Ghulam Haider Wyne
Ghulam Haider Wyne (Urdu: غلام حیدر وائیں, born 1940 - September 29, 1993) was a well-known politician of Pakistan. His family migrated from India to Pakistan in 1947 after the independence. He was the Leader of the Opposition (Pakistan) and former chief minister of Pakistan's most populous province Punjab. He held chief minister's position from 1990 to 1993, when President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolved the Constituent Assembly and removed his government in 1993 from Punjab along with Nawaz Sharif's governments in Pakistan. He was brutally murdered near Mian Channu while doing the rounds of his election campaign in 1993.
Ghulam haider Wyne | |
Chief Minister of Punjab | |
In office 8 November 1990 – 25 April 1993 | |
President | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
Prime Minister | Mian Nawaz Sharif |
Governor | Mian Muhammad Azhar |
Preceded by | Mian Nawaz Sharif |
Succeeded by | Manzoor Wattoo |
Constituency | Mian Channu, Punjab, Pakistan |
Majority | Islami Jamhoori Ittehad |
Member of Provincial Assembly | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ghulam Haider Wyne 1940 Amritsar Punjab |
Died | September 29, 1993 Mian Channu |
Resting place | Mian Channu |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) |
Other political affiliations | Islami Jamhoori Ittehad |
Spouse(s) | Begum Majeeda Wyne |
Residence | Mian Channu |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Political Worker |
Overview
Ghulam Haider Wyne had a clean and spotless record. He had risen from an ordinary political worker to the opposition leader in the National Assembly and later the Chief Minister. He regretted that the nation had not followed the principles of Quaid-i-Azam and the objectives for which he had established Pakistan could not be achieved. He was a down to earth politician who had devoted his life for the welfare of the nation. He led a simple and honourable life in a dilapidated house in the ghettos of Mian Channu. He never plundered national wealth like other politicians. Once he presented few copies of daily Nawa-i-Waqt which were kept in an old iron box and said he had carried these copies from Amritsar while migrating to Pakistan. He visited England to collect donations for schools but never built his own house and his wife is still living in her sister's home.
Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust
Ghulam Haider Wyne was the founder and very first chairman of Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust (NPT) which he established in July 1992. He provided over 40 kanal land to the Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust near Johar Town Lahore. He set up over 18 educational institutions in the small city of Mian Channu which could be given the status of a university. That is why he is still remembered as Sir Syed Ahmad Khan of Mian Channu after his death.
References
- The Daily Nation
- Dawn News
- Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust's Official Site
- Chief Minister Of Punjab Official Site
- Official site of Sehgal Family
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Nawaz Sharif |
Chief Minister of Punjab 8 November 1990 – 25 April 1993 |
Succeeded by Manzoor Wattoo |