Altaf Shakoor (; born 15 August 1959) is a Pakistani politician who is the founder and current president of

Pasban The Pasban-e-Pakistan ( ''Defenders of Pakistan'') also known as Pasban Democratic Party is a political party in Pakistan. It raises its voice against issues of injustice in society. Pasban's current president and founder is Altaf Shakoor. H ...

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i social-political organization.

Early life

Altaf Shakoor was born on 15 August 1959, in

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

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by education and trader by profession.

Political career

In 1994, he founded the Pasban Party and he was elected as president of Pasban Pakistan in the same year. He then established various branches of Pasban in

province, the most literate part in the south of

. It highlights the problems faced by common man of the society in media.

External links

Pasban's official site

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Pakistani human rights activists Politicians from Karachi {{Pakistan-bio-stub