Raja Nadir Pervez

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Raja Nadir Pervez
Raja Nadir Pervez in 2008
MNA for NA-85 Faisalabad-XI
In office
2002–2007
Preceded byConstituency Re-Established
Succeeded byMuhammad Akram Ansari
MNA for NA-62 Faisalabad-VI
In office
February 15, 1997 – October 12, 1999
Preceded byDildar Ahmed Cheema
Succeeded byConstituency Re-Established
In office
November 3, 1990 – July 18, 1993
Preceded byGhulam Mustafa Bajwa
Succeeded byDildar Ahmed Cheema
MNA for NA-37 Rawalpindi—VI
In office
October 15, 1993 – November 5, 1996
Preceded byRaja Zaheer Khan
Succeeded byKhurshid Zaman
MNA for NA-69 Faisalabad-IV
In office
March 20, 1985 – May 29, 1988
Preceded byMian Zahid Sarfraz
Succeeded byFaisal Saleh Hayat
Minister of Communications
In office
August 6, 1998 – October 12, 1999
Preceded byMuhammad Azam Khan Hoti
Succeeded byLt. Gen. Iftikhar Hussain Shah
Minister of Water and Power
In office
1991–1993
Minister of Interior
In office
July 28, 1987 – May 29, 1988
Preceded byWasim Sajjad
Succeeded byMalik Naseem Ahmad
Personal details
Born
Raja Nadir Pervez Khan

(1940-11-11) November 11, 1940 (age 83)
Lyallpur, Punjab British India
(Now Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan)
Political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2013–present)
Pakistan Muslim League (N) (1993–2013)
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988–1993)
ResidenceFaisalabad
Alma materPakistan Military Academy, Kakul
ProfessionBusinessman
Politician
Awards Sitara-e-Jurat
Military service
AllegiancePakistan Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1963–1974
Rank Lieutenant-Colonel (Stripped from Rank)
UnitPunjab Regiment
Battles/warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Bangladesh Liberation War

Major Raja Nadir Pervez Khan (born November 11, 1940) is a Pakistani politician, ex-MP of the Parliament, and former Pakistan Army officer. He participated in Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 and is an alleged perpetrator of Barguna massacre among other war crimes.[1][2] Later, Parvez serevd as a minister in the Nawaz Sharif government during his second tenure. He is the brother-in-law of the former Corps Commander of Quetta Lieutenant-General Tariq Pervez.

Military career[edit]

Training and early deployments[edit]

He graduated from the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul in 1963 and served in Army until 1974. He had served in the army and fought against India in both Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and the 1971 Indo-Pak Winter War. Major Parvez had posted to East Pakistan and was the Company Commander of the 6 Punjab Regiment troops which had boarded PNS Rajshahi, a Pakistan Navy vessel. However, his team had gotten off the vessel and took the position in a designated areas. Major Pervez was inducted in Pakistan Marines Battalion as a weapon specialist. During the conflict, the Maj Raja Nadir Pervez was informed of the attack on PNS Rajshahi, immediately directed an MI-8 helicopter in the vicinity to evacuate the wounded Commanding Officer of Rajshahi and the same was done soon thereafter.[citation needed]

Nadir was awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat for his service in the 1965 war.

1971 Bangladesh War and war crimes allegations[edit]

See also: Barguna massacre

In the 1971 Bangladesh War, Nadir was deployed as a Major of the 6 Punjub Regiment in the southern parts of East Pakistan.[3] He is alleged to perpetrate widespread genocide and rape against the Bangali people in Patuakhali, Barguna and Pirojpur during that time.[4][5] He served as the martial law administrator of Patuakhali district and directly ordered the a massacre of 29 and 30 May.[6][7][1][2][8] Nadir and his company occupied Patuakhali till December, while bulk of his regiment moved to Jessore to halt the Indian advance. He fled Patuakhali on 7 December via the waterways as Mukti Bahini surrounded the town. He later surrendered to the Indian Army personnel in the area after the surrender of the Pakistan Army Eastern command in Dhaka.[9] Nadir was evacuated to India and interned in a prison camp in Fateh Garh (Camp Number 45). Seven months later, he escaped from the camp with four other officers, and returned to Pakistan via Bhutan and Nepal.[3]

The government of Bangladesh identified Nadir as one of the 195 Pakistan Army officers primarily responsible for 1971 Bangladesh atrocities.[citation needed]

Political career[edit]

Raja Nadir Pervez along with Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir

Nadir joined[10] the Pakistan Muslim League. He has since been elected Member of National Assembly (MNA) for the terms of 1985–1988, 1990–1993, 1993–1997, 1997–1999 and 2002–2007. He has also served as Federal Minister for Interior during 1987–1988; Minister of State for Water and Power during 1991–1993 and Federal Minister for the Communications during 1997–1999. He left PML-N on April 2, 2013, on the grounds of grievances over the allotment of party tickets in Faisalabad.[11] Almost a month later, on May 5, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in a public gathering [jalsa] in Faisalabad.[12][13]

In 2021, the Pandora papers named Nadir as one of the former military officers turned politicians using offshore holdings to transfer their wealth outside of Pakistan.[14] He was alleged to own a British Virgin Islands-registered company that was connected to major transactions “in machinery and related businesses to India, Thailand, Russia and China”. In 2003, his shares in the company were transferred to a trust controlling several offshore accounts.[15][16]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "The Daily Janakantha". oldsite.dailyjanakantha.com. April 5, 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "মুক্তিযুদ্ধে বরগুনা গণহত্যা". The Daily Star Bangla. June 2, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Ahmed, R Umaima (December 16, 2017). "The FatehGarh Tunnel". The Nation. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "পটুয়াখালীর পুরাতন জেলখানা বধ্যভূমিতে হচ্ছে স্মৃতিস্তম্ভ". দৈনিক আমাদের সময় – Dainik Amader Shomoy. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  5. ^ "বলেশ্বর তীরের জনপদ কাঁদে নীরবে". risingbd.com (in Bengali). January 27, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  6. ^ Barisal., stay with (June 14, 2013). "২৯ ও ৩০ মে বরগুনা গণহত্যা দিবস". amaderbarisal.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  7. ^ "News Details". bssnews.net. May 29, 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  8. ^ Daily, The (December 14, 2022). "গণহত্যা ও পাকিস্তানিদের বিচার". Jugantor. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  9. ^ প্রতিনিধি, জেলা (March 12, 2023). "পটুয়াখালী মুক্ত দিবস আজ". jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  10. ^ "Raja Nadir Pervez Profile". Pakistan Herald. Archived from the original on February 20, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
  11. ^ "Nadir Pervez quits PML-N over ticket denial". The Nation.
  12. ^ Rashid, Haroon. "کیا وہ وقت قریب آ پہنچا؟". Daily Dunia.
  13. ^ "Raja Nadir Pervez Joins PTI". Siasat PK. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  14. ^ "Revealed: List of all Pakistanis named in Pandora Papers so far". DAWN.COM. October 4, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  15. ^ "Pandora Papers expose wealth of Pakistan PM Imran Khan's allies - Pandora Papers News". Al Jazeera. October 4, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  16. ^ "Ex-military officers, families also named in Pandora Papers". The Express Tribune. October 5, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
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