 4.
- ^ Usman Ghafoor (8 March 2020), "Meet Pakistani cinema's stars of tomorrow", Gulf News. Retrieved 12 March 2020.