Arif Nakai

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Arif Nakai
12th Chief Minister of Punjab
In office
13 September 1995 – 3 November 1996
GovernorRaja Saroop Khan
Preceded byManzoor Wattoo
Succeeded byManzoor Wattoo
Personal details
Born1930 (1930)
Kasur, Punjab, British India
Died29 February 2000(2000-02-29) (aged 69–70)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Sardar Muhammad Arif Nakai[a] (1930 – 29 February 2000) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 12th chief minister of Punjab from 1995 to 1996. He was a senior member of the Pakistan Muslim League (J).

Early life

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He was born into a Jat family of the Nakai Misl, one of the twelve Misls of the Sikh Confederacy. His great-grandfather, Sardar Ishar Singh Nakai, was born a Sikh and converted to Islam in 1879.[1] Sardar Ishar Singh was the youngest son of Sardar Kahan Singh Nakai, the ruler of the Nakai Misl.[2]

Career

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He was elected as a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab for four consecutive terms: from 1985 to 1988, 1988 to 1990, 1990 to 1993, and 1993 to 1996. He also served as the Minister for Revenue, Minister for Forests, Minister for Livestock & Dairy Development, Minister for Industries and Mineral Development, and as Chief Minister of Punjab from 1995 to 1996. He was the father of three sons and a daughter. All three sons, Sardar Pervaiz Hasan Nakai, Sardar Muhammad Asif Nakai, and Sardar Atif Nakai, followed in his footsteps and became politicians.[citation needed]

Death

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He died in Lahore on 29 February 2000 and was buried in his home village of Wan Adhen.[3]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Punjabi/Urdu: محمد عارف نکئی

References

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  1. ^ Iqbāl Qaiṣar, پاكستان وچ سكھاں دياں تواريخى پوتر تھاواں, Punjabi History Board, 2001, p.206
  2. ^ Griffin, Lepel Henry (1865). The Panjab Chiefs: Historical and Biographical Notices of the Principal Families in the Territories Under the Panjab Government. T.C. McCarthy.
  3. ^ Impact International, Volume 30, News & Media, 2000 - World politics, p.50