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{{BLP sources|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Raja Nadir Pervez
| image = Raja Nadir Pervez (cropped).JPG
| caption = Raja Nadir Pervez in 2008

| office = [[Constituency NA-85|MNA for NA-85 Faisalabad-XI]]
| term_start = 2002
| term_end = 2007
| predecessor = Constituency Re-Established
| successor = [[Muhammad Akram Ansari]]

| office1 = MNA for NA-62 Faisalabad-VI
| term_start1 = February 15, 1997
| term_end1 = October 12, 1999
| predecessor1 = Dildar Ahmed Cheema
| successor1 = Constituency Re-Established

| term_start2 = November 3, 1990
| term_end2 = July 18, 1993
| predecessor2 = Ghulam Mustafa Bajwa
| successor2 = Dildar Ahmed Cheema

| office3 = MNA for NA-37 Rawalpindi—VI
| term_start3 = October 15, 1993
| term_end3 = November 5, 1996
| predecessor3 = Raja Zaheer Khan
| successor3 = Khurshid Zaman

| office4 = MNA for NA-69 Faisalabad-IV
| term_start4 = March 20, 1985
| term_end4 = May 29, 1988
| predecessor4 = Mian Zahid Sarfraz
| successor4 = [[Faisal Saleh Hayat]]

| office5 = [[Ministry of Communications (Pakistan)|Minister of Communications]]
| term_start5 = August 6, 1998
| term_end5 = October 12, 1999
| predecessor5 = Muhammad Azam Khan Hoti
| successor5 = [[Iftikhar Hussain Shah|Lt. Gen. Iftikhar Hussain Shah]]

| office6 = [[Minister for Water and Power (Pakistan)|Minister of Water and Power]]
| term_start6 = 1991
| term_end6 = 1993
| predecessor6 =
| successor6 =

| office7 = [[Interior Minister of Pakistan|Minister of Interior]]
| term_start7 = July 28, 1987
| term_end7 = May 29, 1988
| predecessor7 = [[Wasim Sajjad]]
| successor7 = Malik Naseem Ahmad

| birth_name = Raja Nadir Pervez Khan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|11|11}}
| birth_place = [[Faisalabad|Lyallpur, Punjab]] [[British India]] (Now [[Faisalabad|Faisalabad, Punjab]], Pakistan)
| parents =
| relations =
| party = [[File:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf flag (25-32 ratio).svg|20px]] [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (2013–present) [[File:Flag of Muslim League.png|20px]] [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (1993–2013) [[File:Flag of IJI.svg|20px]] [[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]] (1988–1993)
| spouse =
| residence = [[Faisalabad]]
| alma_mater = [[Pakistan Military Academy]], [[Kakul]]
| profession = Businessman Politician
| signature =
| website =
| allegiance = {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Pakistan]]
| branch = [[File:Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg|20px]] [[Pakistan Army]]
| serviceyears = 1963–1974
| rank = [[File:OF-4 Pakistan Army.svg|20px]] [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] (Stripped from Rank)
| commands =
| unit = [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|Punjab Regiment]]
| battles = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
| awards = [[File:PAK Sitara-i-Juraat ribbon.svg|border|23px]] [[Sitara-e-Jurat]]
}}

Major '''Raja Nadir Pervez Khan''' (born November 11, 1942) is a Pakistani politician, ex-[[Member of Parliament|MP]] of the [[Parliament of Pakistan|Parliament]], and former [[Pakistan Army]] officer. A former member of the [[Pakistan Army]]'s [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|6 Punjab Regiment]], Parvez was a minister in the [[Nawaz Sharif]] government during his second tenure. He is the brother-in-law of the former Corps Commander of Quetta [[Lieutenant-General]] [[Tariq Pervez]]. In a 1999 conversation (with Taimur Khan),{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} he was described by General [[Tikka Khan]], the Pakistani commander in the [[Rann of Kutch]] battles in the spring of 1965, as a "''brave and courageous soldier''." General Tikka Khan recalled how Nadir Pervez captured an Indian patrol while on a reconnaissance mission during the clashes.

==Military career==
He graduated from the [[Pakistan Military Academy]], [[Kakul]] in 1963 and served in Army until 1974. He had served in the army and fought against [[India]] in both [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] and the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 Indo-Pak Winter War]]. Major Parvez had posted to [[East Pakistan]] and was the Company Commander of the [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|6 Punjab Regiment]] troops which had boarded PNS Rajshah, a [[Pakistan Navy]] vessel. However, his team had gotten off the vessel and took the position in a designated areas. Major Pervez was inducted in [[Pakistan Marines|Pakistan Marines Battalion]] as a weapon specialist. During the conflict, the Maj Raja Nadir Pervez was informed of the attack on PNS Rajshahi, immediately directed an [[Mil Mi-8|MI-8 helicopter]] in the vicinity to evacuate the wounded Commanding Officer of Rajshahi and the same was done soon thereafter.{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}}

Nadir was awarded the [[Sitara-e-Jurat]] for his service in the 1965 war. His efforts in the 1971 war, which included leading an escape from the Indian prison in Fateh Garh (Camp Number 45) along with four other officers, gained him a second Sitara-e-Jurat and promotion to the rank of [[Lieutenant-Colonel]].{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} In 1974, he was [[court martialed]] by the [[Judge Advocate General Branch]] of the Pakistan Army "on false charges" and was sentenced to death, but was later acquitted "Honourably".{{citation needed|date=March 2012}}

==Political career==
[[File:Nadir Pervez 1.JPG|thumb|Raja Nadir Pervez along with [[Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir]]]]
He joined<ref>{{cite web|title=Raja Nadir Pervez Profile|url=http://pakistanherald.com/Profile/Raja-Nadir-Parvez-545|work=Pakistan Herald}}</ref> the [[Pakistan Muslim League]]. He has since been elected [[National Assembly of Pakistan|Member of National Assembly]] (MNA) for the terms of 1985–1988, 1990–1993, 1993–1997 and 1997–1999. He has also served as [[Interior Minister of Pakistan|Federal Minister]] for [[Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)|Interior]] during 1987–1988; [[Minister for Water and Power|Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Water and Power (Pakistan)|Water and Power]] during 1991–1993 and [[Minister of Communications (Pakistan)|Federal Minister]] for the [[Ministry of Communications of Pakistan|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nadir Pervez quits PML-N over ticket denial|url=http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/02-Apr-2013/-irate-nadir-pervez-quits-pml-n-over-ticket-denial|work=The Nation}}</ref> Almost a month later, on May 5, he joined [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] in a public gathering [''[[jalsa]]''] in [[Faisalabad]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Rashid|first=Haroon|title=کیا وہ وقت قریب آ پہنچا؟|url=http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2013-05-05&edition=LHR&id=8625_80063637|work=Daily Dunia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Raja Nadir Pervez Joins PTI|url=http://www.siasat.pk/forum/showthread.php?181681-Raja-Nadir-Pervez-Joins-PTI-Great-News|publisher=Siasat PK|accessdate=May 5, 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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