Muhammad Ali Durrani is a Pakistani politician and former federal minister who had been member of the

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from 2003 to 2012.

Political career

He started his political career by joining Islami Jamiat Talaba Pakistan. He became the

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of KPK (Formerly NWFP) and

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. After which he joined Pasban Pakistan. He later joined

Millat Party The Millat Party (Urdu: ملت پارٹی) was a political party in Pakistan, formed by Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari, former president of Pakistan, once he was no longer the president, and needed a platform to survive politically. He had the ...

. In Musharraf government, Millat Party merged with

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(PML-Q). He was elected to the

as a candidate of PML-Q and was placed at several key positions including Chairman Standing Committee of Commerce, Special Advisor to

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, Minister for State for Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs, Chairman National Volunteer Movement and Federal Minister Information and Broadcasting. He remained member of the Senate of Pakistan from 2003 to 2012. In 2013, he joined

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and briefly served as its secretary general.

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (Q) politicians Pakistan Muslim League (F) politicians Members of the Senate of Pakistan Federal ministers of Pakistan Year of birth missing (living people) {{Pakistan-senator-stub