Hanif Tayyab
Pakistani islamic scholar, politician
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Hanif Tayyab (born 1947) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who is the current head of Nizam-e-Mustafa Party.[1][2] He previously served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1985 to 1988.[3] He served as the federal minister of Labour, Manpower & Overseas Pakistanis from 10 April 1985 to 28 January 1986.[4] Tayyab has also been a member of the Sunni Ittihad Council (SIC).
Hanif Tayyab was born in 1947 to a Memon family.[5] He studied at the University of Karachi and Federal Urdu University.[5] He also received honorary Doctorate of Philosophy degree from the University of Karachi which generated a bit of controversy.[6]