Usman Dar | |
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| Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs | |
| In office 29 April 2021 – 10 April 2022 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| In office 3 December 2018 – 12 February 2021 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Chairman of thePrime Minister’s Youth Programme | |
| In office 10 October 2018 – 12 February 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1974-08-28)August 28, 1974 (age 50)[1] Sialkot,Punjab,Pakistan |
Usman Dar (Urdu:عثمان ڈار) is aPakistani politician who was Special Adviser to the formerPrime Minister of Pakistan,Imran Khan on Youth Affairs. He was in office from 3 December 2018 until his resignation from the parliament on 10 April 2022. He also held the position of Chairman of thePrime Minister's Youth Programme during his term.
Usman Dar was born on 28 August 1974 inSialkot,Pakistan. He belongs to aPunjabi speaking Kashmiri family.[2] He is a married man with two kids.
Dar has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from theUniversity of the Punjab.[3]
In his nomination papers for2013 general election, Dar claimed to have received the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Schiller International University, London in 1997.[4][5]
In November 2017, Schiller International University was found to be a degree mill and Dar's MBA degree was found to be dubious after theDepartment for Education of the United Kingdom said that it does not recognise the university.[4][5]
Dar did not declare his MBA degree in his nomination papers for2018 general election and only mentioned his graduation degree from theUniversity of the Punjab.[5]
He ran for the seat of theProvincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-122 (Sialkot-II) in the2008 Punjab provincial election but was unsuccessful.[6] He received only 54 votes and lost the seat toChaudhry Muhammad Akhlaq.[7]
He ran for the seat of theNational Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of thePakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from NA-110 (Sialkot-I) in the2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.[8] He received 71,573 votes and lost the seat toKhawaja Muhammad Asif.[9]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of the PTI fromNA-73 (Sialkot-II) in the2018 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.[10] He received 115,464 votes and lost the seat to Khawaja Muhammad Asif.[11]
On 10 October 2018, Prime MinisterImran Khan appointed Dar as Chairman of thePrime Minister’s Youth Programme.[12] On 12 October, a resolution was submitted in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab against the appointment of Dar due to his dubious degree.[13] The resolution also noted that appointment was "clear violation of merit and unacceptable as he had suffered a massive defeat in the general elections".[14] On 13 October,Pakistan Today also noted that Dar's appointment as chairman of the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme violates 2014 order ofLahore High Court.[15]
On 3 December 2018, Prime MinisterImran Khan appointed him as his Special Assistant to PM on Youth Affairs.[16][17]On October 4, 2023, after 4 months of disappearance due to 9 May Protest,Usman Dar appeared in an interview and declared to leavePakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Politics.
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