Name Khawaja Safdar Role Politician | Children Khawaja Muhammad Asif | |
Grandchildren Ameera Safdar Khawaja, Atika Safdar Khawaja, Fatima Safdar Khawaja, Khawaja Muhammad Asad | ||
Khawaja Muhammad Safdar was a politician from Pakistan Muslim League.
Early life and career
He was born in Sialkot and took an active part in the Pakistan Movement before 1947. In 1981, he was nominated as chairman of Majlis-e-Shoora, Pakistan and also acted as acting president of Pakistan in this capacity.
He is the father of foreign minister of Pakistan in 2017, Khawaja Muhammad Asif. He was elected Member of Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan in 1962 and was thereafter elected as leader of opposition. He was re-elected to both these position in 1965. and served in those positions till March 25, 1969, when General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan seized power and dissolved the Assemblies. Khawaja Muhammad Safdar contested 1970 elections in Pakistan but lost to a nominee of Pakistan Peoples Party.
Sialkot Medical College was set up in Sialkot in 2011 which was later renamed after Khawaja Muhammad Safdar as Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College.