Waris Pathan

Waris Pathan
Pathan during an interview
National Spokesperson of All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen
Assumed office
25 October 2019
Preceded byAsaduddin Owaisi
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
16 October 2014 – 24 October 2019
Preceded byMadhukar Chavan, INC
Succeeded byYamini Yashwant Jadhav, Shiv Sena
ConstituencyByculla
Floor leader of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
16 October 2014 – 24 October 2019
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byMohammed Ismail Abdul Khalique
Personal details
Born (1968-11-29) 29 November 1968 (age 55)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Political partyAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Children2
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Waris Pathan (born 29 November 1968) is an Indian politician and lawyer.[1] He is the national spokesperson of the political party All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). He previously served as an MLA for the AIMIM in Byculla, Mumbai.[2]

As a legal advocate, Pathan's clients have included one of the accused in the 1993 Bombay bombings, and the actor Salman Khan in a hit-and-run case.[3]

  1. ^ "Byculla MLA: Waris Pathan". I am in DNA of India. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen". AIMIM. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  3. ^ Kamath, Naresh (18 March 2016). "Waris Pathan: The accidental politician". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 March 2016.