Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani

 Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani

  Journey from District Council to Prime Minister's House

Leader of the opposition Senate of Pakistan. Former Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Saraiki was elected the first "Prime Minister of Pakistan" from the region. Former Vice-Chairman of Pakistan People's Party and was Federal Minister and portfolio of various ministries in different periods.

In the non-party elections of 1985, he was elected as a member of the National Assembly for the first time from Multan.

Due to being the patron saint of Hazrat Musa Pak's Dargah in Multan, his family also has a wide circle of followers or spiritual followers.

His grandfather Syed Ghulam Mustafa Raza Shah Geelani is considered among the leaders of Tehreek-e-Pakistan and is known to have never lost an election.

His father's name is Syed Alamdar Hussain Geelani while well-known politician Hamid Raza Geelani was his uncle. Yusuf Raza Gilani is also related to the former head of Muslim League Functional and the seventh Peer Pagara Syed Shah Mardan Shah II, whose granddaughter is Yusuf Raza Gilani's daughter-in-law.

Yousaf Raza Gilani did his MA in Journalism from Punjab University in 1976.

And started his practical politics in the year 1978 when he was elected a member of the Central Working Committee of the Muslim League and in the year 1982 he became a member of the Federal Council.

In 1983, he participated in the District Council elections and was elected Chairman of the District Council, Multan by defeating former Speaker National Assembly Syed Fakhr Imam.

In 1985, he participated in the non-party elections of the then military ruler General Zia-ul-Haq and was made the Minister of Housing and Construction and later the Minister of Railways in the cabinet of Prime Minister Muhammad Khan Junejo.

In the year 1988, he joined the People's Party and in the general elections of the same year, he participated in the election on the ticket of the Pakistan People's Party and defeated his opponent, Mian Nawaz Sharif, who was a candidate for four seats in the National Assembly.

After winning these elections, Yousaf Raza Gilani once again became a member of the federal cabinet and this time he got the ministry of tourism and housing and construction in Benazir Bhutto's cabinet.

Yousaf Raza Gilani became a member of the assembly for the third time in the 1990 elections and after the dissolution of the assembly by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan in 1993, he was entrusted with the portfolio of municipalities in the caretaker cabinet of caretaker prime minister Balkh Sher Mazari.

In the elections of 1993, Yousaf Raza Gilani was elected Member of the Assembly for the fourth time and became the Speaker of the National Assembly during the regime of Benazir Bhutto. He also performed the duties of Acting President during his Speakership.

Despite success in the elections in the past,  Yousaf Raza Gilani failed in the elections held in February 1997.

In the year 1998, he was nominated as the Deputy Chairman of the People's Party, but in December 2002, he resigned from the position of the party after joining the forward block formed in the People's Party by his nephew and member of the National Assembly, Asad Murtaza Gilani.

In February 2008 elections, he was elected Member of Assembly for the fifth time on the ticket of People's Party from Multan. After these elections, initially Yusuf Raza Gilani was not going to be made a strong candidate for the Prime Ministership and Ahmed Mukhtar's name was in the news as a possible candidate from Punjab.

However, Pakistan People's Party nominated him as the new Prime Minister of the country on March 22, 2008. A day after that, on March 24, the newly elected National Assembly elected Yousaf  Raza Gilani as the new Leader of the House and on March 26, he took the oath of office and he held this position for four years, one month and one day.

He was the first Prime Minister from Saraiki region after Balkh Sher Mazari, while earlier Balkh Sher Mazari from Saraiki belt became caretaker Prime Minister.

During the four-year tenure of power, Yusuf Raza Gilani's government and the country's judiciary continued to be in tension over the issue of writing a letter to the Swiss authorities to open cases against the then President Asif Ali Zardari, and this Supreme Court's 'order' was overruled by them. It also became the reason for the end of power.

During his incapacity, he remained largely aloof from active politics, but members of his family appeared as candidates in the elections. He participated in the 2018 election after the disqualification period ended. In Multan, he lost from NA 158 to Muhammad Ibrahim Khan of PTI.

The Election Commission rejected the objections raised by the ruling party while accepting Gilani's nomination papers for the 2021 Senate elections.

The victory of Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani in the upper house heralded the great success of Pakistan's political history and PPP.

However, on the other hand, the opposition nominated him as the candidate for the chairmanship of the Senate. 7 votes were rejected in the largest house of the Senate, which turned into victory of Yousaf Raza Gilani. Thus again the opposition was successful in the Senate of Pakistan (Upper House). Undoubtedly, Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, the crown jewel of the Pakistan People's Party, is a beautiful and sophisticated cheerful personality in the parliamentary system of Pakistan. The success of the party is the continuation of the 54th foundation day of Pakistan People's Party, which is engaged in great efforts for the success of the grand rally in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

It can be said with certainty that Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Geelani is the beauty of Pakistan's parliamentary system, rather it is indispensable

We pray to Allah Subhan Ta'ala that Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani continues his services in the parliamentary system, that is the bright future of the people of Pakistan.

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Continuation of endless sacrifices for Pakistan People's Party and democracy. Jai Bhutto

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