Ehsan-ul-Haq Piracha

He was elected as a member of the Punjab Assembly in 1970 and 1977, serving as the minister for communication and works in the provincial cabinet until the imposition of martial law in July 1977.^[2]

Piracha also served as the president of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industries.^[2] In 1985, he was elected as a senator against a technocrat seat, a position he held until 1988. Subsequently, Piracha was elected to the National Assembly in 1988 and 1990.^[2]

From 4 December 1988 to 6 December 1990, Piracha served as the state minister for finance in the cabinet of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.^[2] In this role, he was responsible for overseeing the country's economic policies during his tenure.^[2] In 1989, a Pakistani high court judge investigated the authorization of a new stock exchange, Islamabad Stock Exchange.^[3] The judge's findings revealed that the Piracha had helped approve the deal, which exclusively favored a company with which he had previously served as a director.^[3] Additionally, a member of the minister's family was a director at the same company at the time of the deal's approval.^[3] The judge presiding over the case issued a strongly worded opinion, alleging that the finance minister had engaged in improper dealings related to the authorization of the new stock exchange.^[3]

Prior to the 2013 general elections, Piracha and his family joined the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) political party.^[2]

Ehsan-ul-Haq Piracha died in Islamabad on 1 February 2019.^[4]