Farhatullah Babar

Farhatullah Babar
Spokesperson of Presidential Office
In office
9 September 2008 – 9 September 2013
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYousaf Raza Gillani
Preceded byMajor-General Rashid Qureshi
President of the Pakistan Engineering Council
In office
1983–1994
Personal details
Born
Farhatullah Babar

Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Political partyPakistan Peoples Party
Residence(s)Islamabad, Pakistan
Alma materUniversity of Engineering and Technology of Peshawar
(BEng and MEng)
University of Peshawar
(BA and MA)
OccupationPolitician, engineer
CabinetBhutto Ministry
Gillani Ministry

Farhatullah Babar (Urdu, Pashto: فرحت اللہ بابر) is a Pakistani leftist politician, engineer and former senator. He is a prominent member of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), having served as a spokesperson for the party.[1][2] He is a supporter of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).[3]

He remained a member of the Senate of Pakistan for two terms, from 2003 to 2006 and from 2012 to 2018.[4][5]

  1. ^ Albright, David (17 March 2010). "Peddling Peril". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. ^ Abubakar Siddique (2014). The Pashtun Question: The Unresolved Key to the Future of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Hurst. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-1-84904-292-5.
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