Shabbir Ahmad Rao

Who was Shabbir Ahmad Rao?

Shabbir Ahmad Rao, was a Pakistani politician and Human Rights Activist of Okara, Punjab, Pakistan.

Shabbir Ahmad Rao went to Los Angeles, USA for higher education in 1971 and studied Aeronautical engineering. Later he worked for many companies including Fairchild Aerospace Corporation and National Aeronautics and Space Administration as Director Quality Control. He decided to return to Pakistan in 1985 and start getting involved in Politics with his fellow family politician. Later he had decided to join Minhaj-ul-Quran International, a broad-based global Sufi organization working in the fields of welfare, human rights and education. His objectives were the promotion of a moderate vision of Corruption free Establishment with reduction to poverty, and the education of youth through "employing the methods of his founders Sufism".

Rao died on April 17, 2004 after suffering from throat cancer.