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Malik Meraj Khalid

1915 - 2003

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Malik Meraj Khalid (Urdu: ملک معراج خالد; 1 February 1916 – 13 June 2003) was a Pakistani advocate, left wing politician and Marxist philosopher who served as the Caretaker prime minister of Pakistan from November 1996 until February 1997. He was noted as being one of the original philosophers and founders of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Born in 1916 to a poor farming family in Punjab, British India, he graduated in law from the Islamia College (Lahore) in 1942, starting his legal practice by establishing his own law firm in 1948. Inspired by the communist literature published in the Soviet Union, his initial public community work was aimed towards promoting literacy in his native village. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Malik Meraj Khalid is the 17,298th most popular politician (up from 17,393rd in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 124th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Pakistani Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Malik Meraj Khalid ranks 17,298 out of 19,576. Before him are Bill Hayden, Nika Gilauri, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Dumitru Braghiș, Rosa Díez, and Jürgen Rüttgers. After him are Vadym Prystaiko, Mzilikazi, Lagumot Harris, Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Moses Nagamootoo, and Hari Kostov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Malik Meraj Khalid ranks 282. Before him are Dan Dailey, Ralph Bishop, Bill Williams, Lona Andre, Khushwant Singh, and George Perle. After him are A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, Joseph Galibardy, Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Beyers Naudé, Robin Montgomerie-Charrington, and Arthur Lowe. Among people deceased in 2003, Malik Meraj Khalid ranks 348. Before him are Trevor Goddard, Dezső Lemhényi, Georgi Vladimov, Kathleen Raine, Steve O'Rourke, and Yuri Falin. After him are Marie Maynard Daly, Koji Kondo, Andrey Kivilev, Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Trevor Ford, and Erland Herkenrath.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Malik Meraj Khalid ranks 132 out of 217. Before him are Kamini Kaushal (1927), Mulk Raj Anand (1905), Khushwant Singh (1915), Balakh Sher Mazari (1928), Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902), and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (1958). After him are Salima Ikram (1965), Mukhtar Mai (1972), Fazlullah (1974), Sultan Rahi (1938), Suraiya (1929), and Chris Van Hollen (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In Pakistan

Among politicians born in Pakistan, Malik Meraj Khalid ranks 50. Before him are Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (1950), Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929), Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (1931), Rab Butler (1902), Balakh Sher Mazari (1928), and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (1958). After him are Chris Van Hollen (1959), Kuldip Nayar (1923), Sartaj Aziz (1929), Ram Jethmalani (1923), Fahmida Mirza (1956), and Shahbaz Bhatti (1968).

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