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Mohammad Nazar Faqiri (Baghlan 1955)

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Nationality
  
Afghan

Religion
  
Islam


Name
  
Mohammad Faqiri

Role
  
Baghlan 1955

Born
  
1955
Faqi in Pul-e-Khumri, Baghlan Province

Occupation
  
Politician, administrator

Haji Mohammad Nazar Faqiri (born 1955), was appointed to serve in the Meshrano Jirga, the upper house of Afghanistan`s national legislature, in 2005.

He was born in 1955 in the village of Faqi in Pul-e-Khumri, Baghlan Province. He is a high school graduate, and is a member of Afghanistan`s Tajik ethnic group. He went to live in Pakistan as a refugee in 1980, eventually serving as a director of two refugee camps.

An individual named Nazar Muhammad Faqiri was a candidate for the Wolesi Jirga in 2010, but failed to win a seat. Nevertheless the office of the Attorney General investigated whether he was involved in election irregularities.

References

Mohammad Nazar Faqiri (Baghlan 1955) Wikipedia