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Abdul Sattar Afghani | |
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24th Mayor of Karachi | |
In office 9 November 1979 – 12 February 1987 | |
Preceded by | Allah Bakhsh Gabol |
Succeeded by | Farooq Sattar |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Sindh | |
In office 2002–2006 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 July 1930 Karachi |
Died | 4 November 2006 Karachi |
Political party | Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan |
Children | 7 (4 sons and 3 daughters) |
Residence(s) | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
Occupation | Politician |
Abdul Sattar Afghani (Urdu: عبدالستار افغانی; 6 July 1930 – 4 November 2006) was a politician from Karachi, Pakistan. He was twice elected Mayor of Karachi and once an elected member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (MNA).[1]
Coming from an ethnic Persian-speaking Tajik tribe, the Afghan family had left its ancestral town of Jalalabad some 150 years ago and settled partly in Bombay (now Mumbai) and partly in a tiny coastal town of Karachi.