Muhammad Abdur Rauf Siddiqui is a

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politician who had been a Member of the

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, since August 2013. Previously he had been a Member of the Provincial Sindh Assembly from 2002 to 2013 and remained a member of the Sindh provincial cabinet in various positions between 2002 and 2012.

Early life and education

He was born on 15 April 1961 in

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. He has a degree of Bachelors of Arts from

University of Karachi The University of Karachi (; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh (which is ...

. He earned the degree of Bachelor of Science from American Global International University, a fake diploma mill.

Political career

He joined Muttahida Qaumi Movement - London (MQM-L) in 1988. He was elected to the

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as a candidate of MQM from Constituency NA-242 (Karachi-IV) in the

2002 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 10 October 2002 to elect the 12th National Assembly and four Provincial Assemblies. The elections were held under the military government of Pervez Musharraf. The two mainstream parties, Pakistan ...

. In the same election, he was also elected to the

as a candidate of MQM from Constituency PS-115 Karachi-XXVII. He relinquished his National Assembly seat and retained the Sindh Assembly seat. In January 2003, he was inducted into the Sindh provincial cabinet and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Sindh for Excise and Taxation where he served until March 2004. In July 2004, he was made Provincial Minister of Sindh for Home where he remained until August 2006. In September 2006, he was made Provincial Minister of Sindh for tourism, culture and social welfare where he served until November 2007. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of MQM from Constituency PS-114 Karachi-XXVI in the

2008 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008 to elect members of the 13th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. On 3 November 2007 President Pervez Musharraf enacted a state of emergency; elections were initia ...

. In May 2008, he was inducted into the Sindh provincial cabinet and was made Provincial Minister of Sindh for industry and commerce where he remained until resigning in June 2011. In October 2011, he was re-inducted into the provincial Sindh cabinet and was re-appointed as Provincial Minister of Sindh for industry and commerce. In September 2012, he resigned from the Sindh provincial cabinet following the

2012 Pakistan factory fires Factories in Pakistan's list of cities in Pakistan by population, two largest cities of Karachi and Lahore caught fire on 11 September 2012. The fires occurred in a textile factory in the western part of Karachi and in a shoe factory in Lahore. ...

. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of MQM from Constituency PS-103 Karachi-XV in by-polls held in August 2013. In April 2014, he was inducted into the Sindh provincial cabinet as Provincial Minister of Sindh. In January 2018, he was declared accused in the

. In February 2018, he was indicted by an anti-terrorism court in the case.

Personal life

He married for the first time in April 2018 in Saudi Arabia at the age of 56.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Siddiqui, Rauf Living people Sindh MPAs 2013–2018 1961 births Muttahida Qaumi Movement politicians Sindh MPAs 2002–2007 Sindh MPAs 2008–2013 University of Karachi alumni People from Shaheed Benazirabad District