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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
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| name = Nisar Memon<br />نثار میمن<br />
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| Senator=<br />
| term_start = March 2003<br />
| term_end = March 2009<br />
| predecessor2 = <br />
| successo2r = <br />
|office1 = [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Pakistan)|Information and Broadcasting]]<br />
|term1 = 1993, 2002 and 2007<br />
|office2 = [[Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan|Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas and State and Frontier Regions]]<br />
|term2 = 1993 and 2002<br />
| primeminister = [[Shaukat Aziz]]<br />[[Yousaf Raza Gillani]]<br />
| president = [[Pervez Musharraf]]<br />[[Asif Ali Zardari]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|12|31}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Sind Province (1936–1955)|Sind Province]], [[British India]]<br />
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| nationality =[[Pakistan]]i<br />
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| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]]<br />
| relations =<br />
| children = [[Marvi Memon]] (daughter)<br />
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'''Nisar Memon''' (born 31 December 1942; {{lang-ur|نثار میمن}}, {{lang-sd|نثار ميمڻ }}) is a politician from [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]]. He was a member of the [[Senate of Pakistan]], belonging to [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] during the [[Pervez Musharraf]] regime in Pakistan.<ref name=Dawn1>[https://www.dawn.com/news/161828 Soomro, Wasim condole with Nisar Memon] Dawn (newspaper), Published 19 October 2005, Retrieved 22 March 2019</ref><ref name=senate>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/Main.asp |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060628060040/http://www.senate.gov.pk/Main.asp |title=Profile of Senator Nisar Memon (click on website's Senators Tab, then click on his name from the list)|website=Senate of Pakistan website|date=29 October 2003|archivedate=28 June 2006|accessdate=21 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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His daughter, [[Marvi Memon]], was a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]].<ref name=Dawn2/><br />
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==Background==<br />
Nisar Memon holds a Master of Science degree from [[Karachi University]].<ref name=senate/> Before joining the [[Senate of Pakistan]], he was the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/405289 Nisar Memon to take oath today] Dawn (newspaper), Published 5 March 2002, Retrieved 22 March 2019</ref><ref name=senate/> (in 1993 and again in 2002), the Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas<ref name=Dawn>[https://www.dawn.com/news/63724 Qayyum meets Nisar Memon] Dawn (newspaper), Published 27 October 2002, Retrieved 22 March 2019</ref><ref name=senate/> during 1993 and 2002, the Country General Manager for [[IBM Corporation]] (1989–1999) and the Chairman of the Board of Directors for [[Engro Group]] of Pakistan (2001–2002).<ref name=senate/> He has been a member of the Board of Directors for [[Pakistan State Oil]], [[American Life Insurance Company]], and Capital Asset Leasing Company. He was the president of Pakistan's Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 1994.<ref name=senate/><br />
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==Senate career==<br />
As Senator, he was the Chairperson of the Standing Committee of Senate on Defence and Defence Production<ref name=Dawn1/><ref name=senate/> and the Parliamentary Committee on Water Resources. He was a member of the Standing Committees of Senate on Foreign Affairs, Finance and Economic Affairs and Housing and Environment Committee. He continues to be a Member, Board of Governors, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, [[Islamabad]].<br />
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==Current engagement==<br />
Nisar Memon is the founding president of Amanat Foundation which has launched ''Pakistan Literacy Project'' (PLP).<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Nisar Memon has a wife and two children: daughter [[Marvi Memon]] who was born in 1972, was elected as a member of [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] in the [[2008 Pakistani general election]] on reserved seats for women.<ref name=Dawn2>[https://www.dawn.com/news/1024459 Marvi Memon's profile] Dawn (newspaper), Published 28 April 2013, Retrieved 22 March 2019</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060628060040/http://www.senate.gov.pk/Main.asp Pakistan Senate official site - Archived]<br />
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[[Category:Members of the Senate of Pakistan]]<br />
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[[Category:University of Karachi alumni]]<br />
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[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (Q) politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Federal ministers of Pakistan]]<br />
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