Name: Farhatullah Babar
Nationality: Pakistani
Born City: Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Religion: Islam
Profession: Politician, engineer
Party: Pakistan Peoples Party
Education : University of Engineering and Technology of Peshawar (BEng and MEng) University of Peshawar (BA and MA)
Farhatullah Babar Biography :
- Farhatullah Babar was born to Karamatullah Khan.
- Farhatullah Babar is a Pakistani leftist politician, engineer and former senator.
- He graduated with a B.Eng. in civil engineering from the University of Peshawar in 1965.
- In 1963, he completed a course in Pashto with honours and later undertook a French language course in 1981.
- Babar worked as a chemical engineer. He served as the president of the Pakistan Engineering Council from 1983 to 1994, and also worked for some time at the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission.
- He is a prominent member of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), having served as a spokesperson for the party.
- He also served as a manager in the Trans Arabia project with the Royal Saudi Air Force, based in Riyadh.
- Babar served as a spokesman and speech writer for Benazir Bhutto when she was in office as prime minister in the 1990s.
- Babar was elected as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from PPP between 2003 and 2006. He served another term as senator from 2012 to 2018.
- In May 2018, Babar was nominated by PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as the party’s representative in a jirga held to negotiate between the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement and the state.
( Last Updated: 22 June 2021 )