Mir Nawaz Khan Marwat

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Mir Nawaz Khan Marwat is a well known elderly lawyer of Sindh High Court.

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Mir Nawaz Khan Marwat has participated in global peace movements for the last 20 years and has presented several papers on bridging the gap between different civilizations. He was a Federal Minister in the civilian cabinet of President of Pakistan General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. At present he is actively associated with Motamar Al Alam Al Islami [1] as its Assistant Secretary General and has attended numerous Peace Conferences all over the globe. [2] Mir Nawaz Khan is a polyglot and can speak English, French, Arabic, Spanish and almost all the regional languages of Pakistan.[ citation needed ] Mirnawaz khan marwat is an active member of JUI-F

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