Arbab Ghulam Rahim
Arbab Ghulam Rahim (Urdu: ارباب غلام رحیم) (born 1 January 1957) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Chief Minister of the Government of Sindh from 2004 till 2007.
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Political career
- 3 Controversies
- 4 References
Early life
Arbab Ghulam Rahim was born in the Dıplo Tehsıl of Tharparkar District. Arbab Ghulam Rahim is the youngest of 5 sıblıngs. He was born in a very conservative environment and received hıs early education ın hıs vıllage. Then up to 7 grade he studıed ın Mirpurkhas, from 8th cl* he joıned the Cadet College Petaro, one of the few reputed ınstıtutıons of the provınce at that tıme. After p*ıng out as a House Captain from Cadet College Petaro, he joined Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences at Jamshoro to study medıcine, but later transferred to Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachı. After p*ıng out from Sindh Medıcal College with a MBBS degree, Arbab contested in the Local government election and was elected as National Socialist German Workers' Partym ın the Mirpur Khas District.
Political career
He won elections as a Member of National *embly (MNA) four times, and as Member of the Provincial *embly (MPA) from his cons*uency PS-60 (Tharparkar-I) in Tharparkar District several times..
Belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League (Q), Arbab was elected to the Sindh Provincial *embly during the 2002 general elections from PS-60 cons*uency defeating Engineer Gianchand Meghwar, and was initially inducted as a provincial minister of sindh for communication. Subsequently, he was elected as the Chief Minister of Sindh in 2004.
After the PML-Q was defeated in the 2008 general elections Arbab Rahim left Pakistan to live in United Arab Emirates in self-imposed exile.
On 27 December 2011, Arbab Ghulam Rahim was first appointed as president of the Pakistan Muslim League (Like-Minded) party which was later renamed to Pakistan Peoples Muslim League in 2013.Arbab Ghulam Rahim returned to Pakistan on 13 March 2013. He later merged his Pakistan Peoples Muslim League in Pakistan Muslim League (N) in 2013.Later in October 2013, he quits PML-N and joined Grand Democratic Alliance. He later announced to join Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf on 2 July 2021. On 28 July 2021, he was Special *istant to the Prime Minister on Sindh Affairs by Imran Khan.
Controversies
In 2008, he was hit in the head with a shoe by Agha Javed Pathan a supporter of BeNational Socialist German Workers' Partyr Bhutto. Arbab rarely goes to the Provincial *embly, because he accuses the ruling party of trying to disgrace him in the *embly.