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Muhammad Ali Khan Saif () is a Pakistani politician from

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, He had been a member of

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, from March 2015 to March 2021. He served as Federal Minister for Tourism and Youth Affairs from November 2007 to March 2008 in the caretaker federal cabinet of Prime Minister

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. He is currently serving as advisor to Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,

Ali Amin Gandapur Sardar Ali Amin Khan Gandapur is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the 18th Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in office since 2 March 2024. He served as the Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan from 5 ...

on Information and Public Relations in the PTI government since March 2024.

Education

He completed his LLB (Honors) from the

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in 1991 and LLM in Human Rights Law from the

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in 1993. In 1995, he received LL.M in International Law from the

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. In addition, he also holds two PhDs, one from the

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in Law, and another from

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in Anthropology (Suicide Terrorism). Besides, he is a doctoral candidate at the

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, Germany in South Asian Studies.

Political career

In November 2007, he was inducted into the caretaker federal cabinet of Prime Minister

and was appointed as Federal Minister for Tourism with the additional ministerial portfolio of Youth Affairs. He served as Minister for tourism, and youth affairs until 25 March 2008. He was a member of the Musharraf-led

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(APML) before joining the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in 2013. He was elected to the

as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan in 2015 Pakistani Senate election. He retired on 11 March 2021 as a member of the Senate of Pakistan upon his completion of 6 year term. He then joined

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(PTI) in March 2021, one day before his term as a senator ended after meeting with

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and Fawad Chaudhry. He was appointed by Chief Minister

as Advisor to the Chief Minister on matters of Information and Public Relations on 7 March 2024. In this role, he broadcast many statements such as supporting Gandapur, Imran Khan, PTI, denouncing

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, and commenting on judicial matters related to PTI as a

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, as well as announcing Gandapur’s

life insurance scheme.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saif, Muhammad Ali Living people Pakistani senators (14th Parliament) Pakistani barristers Federal ministers of Pakistan Alumni of the University of Essex Alumni of the University of London Alumni of the University of Buckingham Year of birth missing (living people) Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa