Ishaq Dar

Muhammad Ishaq Dar born c. 1950) is a Pakistani politician, belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), who had been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan, from 2003 to 2018. He is a former Minister for Industries and Investment, Minister for Commerce and four-time Minister for Finance of Pakistan. Born in 1950 and grew up in Lahore, Dar was educated at the Hailey College of Commerce, Government College University, later attending the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Prior to entering politics, he worked as a professional chartered accountant in various private and public sector organizations. Dar started his political career in early 1980's and since then he has been elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan twice for Lahore and to the Senate thrice. He hold his first public office as the Chairman of Pakistan Board of Investment for a year during the first government of Nawaz Sharif. After the PML-N victory in the 1997 general election, he held the cabinet portfolios of Minister for Commerce, Minister for Industries and Investment and Minister for Finance, until the 1999 coup. He remained in jail for two years over corruption charges.