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Meraj Muhammad Khan was born on 20 October, 1938 in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, British Raj, is a Pakistani politician. Discover Meraj Muhammad Khan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Occupation Politician
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 20 October, 1938
Birthday 20 October
Birthplace Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, British Raj
Date of death 21 July, 2016
Died Place Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistan

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1938

Meraj Muhammad Khan (معراج محمد خان; October 20, 1938 – July 21, 2016), was a well-known Pakistani socialist politician.

He was noted as one of the key intellectuals and founding personalities of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and as a major contributor to the initial left of center/social democratic so-called Basic Programme of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

Khan was born on October 20, 1938, in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, British Indian Empire to an educated family of Zakha Khel Afridi tribe of Pashtun origin.

He was the youngest of four sons and his father, Hakeem Molvi Taj Muhammad Khan, was a homoeopath who practised the methods of Greek medicine in Quetta, Balochistan.

His elder brother was the Pakistani journalist Minhaj Barna.

1956

After graduating from a local high school in Quetta in 1956, Khan moved to Karachi where he attended DJ Science College and later pursued his higher education at Karachi University in 1957.

1960

He earned a BA degree in philosophy and humanities in 1960, and a master's degree in philosophy in 1962 with his first cousin Abdul Naeem Khan

Meraj Muhammad Khan came to public prominence in the 1960s while studying at Karachi University.

During this time, there was a debating competition in which students from all the colleges in Karachi were participating.

At this competition, some activists of the Communist Party were sitting in the audience, who asked him to join the Communist Party after he won that debating competition.

1963

He became an active member of the National Students Federation (NSF), eventually becoming NSF's president in 1963 with the help of Abdul Naeem Khan (Sports figure of that time ).

Khan turned the NSF into a militant student political organization that campaigned for the rights of students.

1967

In 1967, he quit the NSF after secretly learning of a socialist convention being held in Lahore, Punjab.

He was among those who founded the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and fully endorsed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for the PPP's chairmanship.

1970

Through the PPP, he went into mainstream politics and successfully contested the 1970 general elections on a PPP platform from a Karachi constituency called Lalukhait.

1971

In December 1971, Khan was appointed Minister for Manpower and directed the Ministry of Labour (MoL) in Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government.

1972

In 1972, his tenure saw a major labour strike in Karachi; though it was peacefully resolved by Meraj's intervention.

It was later reported in newspapers and television that the labour strike was actually a competition between two PPP ministers, Meraj and Law Minister Abdul Hafiz Pirzada for the control of the labour.

Meraj's radical leftist group was in direct competition against Law Minister Pirzada's Pro-Peking group.

However, Meraj denied all accusations on TV.

1973

In 1973, Meraj fell out with the Bhutto government when Bhutto started to compromise on his so-called Socialist agenda and the regime resorted to repressive measures.

As time passed, his differences with Prime Minister Bhutto grew and he left the PPP to reorganize the NSF.

However, Meraj fell into political isolation, never to regain his political credibility and popularity.

Commenting on the PPP, Meraj later revealed that "the radical (leftist) rhetoric was more than a mask designed to win and retain power."

He once said: "Ali Bhutto was a great man ... but he could be cruel."

After leaving the PPP, he became a prominent democratic activist and leftist leader of the Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD) opposing the military government of President General Zia-ul-Haq.

1977

He was also the founder of Qaumi Mahaz-i-Azadi which he founded after leaving the PPP in 1977.

In addition, he was a well-known and influential socialist figure in the country, and known for his political struggle and advocacy against anti-capitalist convergence and the support of the social democracy.

1998

In 1998, he joined the center-left/centrist Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) headed by Imran Khan, but resigned from the party in 2003, citing differences with Khan.

He then joined the Mazdoor Kisan Party, which later merged with the Communist Party of Pakistan to form the Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party.

2016

Khan died at a local hospital in Karachi on July 21, 2016, at the age of 77.

He had been hospitalized for a serious respiratory and lung problem for some time.