Zulfiqar Ali Khosa

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Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa (Urdu: ذوالفقار علی کھوسہ; born 20 October 1935)^[2] is a Pakistani political leader, former senator and former Governor of Punjab. He represented Punjab, Pakistan in the Senate of Pakistan. Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan has been elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab for nine tenures in 1970, 1977, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2008 and 2013. He was also elected to the West Pakistan Assembly in 1962. Khosa also contested for a National Assembly of Pakistan in general election 2018 but lost to Amjad Farooq Khan.

Senator Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khosa
31st Governor of Punjab
In office 12 August 1999 – 12 October 1999
President	Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
In office 12 March 2012 – 12 March 2018
Prime Minister	Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Constituency	General seat from Punjab
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office 3 July 2008 – 12 March 2012
Constituency	PP-243 Dera Ghazi Khan-IV
In office 18 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
Constituency	PP-201 Dera Ghazi Khan-III
In office 18 October 1993 – 17 November 1996
Constituency	PP-201 Dera Ghazi Khan-III
In office 5 November 1990 – 28 June 1993
Constituency	PP-201 Dera Ghazi Khan-III
In office 30 November 1988 – 6 August 1990
Constituency	PP-201 Dera Ghazi Khan-III
In office 12 March 1985 – 30 May 1988
Constituency	PP-184 Dera Ghazi Khan-I
In office 9 April 1977 – 5 July 1977
Constituency	PP-192 Dera Ghazi Khan-VII
Member of the West Pakistan Assembly
In office 9 June 1962 – 8 June 1965
Constituency	Dera Ghazi Khan-II
Personal details
Born	(1935-10-20) 20 October 1935 (age 89) Bahadurgarh, Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan)
Nationality	Pakistani
Other political affiliations	PTI (2018-2023) PMLN (1993-2018) Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988-1993) Independent (1985-1988)
Spouse(s)	Nadra Begum Faryal Khosa ​ (m. 2014)​ [1]
Children	Dost Muhammad Khosa (son) Muhammad Saif-ud-Din Khosa (son)
Relatives	Sardar Muhammad Mohiuddin Khosa (grandson) Latif Khosa (cousin) Amjad Farooq Khan (cousin)

Biography

Khosa is one of the most seniors politicians of Pakistan and is famous for his consistent control in the Politics of Punjab from 1986 to 2018. He comes from a Baloch Khosa tribe. He was born in Bahadurgarh, Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan).

He became the Tumandar of the Khosa in 1935 after the death of his father, Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa.^[2]

He was the Governor of the Punjab from 17 August 1999 to 12 October 1999. He was a senator from Punjab, Pakistan, from 2012 to 2018.

He has three sons: Hissam Uddin Khan Khosa, Saif Uddin Khan Khosa, and Dost Muhammad Khosa.^[2]