Anwar Saifullah Khan

Anwar Saifullah Khan
أنور سيف الله خان
Anwar Saifullah Khan; أنور سيف الله خان
Senator for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
	In office; 21 December 1990 – 21 March 1997
Preceded by	Salim Saifullah Khan
Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources
	In office; 26 January 1994 – 5 November 1996
Prime Minister	Benazir Bhutto
Preceded by	Jehangir Badar
Succeeded by	Nouraiz Shakoor
Minister for Environment and Urban Affairs
	In office; 24 January 1990 – 18 July 1993
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Succeeded by	Shahida Jamil
Personal details
Born	7 June 1945 (age 79); Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, British India; (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Political party	PMLN (2024-present)
Other political; affiliations	IPP (2023-2024); PMLN (2022-2023); PTI (2018-2022); PMLN (2013-2018); Pakistan Peoples Party (2008-2013); PML-Q (2001-2008); PMLN (1997-1999); Pakistan Muslim League (J) (1993-1997); Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988-1993); Pakistan Muslim League (1985-1988)
Relations	Salim, Humayun (brothers); Ghulam Ishaq Khan; (father-in-law); Omar Ayub Khan (son-in-law)
Alma mater	University of Peshawar; Christ Church, Oxford; University of Southern California

Anwar Saifullah Khan (Urdu: أنور سيف الله خان; born 7 June 1945) is a Pakistani politician and industrialist. As a member of the Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo), he served in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's cabinet as Federal Minister of Environment and Urban Affairs from 1990 to 1993 and as Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources from 1994 to 1996 in coalition with Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.^[1]

He was also elected to the Senate from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 1990, serving until 1997.^[2]

In the 2008 general elections, Saifullah contested for two provincial seats from Lakki Marwat, and was elected to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from both. He became a member of Pakistan People's Party in 2008.^[1]

Early life and family

Anwar Saifullah Khan was born in Peshawar into the Saifullah family hailing from Marwat tribe of Pashtuns. He is the son of Begum Kulsum Saifullah, and the brother of politicians Salim and Humayun Saifullah Khan. He is also the son-in-law of former President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, and the father-in-law of Omar Ayub Khan, the grandson of Pakistan's former military dictator Ayub Khan.^[3]

Anwar Saifullah was educated at the University of Peshawar, and Christ Church, Oxford. He took the post of co-chairman of Saif Group, a Pakistani conglomerate, in 1984.

Anwar Saifullah Khan was elected to the Senate from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 1990, serving until 1997 as a member of the Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo). He served in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's cabinet as Federal Minister of Environment and Urban Affairs from 1990 to 1993, and as Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources from 1994 to 1996 in coalition with Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.^[1]

In the 2008 general elections, Saifullah contested for two provincial seats from Lakki Marwat, and was elected to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from both.^[1] He later joined Pakistan People's Party as a candidate for Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but this was vetoed by coalition partner Awami National Party, a rival of the Saifullah family.^[4] He was instead appointed President of PPP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but resigned following his defeat in the 2013 general elections.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Anwar Saifullah joins PPP". Dawn (newspaper). 2 March 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^ Profile of Senator Anwar Saifullah Khan on Senate of Pakistan website Retrieved 13 November 2020
^ LAKKI MARWAT: Saifullahs bag three seats in Lakki Marwat Dawn (newspaper), Published 20 February 2008, Retrieved 13 November 2020
^ Mukhtar, Imran (18 February 2012). "Senate defers 20th Amend Bill". The Nation (newspaper). Pakistan. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2020.