Party Name : Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
Constituency : Baramulla
State : Jammu and Kashmir
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Shri M. Abdul Gani
Mother's Name : Smt. Sahiba Begum
Date of birth : 13 Mar 1935
Profession : Advocate Educationist, Writer
Positions held :
1980-1985 Elected to Rajya Sabha1987-1990 Member, J & K Legislative Assembly1996-2002 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term)2002-2008 Member, Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly (second term)Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of AgricultureMember, Committee on External AffairsMember, Committee on Communications and RailwaysMember, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMember, Committees on PAC, PUC, TAC and Small SavingsChief Whip, National Conference, J & K Assembly2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha31 August 2009 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture23 Sep. 2009 Member, Committee on Private Members` Bills and ResolutionsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Published articles on different topics in newspapers & journals, written poems/essays in Kashmiri langauge.
Social And Cultural Activities
Member, Auqaf Islami, Yateem Trust (Cultural Organisation); J & K Teacher`s Federation; Co-operative Federation and J & K Working Committee.
Special Interests
Reading books, literature, newspaper and reading & writing poetry, watching TV & listening music, social work and public service.
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading books on literature and public service.
Countries Visited
Led the parliamentary delegation to France, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Somalia, Switzerland and U.A.E.
Other Information
Chairman, (i) J & K Co-operative Bank from 1978-1980; and (ii) Central Co-operative Bank, Baramula. Met "frontier Gandhi" Late Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan and foreign dignitaries like Aga Shahi, Foreign Minister,Pakistan; General Parvez Musharraf, President, Pakistan; Late Shri Yasar Arafat; Mr. Bill Clinton, President, USA; Mr. Viladimir Putin, President, Russia; Mr. Ahmad Karzai, President, Afghanistan; King Fahad, Saudi Arabia; His Holiness Dalai Lama; and Mr. Nelson Mandela, South Africa.
