Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar (died April 9, 1995) was a Pakistani politician. He was chief of the Mahar tribe. He got involved in politics for the people of his tribe, and became a member of National Assembly of Pakistan in 1964. He became senator in 1973 with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). He was Minster for Agriculture in Zia-ul-Haq era and for the first time in history of Pakistan someone from Sindh was going to become a minster in Punjab (as Zia-ul-haq had promised him) but Zia's plane crashed and the procedure was stopped. He was elected a Member of National Assembly in 1985 as an independent candidate. He was defeated by PPP's candidate Mian Mitho in 1988. He again won election in 1993 and after that he left politics.
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He became sardar of mahar tribe at the age of 21, he has been one of the most efficient and kind(to the people) leader in mahar tribe. He got involved in politics from 1950s to 1993, and in that time he have achieved many different ministries. Sardar Ghulam Muhammad khan mahar died on 9 April 1995. And after his death his elder son became the sardar.
Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College Sukkur was named after him in Sukkur.[1] SGM Sugar mill was named after him in waloo mahar.[2]