Raja Nadir Pervez

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In the 1971 Bangladesh War, Nadir 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

Raja Nadir Pervez along with Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir Nadir Pervez 1.JPG
Raja Nadir Pervez along with Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir

Nadir joined [10] the Pakistan Muslim League. He has since been elected Member of National Assembly (MNA) for the terms of 1985–1988, 1990–1993, 1993–1997, 1997–1999 and 2002–2007. He has also served as Federal Minister for Interior during 1987–1988; Minister of State for Water and Power during 1991–1993 and Federal Minister for the Communications during 1997–1999. He left PML-N on April 2, 2013, on the grounds of grievances over the allotment of party tickets in Faisalabad. [11] Almost a month later, on May 5, 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]

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Raja Nadir Pervez
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Raja Nadir Pervez in 2008
MNA for NA-85 Faisalabad-XI
In office
2002–2007


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