Haider Abbas Rizvi

Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi (Urdu: سيد حیدر عباس رضوی), (born, 1 January 1968, in Karachi) is a Pakistani-Canadian former politician and the former deputy parliamentary leader of MQM who had been the member of National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012. Previously, he served as member of National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2008.

Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi NI
Haider Abbas Rizvi in 2006
Member of National Assembly of Pakistan
In office February 2008 – December 2012
Constituency	NA-253 (Karachi-XV)
In office 2002–2008
Constituency	NA-244 (Karachi-VI)
Personal details
Born	Syed Haidar Abbas Rizvi (1968-01-01) 1 January 1968 (age 57) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Political party	MQM-P (2023-present)
Other political affiliations	MQM-L (2002-2012)
Spouse	Nusrat
Children	Rajal Rizvi, Sabika Rizvi, Zyra Rizvi, Salaar Rizvi
Education	Chemical Engineering
Alma mater	University of Karachi University of Detroit
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Engineering Management Consultant
Committees	National Security Public Accounts Rules, Business, Procedures & Privileges Foreign Affairs Kashmir Affairs
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz

Education

Rizvi has completed his M.Sc. degree in Applied Chemistry in 1992 from the University of Karachi and M.Sc. Chemical Engineering in 1998 from University of Detroit Mercy, U.S.A. He is an Engineering Management Consultant by profession. He is also qualified as a lead Auditor for ISO 9000, Lead Auditor for ISO 14000 and has attended a wide range of management training courses. He was also a former director of Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC).^{[citation needed]}

Political career

He was first elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from constituency NA-244 (Karachi-VI) in 2002 Pakistani general election by receiving by 54,101 votes.^[1]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM from constituency NA-253 (Karachi-XV) in 2008 Pakistani general election receiving 96,973 votes.^[2]

He resigned from his National Assembly seat in December 2012 due to having dual nationality.^[3]

Personal life

Haidar Abbas Rizvi has two sons and two daughters. He has travelled to the Georgia, Tanzania, Estonia and Ivory Coast. His interests include reading Urdu literature, writing Urdu poetry, playing cricket and chess. He is a member of Young Parliamentarians Forum (YPF) Pakistan.^[4] He currently is employed as an Uber driver in Canada.^[5]

Awards

Year	Award	Result	Note	Ref.
2011	Nishan-e-Imtiaz	Won	Awarded by Asif Ali Zardari (President)	[6]