Ameen Faheem

Ameen Faheem
Ameen Faheem
امين فہیم
	Faheem at the Horasis Global Arab Business Meeting in 2012
Minister of Commerce and Chambers
	In office; 3 November 2008 – 16 March 2013
President	Asif Zardari
Prime Minister	Yousaf Raza Gillani; Raja Pervez Ashraf
Preceded by	Mubashir Hassan
Personal details
Born	Makhdoom Muhammad Ameen Faheem; 4 August 1940; Hala, Sind, British India
Died	21 November 2015 (aged 75); Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Cause of death	Leukemia
Resting place	Hala, Sindh, Pakistan
Nationality	British India (1939–1947),; Pakistani (1947–2015)
Political party	Pakistan Peoples Party
Spouse	Nelofar
Children	Makhdoom Jameeluz Zaman (son) Makhdoom Shakil uz Zaman (son) Makhdoom Aqueel uz Zaman (son) Makhdoom Najib Zaman (son) Makhdoom Naimatullah (son) Makhdoom Habibullah (son) Maliha Makhdoom (daughter) Makhdoom Sindhyar (son) Dr Maahroo Makhdooom (daughter) Dr Shahroo Makhdooom (daughter)
Parent	Makhdoom Zaman Talib-ul-Mola (father);
Alma mater	University of Sindh

Makhdoom Muhammad Ameen Faheem (Urdu: مخدوم محمد امین فہیم; alt. spelling: Amin Fahim; 4 August 1940 – 21 November 2015) was a Pakistani populist left-wing figure and a poet.^[1] He was the senior vice-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, chairman of Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians and former chairman of Alliance for Restoration of Democracy.

Earning Bachelor of Science in political science from the University of Sindh in 1961, he started his political activism in 1970 and contested successfully the 1970 general elections and was a close ally of Benazir Bhutto during the 1990s. He is the spiritual figure of the Sarvari Jama'at^{[citation needed]} as well as the prominent sufist in his native province, Sindh. After successfully contesting the 2008 general elections, he notably stepped down for the candidacy of prime minister office in favour of Yousaf Raza Gillani.