Enver Baig was a Pakistani politician and member of the Senate of Pakistan.
10 Facts About Enver Baig
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Enver Baig was affiliated politically with the Pakistan People's Party until 2013 before joining the Pakistan Muslim League.
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Enver Baig served as chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme from 2013 to 2014.
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Enver Baig was appointed chairman of the Benazir Income Support Programme by President Mamnoon Hussain in November 2013 on the Prime Minister's advice.
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Enver Baig resigned from this post a year later, in November 2014, and was appointed chairman of Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation, a lesser position than BISP Chairman.
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Enver Baig served as honorary consul general of the Republic of Uruguay in Pakistan, and president of the Pakistan Overseas Employment Promoters Association from 1982 to 1983.
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Enver Baig chaired the Standing Committee on Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis for the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1994 to 1995, and chaired the FPCCI's Standing Committee on Diplomatic Affairs from 1995 to 1998.
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Enver Baig asked the Public Accounts Committee of Pakistan for audits of the Pakistan Cricket Board in 2007; he termed the then PCB chairman Nasim Ashraf "the most incompetent official in the PCB".
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In February 2009, Enver Baig accused the Pakistan national cricket team's players of being involved in match fixing, stating that "the main problem in the Pakistan team is gambling and match-fixing".
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On 21 April 2023, Enver Baig died at his house in Islamabad at age 74.