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Meraj Muhammad Khan (born 20 October 1938) is a political leader in Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. A founding member of the Pakistan Peoples Party

Pakistan Peoples Party

The Pakistan Peoples Party , is a democratic socialist political party in Pakistan affiliated with Socialist International. Pakistan People's Party is the largest political party of Pakistan...

of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977, and prior to that, 4th President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973. Bhutto was the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party — the largest and most influential political party in Pakistan— and served as its chairman until his...

he served as Federal Minister for Manpower

Minister for Manpower

The Ministry is headed by the Manpower Minister who must be a member of Parliament of Pakistan.- Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment :Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment - Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employee :...

in the first PPP

Pakistan Peoples Party

The Pakistan Peoples Party , is a democratic socialist political party in Pakistan affiliated with Socialist International. Pakistan People's Party is the largest political party of Pakistan...

government (1972–1977), falling out with Bhutto in 1975 he was arrested and imprisoned in solitary confinement till his release in 1977. He later became leader of the Movement for Restoration of Democracy

Movement for Restoration of Democracy

The Movement for the Restoration of Democracy was a major alliance formed by Secular-Socialist democratic political forces aiming to end the General Zia-ul-Haq's martial law and military dictatorship in the country. It was formed in February 1981. The alliance was aimed at restoring democracy and...

and was a prominent democratic activist and leftist leader in the 1980s.

Meraj Muhammad Khan joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is "Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem".-Founding:...

headed by Imran Khan

Imran Khan

Imran Khan Niazi is a Pakistani politician and former Pakistani cricketer, playing international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century. After retiring, he entered politics...

in 1998, becoming secretary-general, but resigned from the party in 2003 citing differences with Khan. He then joined Mazdoor Kissan Party

Mazdoor Kissan Party

The Mazdoor Kisan Party was a communist party in Pakistan.-Creation:At the end of 1967 the National Awami Party in Pakistan split into the factions of Maulana Bhashani and Wali Khan. The leftist members of the NAP, many of whom were active in a Peasant Committee, decided to follow the Wali Khan...

which later merged with Communist Party of Pakistan

Communist Party of Pakistan

The Communist Party of Pakistan is a communist party affiliated with Communist Party of the Russia. Before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the party had long association and ties with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ....

to form Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party

Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party

The Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party is a political party in Pakistan formed in 1995 through the unification of the Communist Party of Pakistan and the Mazdoor Kissan Party .-History:...

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