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Pakistani politician (born 1964)

Muhammad Safdar Awan (Hindko and Urdu: محمد صفدر اعوان; born 19 January 1964) is a Pakistani politician and retired Pakistan Army officer who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2008 to May 2018.

He is married to the PMLN supremo Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz.

Often referred as Captain Safdar by his loyalists and in the media due to his past military career, because of his critical stance on secularism, his vocal support of Mumtaz Qadri and his repeated statements targeting the Ahmadiyya movement, he's generally considered to be a far-right politician.^[1]

Early and personal life

According to PILDAT, Safdar was born on 19 January 1963.^[2] According to The News International and Dawn, he was born on 19 January 1964.^[3][4]

Safdar belongs to a traditionally Sufi family and his father Muhammad Ishaq, who passed away in 2014, was a writer, be