Sardar Dost Muhammad Khosa

Sardar Dost Muhammad Khosa, who had the honor to become the youngest chief minister when Shahbaz Sharif was briefly removed from office in the wake of the emergency imposed by the PPP government in 2009, was born on October 22, 1973 in Lahore.

He is the youngest of the three sons of Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa, chief of Khosa Tribe. He did his matric and F.Sc. from Aitchison College, Lahore and graduated from University of the Punjab, Lahore.

In his college, he was a member of cricket, football and athletics teams and also remained captain of riding team.

He was first elected as an MPA in 1999 after the seat fell vacant following his father elevation as Governor Punjab. He was elected unopposed as Naib Zila Nazim of District D.G.Khan in 2006 and resigned in 2008 to contest 2008 general elections.

He was part of the Punjab Cabinet with the portfolios of Local Government & Community Development Department, Public Health Engineering, Housing & Urban Development Department and Environment Department during the PML-N’s previous government from 2008 till 2013.

Khosa, who remained president of the PML-N, parted ways with the party in August 2012 soon after his father resigned from the party over differences with the party leadership.

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Khosa’s brother, Sardar Saif-ud-Din Khan Khosa, is a sitting MNA and remained Chairman Zila Council, D.G.Khan twice during 1992-93 and 1998-99. His uncle, Mr Muhammad Amjad Farooq Khan Khosa is a sitting MPA. Another uncle of him, Mr Mohsin Atta Khan Khosa also remained member of Punjab Assembly during 1990-93, 1993-97 and 1997-99.

He also faced a scandal pertaining to the alleged kidnapping and murder of his former wife, actress Sapna.

Sardar Dost Muhammad Khosa – Age, Party, Family and Constituency