Qadir Magsi

Qader Bux Magsi
Born
Qader Khan

25 December 1962 (1962-12-25) (age 61)
Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan
Alma materLiaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences
OccupationPolitician
Political partySindh Taraqi Pasand Party
Spousezarif sindhu magsi [2002~ongoing] 2 ex wives names unknown--
Children10~ known muhammad sain magsi, sarwan magsi, saneha qader, selene qader, soonh magsi, soubh magsi and late sarang magsi
Websitewww.stpparty.org

Qader Magsi (Sindhi: ڊاڪٽر قادر مگسي) is a Pakistani politician from the Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party.

Qader Magsi was born on 25 December 1962 in Thatta. He received primary and intermediate education in Thatta. Later he joined Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro L.U.M.H.S) in 1981 for MBBS. In 1982, he became member of Jeay Sindh Students' Federation (JSSF) in LMC unit.

Magsi later established Taraqi Pasand Wing. He has been imprisoned various times on mass murder and genocide charges. Magsi converted his Tarqi Pasand Wing into The Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party (STP) on March 21, 1991, he then became the founding chairman of the party.

After the defeat in the 2013 Pakistani general election, seven senior leaders announced their resignation en bloc from the Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party and blamed that Qadir Magsi flawed policies that led to the party's defeat.[1]

Qadir Magsi is widely held responsible for the ethnically motivated murder of more than 1000 Muhajir people in the 1988 Hyderabad massacre. However, he was acquitted of all charges in 2003.[2]

  1. ^ STP falls apart as seven central leaders resign Archived 2013-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Dr Qadir Magsi acquitted in 1988 Hyderabad massacre case". The Express Tribune. 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2021-10-14.