Farhatullah Babar

Farhatullah Babar is a Pakistani politician. He is a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party and served in the Pakistani Senate from 2003 to 2006. He is an outspoken critic of the current Pakistani administration headed by President Pervez Musharraf.

Education

B.A Peshawar 1963,B.E (Civil Engg) Peshawar 1965, M.I.E 1985, Honors in Pushto Peshawar, 1963, French Language Course 1981, Islamabad, PR Management, PIM Karachi, Pakistan Engineering Council 1983, Certificate, Pakistan Computer Bureau Islamabad 1994, Journalism and Mass Communication, Information Academy Islamabad.

Professional career

Professional positions including,

- Managing Editor of English National daily The Frontier Post- Speech Writer to the Prime Minister- Press Assistant to Prime Minister- Manager Royal Saudi Air Force Project, Transarabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Participation/presentation of papers in scores of national/international seminars, UN meetings and conferences on multilateral and bilateral issues including the following

- United Nations Regional Conference on Disarmament, Beijing, China- International conference on Nuclear Non-Proliferation in South Asia, ISS- Third Bilateral Pak-US Forum at Berkeley, USA,.- 7th OIC summit Casablanca,- Global Forum Singapore,- UN General Assembly Session,

Publications: Ten volumes of press articles, columns, research monographs.

Petitions for disqualification

On September 17, 2007, Benazir Bhutto accused Pervez Musharraf's allies of pushing Pakistan to crisis by refusal to restore democracy and share power. A nine-member panel of Supreme Court judges deliberated on 6 petitions (including Jamaat-e-Islami's, Pakistan's largest Islamic group) for disqualification of Musharraf as presidential candidate. Bhutto stated that her party may join other opposition groups, including Nawaz Sharif's. Attorney General of Pakistan Malik Mohammed Qayyum stated that, pendente lite, the Election Commission was "reluctant" to announce the schedule for the presidential vote. Bhutto's party's Farhatullah Babar stated that the Constitution could bar Musharraf from being elected again because he holds the army chief's post. "As Gen. Musharraf is disqualified from contesting for President, he has prevailed upon the Election Commission to arbitrarily and illegally tamper with the Constitution of Pakistan"." [ [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070917/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_politics;_ylt=AsN.W8_0OQFHfgY9tL0Hdjis0NUE Yahoo.com, Pakistani court hears cases on Musharraf] ]

External links

* [http://www.ppp.org.pk/Party/Party%20Issues/P_articles50.html PPP]
* [http://www.senate.gov.pk/ShowMemberDetail.asp?MemberCode=111&CatCode=6&CatName=Senate+Tenure+%28+2003+%2D+2006%29 Profile page on the Pakistani Senate website]

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