Muzaffar Ali Khan Qizilbash

Who is Muzaffar Ali Khan Qizilbash?

Nawab Muzaffar Ali Khan Qizilbash was a politician from the Punjab and a minister in the governments of the Punjab, West Pakistan and Pakistan.

Muzaffar Qizilbash started his legislative career as a Unionist, later joining the Muslim League and subsequently the Republican Party.

Muzaffar Qizilbash served as Minister for Industries in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar from October 18, 1957 - December 16, 1957.

He then served as Minister for Industries, Commerce and Parliamentary Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Sir Feroz Khan Noon from December 16, 1957 - March 18, 1958, when he was appointed Chief Minister of West Pakistan.

His successor as Minister for Industries and Commerce was Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan the incumbent Chief Minister of West Pakistan, while the Parliamentary Affairs portfolio was assigned to Sardar Amir Azam Khan.

Muzaffar Qizilbash was Chief Minister of West Pakistan from March 1958 - October 7, 1958 when the cabinet was dismissed on the declaration of Martial Law by President Iskander Mirza.

After the fall of the Ayub Khan government, Muzaffar Qizilbash served as Finance Minister of Pakistan in the presidential cabinet of President and Chief Martial Law Administrator General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan from August 4, 1969 - February 22, 1971.