24 Facts About Raza Rabbani

Mian Raza Rabbani is a Pakistani politician and lawyer who served as the 7th Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2015 to March 2018.

Raza Rabbani has been affiliated with the Pakistan Peoples Party since 1968.

Raza Rabbani has been elected a Senator six times since 1993 from Sindh.

Raza Rabbani was a close aide to Benazir Bhutto who had appointed him the party's deputy secretary general in 1997 and leader of the opposition in the Senate in 2005.

Raza Rabbani was unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan in March 2015 and he served until March 2018, when he was succeeded by Sadiq Sanjrani.

Raza Rabbani was born on 23 July 1953 in Lahore, Punjab into a well educated Punjabi Arain family.

Raza Rabbani received his early education from Habib Public School in Karachi.

Raza Rabbani was politically active during his university years at the University of Karachi and was head of Liberal Students Federation in 1974.

Raza Rabbani is said to have affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party since 1968.

Raza Rabbani was in jail during the rule of Zia u Haq.

Raza Rabbani started practising law after the completion of his studies.

Raza Rabbani served as an Advisor, Chief Minister of Sindh, for Co-operative from 1988 to 1990.

Raza Rabbani was elected to the Senate of Pakistan for the first time in 1993 where he served until 1999.

Raza Rabbani was inducted into the federal cabinet in 1994 and appointed as the Minister of State for Law and Justice during the second government of Benazir Bhutto where he served until 1996.

Raza Rabbani was re-elected to the Senate in 2003 for three years.

Raza Rabbani was re-elected to the Senate in 2006 for six-year term.

Raza Rabbani remained Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 2005 to 2008.

Raza Rabbani served as the Leader of the House in the Senate from 2008 to 2009.

Raza Rabbani was re-elected to the Senate in 2012 for six-year term.

Raza Rabbani was elected as an executive member in Inter Parliamentary Union in October 2019 as candidature of Indian National Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was withdrawn by BJP led Indian Government.

In 2003, Raza Rabbani demonstrated his opposition against the Iraq war in 2003, over the issue of its nuclear program.

About the atomic proliferation issues, Raza Rabbani criticised the President Pervez Musharraf in the news channels and publicly supported the case of Dr AQ Khan against President Musharraf.

Raza Rabbani has written in support of socialism, communism, constitutional justice, and left-wing ideas.

Raza Rabbani later accused the international community for supporting the conservative parties in an opposition against the leftist parties.