Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar - Pakistan Politician

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Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar (Urdu: چوہدری احمد مختار )(born 1946 in Lahore) is the current Defence Minister of Pakistan in the PM Yousaf Raza Gillani-led cabinet. Chaudhary Ahmed Mukhtar is the mainstream party leader of Pakistan People's Party and belong to Gujrat, Punjab Pakistan. He is one of the wealthiest industrialists in Pakistan, and owns the Service shoe industry among many other outfits. He defeated Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain from Gujrat NA-105 in 1993 & 2008, the leader of PML-Q party, who was allied with President Pervez Musharraf, in Pakistan's 2008 elections. He has remained Ex-Federal Minister of Commerce and is considered a close friend of Asif Ali Zardari, the co-chairman of PPP. Ahmad Mukhtar has done his Operational Management from California, United States and a Diploma in Plastic Technology from West Germany. He is a businessman who started his political career in 1990 on PPP platform. His brother Ahmad Saeed served as PIA Managing director (from April 2001) and PIA Chairman (from April 2003, both until April 2005) during the General Pervez Musharraf era. Now, Ahmad Mukhtar himself has taken the role of Chairman PIA from May 2008.