A PML-N loyalist, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar served as Pakistan’s finance minister till November 2017 when Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi granted him a leave of absence of three months on medical grounds.
He served in similar position three times in the past in successive PML-N governments.
Dar has been a Parliamentarian for last 20 years, currently as a Senator.
Dar made his Parliament debut after running for a seat in the National Assembly of Pakistan in a by-election held after 1993 general election as a candidate of the PML-N for the Lahore NA-95 constituency. His tenure as Member of the National Assembly was terminated upon the dissolution of the National Assembly in 1996 following the dismissal of the Benazir Bhutto government by the then-President, Farooq Leghari
After new snap elections were called for in 1997,Dar was successfully re-elected to represent the Lahore NA-97 constituency by securing 61,556 votes.
As his party had won a clear majority in the National Assembly, Dar was invited into the cabinet of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as a federal minister and was appointed as the Minister for Industries and Investment in February 1997 where he served until July 1997.
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In December 1997, he was made the Minister for Commerce. After Pakistan tested its nuclear weapons in May 1998, other countries responded with heavy economic sanctions against Pakistan, Dar was given the additional cabinet portfolio of Minister for Finance with the additional charge of Revenue, Economic Affairs and Statistics.
Dar continued to serve in both cabinet positions until the 1999 Pakistani coup d’état, during which the then-Chief of Army Staff, General Pervez Musharraf, overthrew Nawaz Sharif and his existing elected government. Dar spent nearly two years in jail under Musharraf over corruption charges that didn’t go to trial.
Dar was re-elected to the Senate of Pakistan in April, 2018 elections on vacant posts.
Ishaq Dar – News, Age, Family, Political Party and Education
| Complete Name | Ishaq Dar |
| Age | 68 Years |
| Political party | Pakistan Muslim League |
| Born | May 13, 1950, Lahore |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Spouse | Marvi Memon |
| Children | Hasnain Dar, Ali Dar |
| Awards | Nishan-e-Imtiaz |
| Education | Hailey College of Commerce (1966–1969), Government College University, St. Anthony High School, Lahore |
