Muhammad Binyamin Rizvi

Muhammad Binyamin Rizvi
Member of the Provincial Assembly & advisor to the Chief Minister Punjab
In office (1st Term Oct 1991) (2nd term 17 February 1997) – (1st term 18 April 1993) (2nd Term 12 October 1999)
Preceded by	Shahbaz Sharif
Succeeded by	Shahbaz Sharif
minister of Social Welfare, Women Development and Bait-ul-Maal
vice president of PML(N) punjab
Personal details
Born	15 August 1959 Phalia, Punjab, Pakistan)
Died	(2004-06-24)24 June 2004 Lahore, Pakistan
Manner of death	Assassination by gunshots
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Children	3
Profession	Politician

Pir Syed Muhammad Binyamin Rizvi (Urdu: پیر سید محمد بنیامین رضوی) 15 August 1959 - 24 June 2004) was a Pakistani politician. He was the eldest son of Pir Syed Mohammad Yaqoob Shah, a renowned spiritual leader, religious scholar, and member of the provincial assembly who passed away on 31 August 1991. On 24 June 2004, Pir Binyamin Rizvi was brutally murdered near his residence in Lahore.

Education

Rizvi received a degree in civil engineering from the G.C.T Government College of Technology, Lahore in 1980, and a degree from Allama Iqbal Open University in Islamabad in 1981.

Political career

He was elected as a MPA (Member of the Provincial Assembly) of the Punjab in 1991 after his father death. And in 1997, he was re-elected as a MPA from PP-99. In his very 1st term he served as an advisor to the Chief Minister Punjab in 1992, and in his 2nd term he became Minister for Social Welfare, Women Development, and Bait-ul-Maal of Punjab until the proclamation of Emergency in 1999. In 2001, he became vice president of PML(N) Punjab and he held that seat until his death in 2004.

Death

On 24 June 2004, Rizvi was shot and killed, along with his driver and bodyguard by unknown gunmen near the New Campus bridge. Rizvi was buried next to his father in his hometown of Phalia.