Muhammad Ali Durrani
{{short description|Former Federal Minister & Senior Pakistani Politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Muhammad Ali Durrani
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Member of the Senate of Pakistan
|term_start = March 2006
|term_end = March 2012
|term_start1 = March 2003
|term_end1 = March 2006
| office2 = Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting
|term_start2 = 26 April 2006
|term_end2 = 19 June 2007
|predecessor2 = Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/189495/key-portfolios-changed-in-shake-up-durrani-replaces-rashid-as-information-minister|title=Key portfolios changed in shake-up: Durrani replaces Rashid as information minister|date=26 April 2006|access-date=26 May 2022|work=Dawn (newspaper)}}
|successor2 = Tariq Azim Khan{{cite news|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asia/musharraf-replaces-information-minister_377898.html|title=Musharraf replaces Information Minister|date=19 June 2007|access-date=10 February 2022|work=Zee News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525185449/https://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asia/musharraf-replaces-information-minister_377898.html|archive-date=25 May 2022}}
|president2 = Pervez Musharraf
|primeminister2 = Shaukat Aziz
| office3 = Special Advisor to Prime Minister
|term_start3 = 19 November 2005
|term_end3 = 26 April 2006
|primeminister3 = Shaukat Aziz
| office4 = Minister of State for Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs
|term_start4 = 5 September 2004
|term_end4 = 26 April 2006
|president4 = Pervez Musharraf
|primeminister4 = Shaukat Aziz
||birth_date =
|birth_place = Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
|death_date =
|death_place =
|education = BSc (Mechanical engineering)
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = GDA (2025-present)
|otherparty = PML(F) (2012-2025)
PML(Q) (2004-2013)
Millat Party (1998-2004)
Pasban-e-Pakistan (1994-1998)
JI (1988-1994)
}}
Muhammad Ali Durrani is a Pakistani politician and former federal minister who had been member of the Senate of Pakistan from 2003 to 2012.
Political career
He started his political career by joining Islami Jamiat Talaba Pakistan. He became the Nazim of KPK (Formerly NWFP) and Punjab. After which he joined Pasban Pakistan.
He later joined Millat Party.{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1073147|title=Addressing the real shortage|date=28 April 2006|work=Dawn (newspaper)}} In Musharraf government, Millat Party merged with Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).
He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-Q and was placed at several key positions including Chairman Standing Committee of Commerce, Special Advisor to Prime Minister of Pakistan, Minister for State for Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs, Chairman National Volunteer Movement and Federal Minister Information and Broadcasting.{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/396567/portfolios-of-ministers-of-state|title=Portfolios of ministers of state|date=5 September 2004|access-date=10 February 2022|work=Dawn (newspaper)}}{{cite news|url=https://fp.brecorder.com/2005/11/20051119354202/|title=Prime Minister re-designates ministers and advisers|date=19 November 2005|access-date=10 February 2022|work=Business Recorder (newspaper)}}{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/189495/key-portfolios-changed-in-shake-up-durrani-replaces-rashid-as-information-minister|title=Key portfolios changed in shake-up: Durrani replaces Rashid as information minister|date=26 April 2006|access-date=9 February 2022|work=Dawn (newspaper)}} He remained member of the Senate of Pakistan from 2003 to 2012.{{cite web|url=http://senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=15|title=Muhammad Ali Durrani|website=Senate of Pakistan}}{{cite web|url=https://senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=189|title=Muhammad Ali Durrani (2003 to 2006 tenure Profile)|access-date=10 February 2022|website=Senate of Pakistan}} In 2013, he joined Pakistan Muslim League (F) and briefly served as its secretary general.{{cite news|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/55460|title=Muhammad Ali Durrani joins PML-F|date=6 February 2013|access-date=15 September 2021|work=Geo News}}{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1598972|title=Durrani meets Fazl to coax him into avoiding confrontation|date=1 January 2021|access-date=15 September 2021|work=Dawn (newspaper)}}
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Category:Pakistan Muslim League (Q) politicians
Category:Pakistan Muslim League (F) politicians
Category:Members of the Senate of Pakistan
Category:Federal ministers of Pakistan
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