Farooq Sattar
Farooq Sattar | |
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| Senior Deputy Convener of the MQM-P | |
| Assumed office 2023 | |
| In office 2001–2018 | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 29 February 2024 | |
| Constituency | NA-244 Karachi West-I |
| In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | Constituency NA-249 |
| In office 16 March 2008 – 15 March 2013 | |
| Constituency | Constituency NA-249 |
| In office 24 June 2003 – 15 November 2007 | |
| Constituency | Constituency NA-255 |
| In office 6 November 1990 – 18 July 1993 | |
| Constituency | Constituency NA-249 |
| In office 2 December 1988 – 6 August 1990 | |
| Constituency | Constituency NA-249 |
| Provincial Minister of Sindh for Local Government | |
| In office 22 February 1997 – 30 October 1998 | |
| Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh | |
| In office 19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996 | |
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh | |
| In office 17 February 1997 – 12 October 1999 | |
| In office 19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996 | |
| Mayor of Karachi | |
| In office 9 January 1988 – 27 July 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Sattar Afghani |
| Succeeded by | Naimatullah Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Political party | MQM-P (2016-present) |
| Other political affiliations | MQM-L (1984-2016) |
| Alma mater | Jinnah Sindh Medical University |
Muhammad Farooq Sattar (Urdu: محمد فاروق ستار; born 9 April 1959) is a Pakistani politician who is the Senior Deputy Convenor of the MQM-P.
Born in Karachi, Sattar was educated at the Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi. Sattar began his political career in 1987 as the Mayor of Karachi. In 1993, he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh and had been a member of the provincial and federal cabinet, in various positions, since 1997. He served as the provincial Minister in Sindh government from 1997 to 1999 and as the Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis from 2009 to 2010.
He had been the deputy convener of the MQM as well its parliamentary leader in the National Assembly of Pakistan. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and Provincial Assembly of Sindh since 1988, representing Karachi.