Abdul Latīf Pedrām عبداللطيف پدرام | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Maimay, Badakhshan, Kingdom of Afghanistan | 29 July 1963
Political party | Organisation of Toilers' Fedayan of Afghanistan National Congress Party of Afghanistan |
Residence(s) | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
Occupation | Politician and Parliamentarian |
Profession | Writer, Professor, Historian, Poet, Journalist and Politician |
Ethnicity | Pamiri |
Abdul Latīf Pedrām (Persian: عبداللطيف پدرام; born 29 July 1963) is a politician and a Member of Parliament in Afghanistan. He emerged as a controversial figure in the press and political circles for campaigning for women's personal rights, a taboo subject in Afghanistan's culture.[1][2] Currently, he is the leader of the National Congress Party of Afghanistan and was one of the nine representatives of Badakhshan province in the lower house of parliament. He has since been living in exile. His hometown fell to the Talban prior to Kabul.