Agha Siraj Durrani

The Honourable Agha Siraj Durrani آغا سراج دراني
Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
In office 31 May 2013 – 25 February 2024
Deputy	Shehla Raza (2013–2018) Rehana Leghari
Preceded by	Nisar Khuhro
Succeeded by	Awais Qadir Shah
Governor of Sindh
Acting
In office 8 March 2022 – 9 October 2022
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Shehbaz Sharif
Preceded by	Imran Ismail
Succeeded by	Kamran Tessori
In office 3 August 2018 – 27 August 2018
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Nasirul Mulk Imran Khan
Preceded by	Muhammad Zubair Umar
Succeeded by	Imran Ismail
In office 11 January 2017 – 2 February 2017
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by	Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui
Succeeded by	Muhammad Zubair Umar
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
In office 13 August 2018 – 11 August 2023
Constituency	PS-9 Shikarpur-III
In office 27 May 2013 – 28 May 2018
Constituency	PS-9 Shikarpur-I
Personal details
Born	1953
Political party	Pakistan Peoples Party

Agha Siraj Durrani (Full Name: Muhammad Agha Siraj Khan Durrani Barakzai) (born 1953) is a Pakistani politician who is the former Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, who remained in office from 2013 till 2024.

He was the Speaker of the 12th Provincial Assembly of Sindh. His father, Agha Sadaruddin, and uncle Agha Badruddin also served as speakers of the same assembly.

Political career

Hailing from Garhi Yasin, Durrani first contested elections in 1985 during the Zia regime, in which he lost. He joined the Pakistan Peoples Party and secured a victory in 1988 elections. He is a confidante of PPP chairman Asif Ali Zardari. In 1990, during Nawaz Sharif government he was imprisoned for some time for corruption charges.

Durrani matriculated from the St Patrick's High School in Karachi in 1971, followed by a bachelor of commerce. He also pursued an LLB degree at the Sindh Muslim Law College. During the 1980s, he left for the United States where he ran a hardware business.