Miangul Aurangzeb
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Miangul Aurangzeb Wali of Swat (princely state) | |
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| Member of the West Pakistan Assembly | |
| In office 1962–1965 | |
| Member of the West Pakistan Assembly[2] | |
| In office 1956–1958 | |
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| Born | 28 May 1928 Aide de Camp |
Miangul Aurangzeb (
Early life
He was born on 28 May 1928 in
Army career
Following the independence of Pakistan, Aurangzeb enrolled at the
During his service in the
In 1955, he married the daughter of General
Public life
Aurangzeb represented Swat State in the West Pakistan Assembly from 1956 to May 1958, when he was nominated to the National Assembly of Pakistan.[2]
After the imposition of
After the resignation of President
In 1970 the first-ever one-man one-vote general elections were held in Pakistan, which marked a new chapter for the former ruling family of Swat. Aurangzeb[1] was elected on a Muslim League platform,[4] defeating a strong candidate of the National Awami Party.
He was re-elected in the March 1977
Due to his opposition to the government of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Aurangzeb supported the military government of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, and from 1981 served as a member of the nominated Majlis i Shoora (Federal Council).[7]
In March 1985 general elections were held on a non-party basis, and Aurangzeb was again elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan.
Following the tumultuous events of 1988, party-based democracy returned to Pakistan and general elections were once again held in November 1988. Aurangzeb, contesting on the
Again in October 1990, Aurangzeb, contesting as an independent candidate, faced defeat, this time at the hands of his former allies, the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad.
However, he bounced back in the October 1993 general elections to regain his seat, and continued to hold it in the February 1997 general elections.
In April 1997, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appointed him as Governor of
In August 1999, Aurangzeb was appointed the Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and served in that capacity until the military takeover by General Pervez Musharraf on 24 October 1999.
He did not contest the 2002 general elections and retired from electoral politics, passing the torch to the next generation of his family. He remained active until his death in the leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz.
As a result of death threats from and loss of security in Swat to the
See also
- Miangul Jahan Zeb
- Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb
- Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb
- Swat (princely state)
References
- ^ a b Press Release. "Aurangzeb Miangul" (PDF). National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ a b Notification. "Miangul Aurangzeb" (PDF). National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ a b "From sea to shining sea". Himalmag. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Swat". Asianaffairs. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014.
- ^ "Miangul Aurangzeb". The Telegraph. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Outlookindia".
- ^ a b c Hussain, Naveed (27 April 2013). "Swat: The valley of the Wali". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Last crown prince of Swat dies at 86". 4 August 2014.
- ^ "MiangulAurangzeb passes away". swatnews.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
External links
- Swat Royal Family the Miangul Family Tree
- Pakistan International News – Son reports Wali returns to Swat
- Miangul Aurangzeb Interview
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