Kausar Niazi

Kausar Niazi
Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology
In office
15 December 1993 – 19 March 1994
Preceded byMohammad Haleem
Succeeded byIqbal Ahmad Khan
Federal Minister for Information
In office
28 March 1977 – 5 July 1977
PresidentFazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Prime MinisterZulfikar Ali Bhutto
Federal Minister for Religious, Minority Affairs and Overseas Pakistanis
In office
5 February 1976 – 28 March 1977
PresidentFazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Prime MinisterZulfikar Ali Bhutto
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs
In office
22 October 1974 – 5 February 1976
PresidentFazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Prime MinisterZulfikar Ali Bhutto
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
26 March 1977 – 5 July 1977
ConstituencyNA-107 Sialkot IV[1]
In office
14 April 1972 – 10 January 1977
ConstituencyNW-75 Sialkot II[2]
Personal details
Born
Muhammad Hayat Khan

21 April 1934
Musa Khel, Punjab Province, British India
Died19 March 1994(1994-03-19) (aged 59)
Islamabad, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan People's Party (PPP)
Other political
affiliations
Jamaat-e-Islami

Kausar Niazi (Urdu: کوثر نیازی), born as Muhammad Hayyat Khan and commonly known as Maulana Kausar Niazi (21 April 1934 – 19 March 1994), was a Pakistani politician and a religious leader in Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Niazi, in Bhutto's premiership cabinet, was a most powerful federal minister in Pakistan during 1974 till 1977. Niazi was one of the close aids and trusted confidents of Bhutto who remained loyal to Bhutto until his death. He was born in Musakhel, Punjab, Pakistan. His father Fateh Khan Niazi Luqi-khel and uncle Muzaffar Khan Niazi Luqi-khel were among the leading persons of the area. He was a religious scholar and orator, who made a name for himself in politics, and was a member of Bhutto's Federal Cabinet. He served as a minister and assisted Bhutto for 6 years. He was also a member of the Pakistan People's Party.[3]

  1. ^ "NA-107 Sialkot Election 1977 Full Result Vote Candidate".
  2. ^ "NW-75 Sialkot Election 1970 Full Result Vote Candidate".
  3. ^ Nadeem F. Paracha (16 November 2014). "Ahmadiyya question: Setting Niazi free". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 10 September 2020.