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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{For|disambiguation| Abdus Sattar}}
{{more citations needed|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| order = 24th [[Mayor of Karachi]]
| image =
| caption =
| predecessor = [[Allah Bakhsh Gabol]]
| successor = [[Farooq Sattar]]
| order1 =
| order2 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from [[Sindh]]
| birth_date = 6 July 1930
| birth_place = [[Karachi]]
| death_date = 4 November 2006
| death_place = [[Karachi]]
| spouse =
| children = 7 (4 sons and 3 daughter)
| parents =
| residence = [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]]
| alma_mater =
| party = [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]]
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| image_size =
| term_start = 9 November 1979
| term_end = 12 February 1987
| term_start1 =
| term_end1 =
| term_start2 = 2002
| term_end2 = 2006
}}

'''Abdul Sattar Afghani''' ({{lang-ur|عبدالستار افغانی}}; 6 July 1930 – 4 November 2006) was a politician from Karachi, [[Pakistan]]. He was twice elected [[Mayor of Karachi]] and once an elected member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] (MNA).<ref name="dawn">{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/217585/karachi-abdus-sattar-afghani-passes-away|title=KARACHI: Abdus Sattar Afghani passes away|work=Dawn|date=5 November 2006|accessdate=28 November 2020|quote=Coming from an ethnic Persian-speaking Tajik tribe, the Afghan family had left its ancestral town of Jalalabad some 150 years ago and settled partly in Bombay (now Mumbai) and partly in a tiny coastal town of Karachi.}}</ref>

== Background ==
Afghani had [[Persian language|Persian]]-speaking Afghan [[Tajiks in Pakistan|Tajik heritage]];<ref name="dawn"/> his ancestors migrated from [[Jalalabad]], Afghanistan, and settled in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] and [[Karachi]]. Afghani's family were residents of Karachi's [[Lyari Town|Lyari]] neighourhood, living near the Pathan Mosque in Moosa Lane.<ref name="dawn"/> His uncle wanted him to join the [[Indian National Congress]] youth wing, but [[Abul A'la Maududi|Maulana Maudoodi]] convinced him to join [[Jamaat-e-Islami|Jamaat e Islami]] instead.<ref name="dawn"/> His mother tongue was Persian, but he was also fluent in other local languages such as Sindhi, Balochi, Gujarati and Pashto.<ref name="dawn"/> He was an alumnus of the [[University of Karachi]].<ref name="dawn"/>

==Political career==
===Mayor of Karachi===
He was first elected mayor in 1979, serving until 1983.<ref name="elec">[http://elections.com.pk/candidatedetails.php?id=1800 Profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215015406/http://elections.com.pk/candidatedetails.php?id=1800 |date=15 December 2010 }}. Retrieved 1 October 2010</ref><ref name="dawn"/> He was then reelected the same year and served until 1987.<ref name="elec"/><ref name="dawn"/> He was known for his outspokenness for the rights of the city. He was arrested and removed from his office when he was leading a procession of councilors from [[Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Building|KMC Building]] to the Sindh Secretariat to protest against the [[Government of Sindh|provincial government]]'s decision not to part with motor-vehicle tax and property tax in favour of [[Karachi Metropolitan Corporation|KMC]].

===National Assembly===
He was first elected as a member of Basic democracies system by [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]] in 1960s, in 1970s he contested general elections against [[Pakistan Peoples Party|PPP's]] Abdul Sattar Gabol from Lyari but lost the election, in 1985 he contested on the same seat against PPP's Ghulam Mohammad Chishti but again lost the election. Afghani finally managed to win a seat in the National Assembly in 2002 from Karachi ([[NA-250 (Karachi West-III)|NA 250]], Karachi XII).<ref name="elec"/>

==Family==
Afghani married at the age of 17 and had four sons and three daughters.<ref name="elec"/>

==Death==
Afghani died in November 2006 at the [[Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi|Aga Khan University Hospital]], Karachi.<ref name="dawn"/> He was buried in the [[Mewa Shah Graveyard]] in [[Lyari]].<ref name="dawn"/>

==References==
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[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:Mayors of Karachi]]
[[Category:Pakistani people of Afghan descent]]
[[Category:Pakistani people of Tajik descent]]
[[Category:Politicians from Karachi]]
[[Category:Members of the National Assembly of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan politicians]]
[[Category:University of Karachi alumni]]

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