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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Aitzaz Ahsan</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Aitzaz_ahsan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Aitzaz_ahsan.jpg" decoding="async" width="129" height="204" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="129" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Leader of the Opposition in<br /><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Pakistan" title="Senate of Pakistan">Senate of Pakistan</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />21 March 2012 – 21 March 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sherry_Rehman" title="Sherry Rehman">Sherry Rehman</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />20 March 1994 – 20 March 2000</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Federation_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the House of Federation (Pakistan)">Leader of the House of Federation</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />12 March 2012 – 12 March 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yusuf_Raza_Gillani" class="mw-redirect" title="Yusuf Raza Gillani">Yusuf Raza Gillani</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf" title="Raja Pervaiz Ashraf">Raja Pervaiz Ashraf</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif" title="Nawaz Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Raja_Zafar-ul-Haq" title="Raja Zafar-ul-Haq">Raja Zafar-ul-Haq</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />21 March 1993 – 20 March 1997</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto" title="Benazir Bhutto">Benazir Bhutto</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">26th <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Interior_(Pakistan)" title="Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)">Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />4 December 1988 – 6 August 1990</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Ishaq_Khan" title="Ghulam Ishaq Khan">Ghulam Ishaq Khan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto" title="Benazir Bhutto">Benazir Bhutto</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Malik_Nasim_Ahmad" class="mw-redirect" title="Malik Nasim Ahmad">Malik Nasim Ahmad</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chaudhry_Shujaat_Hussain" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain">Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(Pakistan)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Pakistan)">Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />4 December 1988 – 6 August 1990</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Ishaq_Khan" title="Ghulam Ishaq Khan">Ghulam Ishaq Khan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto" title="Benazir Bhutto">Benazir Bhutto</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Federal_Education_and_Professional_Training" title="Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training">Federal Minister for Education</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1988–1990</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Ishaq_Khan" title="Ghulam Ishaq Khan">Ghulam Ishaq Khan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto" title="Benazir Bhutto">Benazir Bhutto</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(Pakistan)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (Pakistan)">Minister for Law and Justice</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />4 December 1988 – 28 December 1988</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Ishaq_Khan" title="Ghulam Ishaq Khan">Ghulam Ishaq Khan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto" title="Benazir Bhutto">Benazir Bhutto</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rana_Sanaullah" title="Rana Sanaullah">Rana Sanaullah</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ashtar_Ausaf_Ali" title="Ashtar Ausaf Ali">Ashtar Ausaf Ali</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information and Culture</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1975–1977</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Provincial Minister of Punjab for Planning and Development</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1975–1977</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Pakistan" title="Senate of Pakistan">Member of the Senate of Pakistan</a> (Senator)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2012–2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1993–1999</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="National Assembly of Pakistan">Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />18 November 2002 – 18 November 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data">NA-124 <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>-VII</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1990–1993</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 December 1988 – 3 November 1990</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Provincial_Assembly_of_Punjab" class="mw-redirect" title="Provincial Assembly of Punjab">Member of Provincial Assembly of Punjab</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1975–1977</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data">PP-28 <a href="/wiki/Gujrat,_Pakistan" title="Gujrat, Pakistan">Gujrat</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1945-09-27</span>) </span>27 September 1945<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 79)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Murree" title="Murree">Murree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab, Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_People%E2%80%99s_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan People’s Party">PPP</a> (1970-present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aitchison_College" title="Aitchison College">Aitchison College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Downing_College,_Cambridge" title="Downing College, Cambridge">Downing College, Cambridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Laws" title="Master of Laws">LLM</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Chaudhary Aitzaz Ahsan</b> (<a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>: <span lang="ur" dir="rtl"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">چودھری اعتزاز احسن</span></span>; born 27 September 1945) is a <a href="/wiki/Pakistani" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani">Pakistani</a> politician and lawyer. He served as the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_for_the_Senate_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the House for the Senate of Pakistan">Leader of the House in the Senate of Pakistan</a> from 1994 to 1996, and as the Leader of the Opposition from 1996 till 2000 and again from 2012 to 2018. He was elected a member of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Pakistan" title="Senate of Pakistan">Senate of Pakistan</a> from <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab</a> in 1994. His tenure ended in March 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Murree" title="Murree">Murree</a>, Ahsan studied law at the <a href="/wiki/Government_College_University,_Lahore" title="Government College University, Lahore">Government College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a> and received a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Laws" title="Master of Laws">LLM</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Downing_College,_Cambridge" title="Downing College, Cambridge">Downing College</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">Cambridge</a>. Ahsan became the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Government of Punjab, Pakistan">Planning and Development Minister</a> for <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab</a> in 1975. After the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Fair_Play" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Fair Play">Operation Fair Play</a> coup, Ahsan became a prominent figure of the <a href="/wiki/Movement_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy" title="Movement for the Restoration of Democracy">Movement for the Restoration of Democracy</a>. Ahsan was elected to the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="National Assembly of Pakistan">National Assembly</a> from Lahore in 1988 and served as the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Ministry_of_Interior" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Ministry of Interior">interior minister of Pakistan</a> under <a href="/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto" title="Benazir Bhutto">Benazir Bhutto</a>'s first government and served until 1990. </p><p>Ahsan was elected as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Pakistan" title="Senate of Pakistan">Senate</a> in 1994. He re-joined the cabinet after <a href="/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto" title="Benazir Bhutto">Benazir's</a> re-election, and went on to serve as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Law,_Justice_and_Human_Rights_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights (Pakistan)">Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights</a> until 1997. He served as the minority leader in the Senate between 1996 and 1999. Ahsan was elected to the National Assembly again in 2002, and went on to serve as the president of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_Bar_Association_of_Pakistan" title="Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan">Supreme Court Bar Association</a> between 2007 and 2008. Ahsan was elected to the Senate in 2012 and in 2015 became the minority leader. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aitzaz_Ahsan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ahsan was born on 27 September 1945, in <a href="/wiki/Murree" title="Murree">Murree</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Punjab" class="mw-redirect" title="British Punjab">British Punjab</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-senate/1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-senate/1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He belongs to a <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_Muslims" title="Punjabi Muslims">Punjabi</a> <a href="/wiki/Muslim_Jat" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim Jat">Jat</a> family of the <a href="/wiki/Warraich_(clan)" title="Warraich (clan)">Warraich</a> clan,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and grew up in <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt/1june2008_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt/1june2008-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He received his early education from <a href="/wiki/Aitchison_College" title="Aitchison College">Aitchison College</a>. He then enrolled in <a href="/wiki/Government_College_Lahore" class="mw-redirect" title="Government College Lahore">Government College Lahore</a> and later studied law at <a href="/wiki/Downing_College,_Cambridge" title="Downing College, Cambridge">Downing College, Cambridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/18jan2012_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/18jan2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-senate/1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-senate/1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt/1june2008_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt/1june2008-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was at <a href="/wiki/Gray%27s_Inn" title="Gray's Inn">Gray's Inn</a> in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/18jan2012_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/18jan2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then appeared in <a href="/wiki/Central_Superior_Services" title="Central Superior Services">Central Superior Services</a> examination<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he reportedly topped.<sup id="cite_ref-senate/1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-senate/1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he did not join the government service.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aitzaz_Ahsan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ahsan returned to Pakistan in 1967. He joined <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Peoples_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Peoples Party">Pakistan Peoples Party</a> (PPP)<sup id="cite_ref-nyt/1june2008_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt/1june2008-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and began his political career in 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was elected as the member of the <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Assembly_of_the_Punjab" title="Provincial Assembly of the Punjab">Provincial Assembly of the Punjab</a> for first time on the ticket of PPP j on by-elections held following the <a href="/wiki/1977_Pakistani_general_election" title="1977 Pakistani general election">Pakistan General elections of 1977</a> from Gujrat constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was inducted in the provincial cabinet of Punjab and was appointed as the Provincial Minister for information, planning and development.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-senate/1_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-senate/1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dawn/18jan2012_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/18jan2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ahsan was in his twenties during his tenure as provincial minister.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt/1june2008_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt/1june2008-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned from the provincial cabinet and left PPP<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following the incident in which <a href="/wiki/Punjab_Police_(Pakistan)" title="Punjab Police (Pakistan)">Punjab Police</a> opened fire on a rally of lawyers during the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_National_Alliance" title="Pakistan National Alliance">Pakistan National Alliance</a> demonstrations against the alleged rigging of elections by the PPP government in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/18jan2012_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/18jan2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ahsan joined <a href="/wiki/Tehrik-e-Istiqlal" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehrik-e-Istiqlal">Tehrik-e-Istiqlal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He rejoined the PPP following the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Fair_Play" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Fair Play">Operation Fair Play</a><sup id="cite_ref-dawn/18jan2012_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/18jan2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and actively became involved with the <a href="/wiki/Movement_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy" title="Movement for the Restoration of Democracy">Movement for the Restoration of Democracy</a> and for his participation in the MRD, he was repeatedly imprisoned.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/18jan2012_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/18jan2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was reportedly jailed for two years during Zia -ul-Haq presidency.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt/1june2008_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt/1june2008-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on PPP ticket for the first time in <a href="/wiki/1988_Pakistani_general_election" title="1988 Pakistani general election">Pakistan General elections of 1988</a> from Lahore constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thenews/24march2013_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thenews/24march2013-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was inducted into federal cabinet and was appointed as the Minister for Law and Justice,<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/18jan2012_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/18jan2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with the additional portfolio of the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control.It was during this tenure that he provided list of the Khalistani separatists to India, thus sabotaged Pakistani plan to revenge India for its role in 1971 war.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/2june2008_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/2june2008-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt/1june2008_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt/1june2008-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on PPP ticket for the second time in <a href="/wiki/1990_Pakistani_general_election" title="1990 Pakistani general election">Pakistan General elections of 1990</a> from Lahore constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thenews/24march2013_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thenews/24march2013-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He lost the <a href="/wiki/1993_Pakistani_general_election" title="1993 Pakistani general election">Pakistan General elections of 1993</a> to <a href="/wiki/Humayun_Akhtar_Khan" title="Humayun Akhtar Khan">Humayun Akhtar Khan</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Muslim_League" title="Pakistan Muslim League">Pakistan Muslim League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thenews/24march2013_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thenews/24march2013-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1994 he was elected as the member of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Pakistan" title="Senate of Pakistan">Senate of Pakistan</a> for the first time representing PPP,<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he sat as Leader of the Opposition until 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/18jan2012_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/18jan2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/2002_Pakistani_general_election" title="2002 Pakistani general election">Pakistan General elections of 2002</a>, he ran for the membership of the National Assembly on PPP seat from two constituencies. He was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly for the third time from constituencies of Bahawalpur and Lahore.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He retained his Lahore seat.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ahsan did not run in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Pakistani_general_election" title="2008 Pakistani general election">Pakistan General elections of 2008</a> due to his involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Lawyers%27_Movement" title="Lawyers' Movement">Lawyers' Movement</a> for the restoration of deposed judges.<sup id="cite_ref-thenews/24march2013_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thenews/24march2013-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ahsan was elected as the member of the Senate for the second time in the <a href="/wiki/2012_Pakistani_Senate_election" title="2012 Pakistani Senate election">2012 Pakistani Senate election</a> on technocrat seat representing PPP.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, he reportedly resigned from Senate membership.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, Ahsan become opposition leader in the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, he for the second time became opposition leader in the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late August 2018, Ahsan was nominated by the PPP as a candidate for the <a href="/wiki/2018_Pakistani_presidential_election" title="2018 Pakistani presidential election">2018 presidential election</a> according to media reports.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 September 2018, he clinched 124 electoral votes behind <a href="/wiki/Arif_Alvi" title="Arif Alvi">Arif Alvi</a> (352) and <a href="/wiki/Fazal-ur-Rehman_(politician)" title="Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician)">Fazal-ur-Rehman</a> (184) in the election.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The notification of the suspension of his basic membership was accepted by the PPP on 14 October 2022 as a result of Ahsan "going against party discipline"<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. A few days before this, Ahsan openly criticized the <a href="/wiki/Sharif_family" title="Sharif family">Sharifs</a>, the political family that headed the PML(N), which was a coalition partner of the PPP at the time. He also criticized the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)">Chief of Army Staff</a> General <a href="/wiki/Qamar_Javed_Bajwa" title="Qamar Javed Bajwa">Qamar Javed Bajwa</a> in the same speech, accusing him of committing a crime for allegedly helping the Sharifs get acquitted in different corruption cases.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_career">Law career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aitzaz_Ahsan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Law career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Professionally, Ahsan is a barrister by law<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/18jan2012_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/18jan2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a senior advocate of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Pakistan" title="Supreme Court of Pakistan">Supreme Court of Pakistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a senior partner of Aitzaz Ahsan & Associates.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/18jan2012_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/18jan2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ahsan has represented several high-profile Pakistani personalities including three Prime ministers of Pakistan in various cases such as <a href="/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif" title="Nawaz Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto" title="Benazir Bhutto">Benazir Bhutto</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yousaf_Raza_Gillani" class="mw-redirect" title="Yousaf Raza Gillani">Yousaf Raza Gillani</a><sup id="cite_ref-dawn/18jan2012_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/18jan2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and former President of Pakistan <a href="/wiki/Asif_Ali_Zardari" title="Asif Ali Zardari">Asif Ali Zardari</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/2june2008_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/2june2008-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt/1june2008_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt/1june2008-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had served as President of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/2june2008_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/2june2008-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is known for representing and leading the lawyers campaign to reinstate former Chief Justice of Pakistan <a href="/wiki/Iftikhar_Muhammad_Chaudhry" title="Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry">Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt/1june2008_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt/1june2008-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dawn/18jan2012_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/18jan2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dawn/23april2013_2-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/23april2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, Ahsan was awarded the Asian Human Rights Defender Award by the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission in recognition.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ahsan was arrested following <a href="/wiki/Pakistani_state_of_emergency,_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani state of emergency, 2007">Pakistani state of emergency, 2007</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/18jan2012_6-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/18jan2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was house arrest in his house in Lahore for four months.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt/1june2008_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt/1june2008-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was released in March 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ahsan is also a noted human rights activist in Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-dawn/18jan2012_6-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dawn/18jan2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aitzaz_Ahsan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ahsan is the author of the book <i>The Indus Saga and the Making of Pakistan</i><sup id="cite_ref-nyt/1june2008_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt/1june2008-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> translation, <i>Sindh Sagar Aur Qyam-e-Pakistan</i> which presents the cultural history of Pakistan and argues that the <a href="/wiki/Indus_valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Indus valley">Indus region</a> is a distinct entity from the rest of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and constitutes a nation.<sup id="cite_ref-PIL_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PIL-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He has also co-authored the book <i>Divided by Democracy</i> with <a href="/wiki/Meghnad_Desai,_Baron_Desai" title="Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai">Lord Meghnad Desai</a> of the <a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">London School of Economics</a>. </p> <style 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