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Muhammad Abdur Rauf Siddiqui is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, since August 2013. Previously he had been a Member of the Provincial Sindh Assembly from 2002 to 2013 and remained a member of the Sindh provincial cabinet in various positions between 2002 and 2012.
Rauf Siddiqui | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh | |
| In office August 2013 – 28 May 2018 | |
| In office 2008–2013 | |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 April 1961 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Political party | MQM-P (2016-present) |
He was born on 15 April 1961 in Karachi.[1]
He has a degree of Bachelors of Arts from University of Karachi.[1] He earned the degree of Bachelor of Science from American Global International University,[2] a fake diploma mill.[3]
He joined Mutahida Quami Movement (MQM) in 1988.[4]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of MQM from Constituency NA-242 (Karachi-IV) in 2002 Pakistani general election.[5] In the same election, he was also elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of MQM from Constituency PS-115 Karachi-XXVII.[6][4] He relinquished his National Assembly seat and retained the Sindh Assembly seat.[4] In January 2003, he was inducted into the Sindh provincial cabinet and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Sindh for Excise and Taxation[4] where he served until March 2004.[2] In July 2004, he was made Provincial Minister of Sindh for Home[7] where he remained until August 2006.[2][4] In September 2006, he was made Provincial Minister of Sindh for tourism, culture and social welfare[8] where he served until November 2007.[2][4]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of MQM from Constituency PS-114 Karachi-XXVI in 2008 Pakistani general election.[4][9] In May 2008, he was inducted into the Sindh provincial cabinet and was made Provincial Minister of Sindh for industry and commerce[10] where he remained until resigning in June 2011.[4][11] In October 2011, he was re-inducted into the provincial Sindh cabinet and was re-appointed as Provincial Minister of Sindh for industry and commerce.[4] In September 2012, he resigned from the Sindh provincial cabinet following the 2012 Pakistan factory fires.[12][13]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of MQM from Constituency PS-103 Karachi-XV in by-polls held in August 2013.[14] In April 2014, he was inducted into the Sindh provincial cabinet as Provincial Minister of Sindh.[15]
In January 2018, he was declared accused in 2012 Pakistan factory fires.[16] In February 2018, he was indicted by an anti-terrorism court in the case.[17]
He married for the first time in April 2018 in Saudi Arabia[18] at the age of 56.[19][20]
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