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Muhammad Binyamin Rizvi
Pakistani politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pir Syed Binyamin Rizvi (Urdu: پیر سید محمد بنیامین رضوی) 15 August 1959 - 24 June 2004) was a Pakistani politician.[1] He served as the Minister of Social Welfare, Women Development and Bait-ul-Maal, alongside the Advisor to the Chief Minister of Punjab. He also served as the Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) during his first tenure. He was the eldest son of Pir Syed Mohammad Yaqoob Shah, and the elder brother to Syed Tariq Yaqoob Rizvi.
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Education
Rizvi received a degree in civil engineering from Government College of Technology, Lahore, in 1980 and a diploma from Allama Iqbal Open University in Islamabad.[2]
Political career
He was elected as a Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) of the Punjab in 1991 after his father death. And in 1997, he was re-elected as a MPA from PP-99. In his first term he served as an advisor to the Chief Minister Punjab in 1992, and in his second term he became Minister for Social Welfare, Women Development, and Bait-ul-Maal of Punjab until the proclamation of Emergency in 1999. In 2001, he became vice president of PML(N) Punjab and he held that seat until his death in 2004.[citation needed]
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Death
On 24th June 2004, Muhammad Binyamin Rizvi was shot and killed, along with his driver and bodyguard by unknown gunmen near the New Campus bridge in Lahore. He was buried next to his father in his hometown of Phalia.[citation needed]
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