Farooq Sattar

Farooq Sattar
Convener of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan
In office 23 August 2016 – 13 February 2018
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui
Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis
In office 27 January 2009 – 27 December 2010
President	Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Yusuf Raza Gilani
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Constituency	Constituency NA-249
In office 16 March 2008 – 15 March 2013
Constituency	Constituency NA-249
In office 24 June 2003 – 15 November 2007
Constituency	Constituency NA-255
In office 6 November 1990 – 18 July 1993
Constituency	Constituency NA-249
In office 2 December 1988 – 6 August 1990
Constituency	Constituency NA-249
Provincial Minister of Sindh for Local Government
In office 22 February 1997 – 30 October 1998
Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
In office 19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
In office 17 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
In office 19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996
Mayor of Karachi
In office 9 January 1988 – 27 July 1992
Preceded by	Abdul Sattar Afghani
Succeeded by	Naimatullah Khan
Personal details
Born	(1959-04-09) 9 April 1959 (age 65)[1] Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Political party	MQM-P (2016-present)
Other political affiliations	MQM-L (1984-2016)
Alma mater	Jinnah Sindh Medical University

Muhammad Farooq Sattar (Urdu: محمد فاروق ستار; born 9 April 1959) is a Pakistani politician who is the leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan.

Born in Karachi, Sattar was educated at the Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi. Sattar began his political career in 1987 as the Mayor of Karachi. In 1993, he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh and had been a member of the provincial and federal cabinet, in various positions, since 1997. He served as the provincial Minister in Sindh government from 1997 to 1999 and as the Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis from 2009 to 2010.

He had been the deputy convener of the MQM as well its parliamentary leader in the National Assembly of Pakistan. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and Provincial Assembly of Sindh since 1988, representing Karachi.