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Ghulam Sarwar Khan

Malik Ghulam Sarwar Khan (Urdu: غلام سرور خان; born 13 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician who was the former Federal Minister for Aviation, in office from 24 May 2019 to 10 April 2022. Prior to this position, he was appointed as Federal Minister for Petroleum on 20 August 2018, but he was shifted to the Aviation Ministry. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from June 2013 to May 2018. He remained a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1985 to 1996.

According to the newspaper Dawn, Khan was born on 13 October 1955 in Taxila, Punjab, while according to PILDAT he was born on 13 October 1954.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the Punjab. He is an agriculturist by profession.

In 2002, the authenticity of his diploma degree from the Punjab Board of Technical Education was challenged. In 2007, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan challenging the authenticity of diploma which Khan had received from the Government College University (Faisalabad).

In July 2013, the Supreme Court suspended the National Assembly's membership of Khan for possessing counterfeit degree. According to a report submitted by the Higher Education Commission, both his graduation degree and his diploma in engineering were found fake.

Khan was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from PP-5 (Rawalpindi-V) in the 1985 Pakistani general election.

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from PP-5 (Rawalpindi-V) in the 1988 general election. He received 43,343 votes and defeated Muhammad Kamal, a candidate of the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI).

Khan ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of the People's Democratic Alliance (PDA) from NA-40 (Rawalpindi-V) in the 1990 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 63,021 votes and lost the seat to Nisar Ali Khan, a candidate of the IJI. In the same election, he was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the PDA from Constituency PP-5 (Rawalpindi-V). He received 36,469 votes and defeated Muhammad Kamal, a candidate of the IJI.

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