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{{short description|Pakistani politician (1940–1993)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ghulam Haider Wyne <br>{{nobold|{{nq|غلام حیدر وائیں}}}}
| honorific-suffix = [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|MPA]]
| image = Ghulam Haider Wyne By Tariq Imran.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| smallimage = 
| alt =
| caption =
| order = 10th [[List of Chief Ministers of Punjab (Pakistan)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]
| office1 =
| term_start = 8 November 1990
| term_end = 25 April 1993
| president = [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]]
| primeminister = [[Nawaz Sharif|Mian Nawaz Sharif]]
| governor = [[Mian Muhammad Azhar]]
| succeeding = 
| predecessor = [[Nawaz Sharif|Mian Nawaz Sharif]]
| successor = [[Manzoor Wattoo]]
| constituency = [[Mian Channu]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]]
| majority = [[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]]
| office5 = [[Leader of the Opposition]]
| term_start5 = 3 December 1988
| term_end5 = 6 June 1989
| office6 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start6 = 1988
| term_end6 = 1990
| term_start8 = 1990
| term_end8 = 1993
| office9 = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
| term_start9 = 1985
| term_end9 = 1988
| birth_date = {{Birth date text|1940}}
| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 29 September 1993 <br>(aged 52–53)
| death_place = [[Mian Channu]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]]
| restingplace = [[Mian Channu]]
| restingplacecoordinates =
| birthname = Ghulam Haider Wyne
| nationality = [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]]
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)]]
| otherparty = [[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]]
| spouse = [[Begum Majeeda Wyne]]
| relations =
| children =
| residence = [[Mian Channu]]
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Politician
| profession = Political Worker
| cabinet =
| committees =
| portfolio =
}}

'''Ghulam Haider Wyne'''{{efn|[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]/{{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|غلام حیدر وائیں}}}}}} (1940 – 29 September 1993) was a Pakistani politician who served as the tenth [[Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan|chief minister of Punjab]] from 1990 to 1993. He was a senior leader of [[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]], and later the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]].

==Early life==
Wyne's family migrated from India to Pakistan in 1947 after the [[independence of Pakistan]]. He began his career as a typist at Ghazi Industries, Mian Channu.

==Political career==
He was the [[Leader of the Opposition (Pakistan)]] and former chief minister of Pakistan's most populous province [[Punjab (Pakistan)]]. He held chief minister's position from 1990 to 1993, when President [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]] dissolved the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] and removed his government in 1993 from [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] along with [[Nawaz Sharif]]'s government in [[National Assembly of Pakistan|Pakistan]].<ref>[https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2021/07/28/npt-pays-tribute-to-arif-nizami/ NPT (Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust) pays tribute to Arif Nizami] Pakistan Today (newspaper), Published 28 July 2021, Retrieved 12 April 2022</ref><ref name=TheNation>[https://nation.com.pk/12-Oct-2008/npt-pays-tribute-to-ghulam-haider-wyne Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust (NPT) pays tribute to Ghulam Haider Wyne] The Nation (newspaper), Published 12 October 2008, Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref><ref>[https://nation.com.pk/2018/10/31/successive-governments-made-bureaucracy-spineless/ Successive Governments Made Bureaucracy Spineless] The Nation (newspaper), Published 31 October 2018, Retrieved 12 April 2022</ref>

Ghulam Haider had risen from an ordinary political worker to the opposition leader in the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] and later the [[Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan]].<ref name=Dawn>[https://www.dawn.com/news/397712/lahore-tributes-paid-to-ghulam-haider-wyne LAHORE: Tributes paid to Ghulam Haider Wyne] Dawn (newspaper), Published 21 October 2004, Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref><ref name=TheNation/> He regretted that the [[Pakistan|nation]] had not followed the principles of [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah|Quaid-i-Azam]] and the objectives for which he had established [[Pakistan]] could not be achieved. He was a down to earth politician who had devoted his life for the welfare of the nation. He led a simple and honourable life in an ordinary house in the ghettos of [[Mian Channu]]. He never plundered national wealth like some other politicians. Once he presented few copies of daily [[Nawa-i-Waqt]] which were kept in an old iron box and said he had carried these copies from [[Amritsar]] while migrating to Pakistan. He visited [[England]] to collect donations for his school projects.<ref name=TheNation/><ref name=Dawn/>

==Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust==
Ghulam Haider Wyne was the founder and very first chairman of [[Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust]] (NPT) which he established in July 1992. He provided over 40 [[Kanal (unit)|kanal]] land to the Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust near [[Johar Town]] [[Lahore]]. He set up over 18 educational institutions in the small city of [[Mian Channu]]. For his contributions in promoting education, he is still remembered as [[Sir Syed Ahmad Khan]] of Mian Channu after his death.<ref name=TheNation/><ref name=Dawn/>

==Assassination==
Ghulam Haider Wyne was murdered in retaliation for the killing of a bandit leader during his premiership.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gunmen kill former high-ranking official in Pakistan - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/09/29/Gunmen-kill-former-high-ranking-official-in-Pakistan/5962749275200/ |access-date=2025-10-19 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref> He was ambushed by members of the slain bandit leader's clan near [[Mian Channu]] while doing the rounds of his election campaign on 29 September 1993.<ref name=Dawn2/> Zaman, his convicted killer was executed in jail, in October 2015.<ref name=Dawn2>[https://www.dawn.com/news/1213227 Killer of ex-Punjab Chief Minister, five others executed in various jails] Dawn (newspaper), Published 15 October 2015, Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref>

In October 2004, an event was organized by the Nazaria-i-Pakistan Foundation and Pakistan Movement Workers Trust in [[Lahore]] where Justice [[Javed Iqbal (judge, born 1924)|Javed Iqbal]] and veteran journalist [[Majid Nizami]] paid tributes to Ghulam Haider Wyne.<ref name=Dawn/>

A road near Mian Channu city was named after Ghulam Haider Wyne by Punjab Chief Minister [[Shahbaz Sharif]] in October 2009.<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/892682/road-named-after-wyne Road named after Wyne] Dawn (newspaper), Published 3 October 2009, Retrieved 3 September 2021</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://nazariapak.info/index.php# Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust's Official Site]
* [http://www.cm.punjab.gov.pk/index.php?q=thechiefministers Chief Minister Of Punjab Official Site]
* [http://www.sehgalfamily.com/?p=513 Official site of Sehgal Family]

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[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:Chief ministers of Punjab, Pakistan]]
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[[Category:People from Khanewal District]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians]]

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