Raja Nadir Pervez
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Raja Nadir Pervez | |
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راجہ نادر پرویز | |
.JPG) Pervez in 2008 | |
| MNA for NA-85 Faisalabad-XI | |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency Re-Established |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Akram Ansari |
| MNA for NA-62 Faisalabad-VI | |
| In office 15 February 1997 – 12 October 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Dildar Ahmed Cheema |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Re-Established |
| MNA for NA-37 Rawalpindi—VI | |
| In office 15 October 1993 – 5 November 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Raja Zaheer Khan |
| Succeeded by | Khurshid Zaman |
| MNA for NA-58 Faisalabad—I | |
| In office 3 November 1990 – 18 July 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Mustafa Bajwa |
| Succeeded by | Dildar Ahmed Cheema |
| MNA for NA-69 Faisalabad-IV | |
| In office 20 March 1985 – 29 May 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Mian Zahid Sarfraz |
| Succeeded by | Faisal Saleh Hayat |
| Minister of Communications | |
| In office 6 August 1998 – 12 October 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Azam Khan Hoti |
| Succeeded by | Lt. Gen. Iftikhar Hussain Shah |
| Minister of Water and Power | |
| In office 1991–1993 | |
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 28 July 1987[citation needed] – 29 May 1988[citation needed] | |
| Preceded by | Wasim Sajjad |
| Succeeded by | Malik Naseem Ahmad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Raja Nadir Pervez Khan 11 November 1942 |
| Died | January 2026 (aged 83) Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Party | .svg){kind=small} Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2013–2023) Pakistan Muslim League (N) (1993–2013) Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988–1993) |
| Alma mater | Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul |
| Profession | Businessman Politician |
| Awards |  Sitara-e-Jurat |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1963–1974 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant-Colonel (Stripped from Rank) |
| Unit | Punjab Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War |
Major Raja Nadir Pervez Khan (11 November 1942 – January 2026) was a Pakistani politician, MP of the Parliament and Pakistan Army officer. During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, he was an alleged perpetrator of the Barguna massacre, among other war crimes.[1][2] Later, Parvez served as a minister in the Nawaz Sharif government during his second tenure. He was the brother-in-law of the former Corps Commander of Quetta Lieutenant-General Tariq Pervez.
During the 1971 Bangladesh War, he was deployed as a Major of the 6 Punjub Regiment in the southern parts of East Pakistan.[3] He is alleged to perpetrate widespread genocide and rape against the Bangali people in Patuakhali, Barguna and Pirojpur during that time.[4][5] He served as the martial law administrator of Patuakhali district and directly ordered the a massacre of 29 and 30 May.[6][7][1][2][8] Nadir and his company occupied Patuakhali till December, while bulk of his regiment moved to Jessore to halt the Indian advance. He fled Patuakhali on 7 December via the waterways as Mukti Bahini surrounded the town. He later surrendered to the Indian Army personnel in the area after the surrender of the Pakistan Army Eastern command in Dhaka.[9] Nadir was evacuated to India and interned in a prison camp in Fateh Garh (Camp Number 45). Seven months later, he escaped from the camp with four other officers, and returned to Pakistan via Bhutan and Nepal.[3] The government of Bangladesh identified Nadir as one of the 195 Pakistan Army officers primarily responsible for 1971 Bangladesh atrocities.[citation needed]
Political career
Pervez joined[10] the Pakistan Muslim League. He was thereafter elected Member of National Assembly (MNA) for the terms of 1985–1988, 1990–1993, 1993–1997, 1997–1999 and 2002–2007. He also served as Federal Minister for Interior during 1987–1988;[citation needed] Minister of State for Water and Power during 1991–1993 and Federal Minister for the Communications during 1997–1999. He left PML-N on 2 April 2013 due to grievances over the allotment of party tickets in Faisalabad.[11] Almost a month later, on 5 May, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in a public gathering [jalsa] in Faisalabad.[12][13]
In 2021, the Pandora Papers named Nadir as one of the former military officers turned politicians using offshore holdings to transfer their wealth outside of Pakistan.[14] He was alleged to own a British Virgin Islands-registered company that was connected to major transactions “in machinery and related businesses to India, Thailand, Russia and China”. In 2003, his shares in the company were transferred to a trust controlling several offshore accounts.[15][16]
