Hina Rabbani Khar

Hina Rabbani Khar
Hina Rabbani Khar
حنا ربانی کھر
	Khar in 2023
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 19 April 2022 – 10 August 2023
Prime Minister	Shehbaz Sharif
Minister	Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Preceded by	Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan
	In office; 11 February 2011 – 19 July 2011
Prime Minister	Yusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded by	Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan
Succeeded by	Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 19 July 2011 – 16 March 2013
Prime Minister	Yusuf Raza Gillani; Raja Pervez Ashraf
Preceded by	Shah Mehmood Qureshi
Succeeded by	Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (Acting) ; Sartaj Aziz (de facto)
Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs
	In office; 24 March 2008 – 11 February 2011
Prime Minister	Yusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded by	Ali Nazary
Succeeded by	Dost Muhammad Mazari
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 February 2024
Constituency	Reserved seat for women'
	In office; 13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023
Constituency	Reserved seat for women
	In office; 25 May 2013 – 25 May 2018
Constituency	Reserved seat for women
	In office; 17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013
Constituency	NA-177 (Muzaffargarh-II)
	In office; 16 November 2002 – 15 November 2007
Constituency	NA-177 (Muzaffargarh-II)
Personal details
Born	19 November 1977 (age 46); Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party	PPP (2008-present)
Other political; affiliations	Pakistan Muslim League Q (2002-2008)
Spouse	Feroze Gulzar (m. 1999)
Children	3
Parent	Ghulam Noor Rabbani (father);
Relatives	Ghulam Mustafa Khar (uncle); Aaminah Haq (cousin)
Alma mater	Lahore University of Management Sciences; University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Hina Rabbani Khar (Urdu: حنا ربانی کھر; born 19 November 1977)^[3] is a Pakistani politician, who served as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 19 April 2022 till 10 August 2023. She was previously appointed in July 2011 as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, she was the first woman to have held the position.^[4] Khar had been a member of the National Assembly from August 2018 to August 2023.

Khar is a member of an influential feudal family in Muzaffargarh. She studied business at LUMS and University of Massachusetts Amherst before entering politics as a member of the national assembly in 2002, representing the PML-Q and becoming a junior minister responsible for economic policy under the Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. In 2009, after switching parties and winning re-election with the Pakistan Peoples Party, she became the Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs and the same year became the first woman to present the national budget.^[5] She was appointed by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan in July 2011, and served until shortly before the 2013 election, when she retired from active politics.^[5] She has continued to push for stronger ties with India.^[6]

She remains a member of the Pakistan People's Party, and is a public speaker on foreign policy.^[7] As of 2019, she was a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on a reserved seat for women.^[8]

^ "Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar to Speak at LUMS". LUMS. 30 April 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
^ "Alumna to be Pakistan's new Foreign Minister". University of Massachusetts Amherst. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
^ "Hina Rabbari Khar". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
^ Dawn.com (25 June 2012). "Hina Rabbani Khar". www.dawn.com. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "'Pakistan's national identity is to hate others': Hina Rabbani Khar, please tell us something new - Firstpost". 28 June 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^ "Reaffirming loyalties: Hina Rabbani Khar is not joining PTI, says Ghulam Rabbani - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
^ Cite error: The named reference PPP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] "Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar to Speak at LUMS". LUMS. 30 April 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

[2] "Alumna to be Pakistan's new Foreign Minister". University of Massachusetts Amherst. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

[mofa.gov.pk-3] "Hina Rabbari Khar". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

[4] Dawn.com (25 June 2012). "Hina Rabbani Khar". www.dawn.com. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

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[:0-6] "'Pakistan's national identity is to hate others': Hina Rabbani Khar, please tell us something new - Firstpost". 28 June 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[7] "Reaffirming loyalties: Hina Rabbani Khar is not joining PTI, says Ghulam Rabbani - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

[PPP-8] Cite error: The named reference PPP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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