Fazil Janjua
Fazil Janjua | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Food, Agriculture and Cooperatives | |
| In office 21 April 1979 – March 1985 | |
| President | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq |
| Personal details | |
| Occupation | Naval officer |
Awards | Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) |
Fazil Janjua was a Pakistan Navy vice admiral who served as the federal minister for food, agriculture and cooperatives under President Zia-ul-Haq. He was inducted into Zia's third federal cabinet on 21 April 1979 and continued in the same portfolio in the fourth federal cabinet formed on 9 March 1981, remaining in office until 1985.[1]
Political career
Janjua was among the military members of Zia-ul-Haq's federal cabinet. In the third cabinet of the regime, he was appointed minister of food, agriculture and cooperatives.[1] When Zia's fourth cabinet took office on 9 March 1981, Janjua continued with the same portfolio.[1]
In October 1980, he presided over the annual passing out ceremony of the Pakistan Forest Institute in Peshawar in his capacity as minister for food, agriculture and cooperatives.[2] He again presided over the institute's passing-out ceremony in September 1982 while holding the same office.[3]
In December 1984, Janjua visited Tehran on an official trip as Pakistan's federal minister for food and agriculture.[4]
In January 2008, Janjua was among a group of retired senior military officers who called on President Pervez Musharraf to step down.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 Imran, Naumana Kiran (2023). "Composition and Working of the Federal Cabinet of Pakistan: Zia ul Haq Era, 1977–1988" (PDF). Pakistan Journal of History and Culture. 44 (2). Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ↑ "Thirty-Second Annual Passing Out Ceremony of the Pakistan Forest Institute Peshawar (5th October, 1980)" (PDF). Pakistan Journal of Forestry. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ↑ "Thirty-Fourth Annual Passing-out Ceremony of the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar (25th September, 1982)". Pakistan Journal of Forestry. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ↑ "Chronology December 1984–February 1985". Pakistan Horizon. 38 (2). 1985. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ↑ "Retired generals, officers of other ranks urge Musharraf to step down". Dawn. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2026.