Sirdar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa son of Sirdar Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa, Senior Advisor to Chief Minister, Punjab was born on October 20, 1935 in D.G.Khan. He got his primary education from Queen Marry’s College, Lahore during 1941-46, and from Chief’s (Aitchison) College, Lahore during 1946-54. He is the 21st recognized Chief of the Khosa tribe, a Baluch tribe spread out in the Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh. He has three sons and his youngest son, Sirdar Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa served as the Chief Minister, Punjab and is now a Minister in the Punjab Cabinet. Sirdar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa was first elected as Member, West Pakistan Assembly in 1962 at the age of 26 years, being the youngest member in the House. He also remained Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab for nine undefeated consecutive times, which is a record in itself. He has served the Province as Minister holding the portfolios of Education, Irrigation & Power, C&W, Finance, P&D, Local Government & Rural Development, Senior Minister/Senior Advisor. He has also served as Governor of the Province till the imposition of Martial Law on 12th October 1999. He has extensively traveled abroad. He takes interest in Cricket, Hockey, Athletics and was also college team captain. Swimming and horse riding, reading and driving are his favourite past times.
