HINA RABBANI KHAR Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan and incumbent Member National Assembly, Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar, was born on November 19, 1977 to well-known Khar family of District Muzaffargarh. Her father, Malik Noor Rabbani Khar, had also been a Member National Assembly whereas her uncle, Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar, have had held the portfolios of Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab as well as Federal Minister. She completed her graduation from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and Masters in Business Management from University of Massachusetts, USA. She entered active politics as a Member National Assembly in 2002, at the age of 25, representing the PML-Q and eventually became Minister of State for Economic Affairs in the cabinet of Mr Shaukat Aziz – a portfolio she held until 2007. In 2008, she was re-elected from the platform of Pakistan Peoples Party and was appointed Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs. She had the honour of being the first women presenting a federal budget in Pakistan in June 2009. In February 2011, she was first appointed as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and later as Foreign Minister on July 19 the same year, thus becoming the youngest and first female Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country. She held the portfolio till March, 2013. In 2018 elections, she was elected Member National Assembly on reserved seat for women by the Pakistan Peoples Party. In recognition of her achievements, the city conferred upon her the award of ‘Hilal-e- Muzaffargarh’ in August 2019. Undoubtedly, she is, and has been, the most known female face of Muzaffargarh. .
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