Malik Meraj Khalid
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Malik Meraj Khalid (Urdu: ملک معراج خالد; 1 February 1916 – 13 June 2003), was a Pakistani advocate, left wing politician and Marxist philosopher who served as Caretaker prime minister of Pakistan from November 1996 until February 1997.[1] He was noted as being one of the original philosophers and founding personalities of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[2]
Malik Meraj Khalid | |
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ملک معراج خالد | |
Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
In office 5 November 1996 – 17 February 1997 | |
President | Farooq Leghari |
Preceded by | Benazir Bhutto |
Succeeded by | Nawaz Sharif |
10th & 13th Speaker of the National Assembly | |
In office 3 December 1988 – 4 November 1990 | |
Deputy | Ashraf Khatoon Abbasi |
Preceded by | Hamid Nasir Chattha |
Succeeded by | Gohar Ayub Khan |
In office 27 March 1977 – 5 July 1977 | |
Deputy | Abul Fateh |
Preceded by | Sahibzada Farooq Ali |
Succeeded by | Fakhar Imam |
5th Chief Minister of Punjab | |
In office 2 May 1972 – 12 November 1973 | |
Governor | Ghulam Mustafa Khar Hanif Ramay |
Preceded by | Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti |
Succeeded by | Ghulam Mustafa Khar |
Federal Minister for Law and Justice | |
In office 13 November 1973 – 20 March 1977 | |
Prime Minister | Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto |
Preceded by | Meraj Muhammad Khan |
Succeeded by | Abdul Hafiz Pirzada |
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and under Developed areas | |
In office 24 December 1971 – 1 May 1972 | |
President | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
Preceded by | Mahmoud Haroon (as Minister of Agriculture and Works) |
Succeeded by | Ghous Bakhsh Raisani |
Personal details | |
Born | (1916-09-20)20 September 1916 Dera Chahal, Punjab, British India |
Died | 13 June 2003(2003-06-13) (aged 87) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
Alma mater | Islamia College, Lahore |
Born in 1916 to a poor farming family in Punjab, British India, he graduated in law from the Islamia College (Lahore) in 1942, starting his legal practices by establishing his own law firm in 1948. Inspired by the communist literature published in the Soviet Union, his initial public community work was aimed towards promoting the literacy in his native village. In 1967, he was one of the founders of the PPP and ascended towards holding the highly important public offices. Responsible for administrating and maintaining the control of the Punjab Province after the war with India in 1971, Meraj Khalid was appointed as law minister in 1974 and the Speaker of the National Assembly in two non-consecutive terms.[1][2]
However, his tough and rigorous Hard Left ideas led to developing political differences with Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in the 1990s, by whom he was sacked in 1996 after levelling accusations against Asif Zardari for the murder of Murtaza Bhutto.[1] Being appointed as caretaker prime minister, Meraj Khalid then worked to rally the anti–Benazir Bhutto forces, and his efforts contributed to Nawaz Sharif and the conservatives' landslide victory in the 1997 parliamentary elections.