Agha Siraj Durrani

Muhammad Agha Siraj Khan-Durrani Barakzai was a Pakistani politician who served as Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 2013 until 2024.
Durrani was the 12th Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh.

Early life and education

Durrani was born on 5 October 1953 in Shikarpur. Hailing from Garhi Yasin, his father Agha Sadaruddin and uncle Agha Badruddin also served as speakers of the same assembly.
He matriculated from the St Patrick's High School in Karachi in 1971, followed by a bachelor of commerce. He also pursued an LLB degree at the Sindh Muslim Law College.
During the 1980s, he left for the United States where he ran a hardware business.

Durrani first contested elections in 1985 during the Zia regime, in which he lost. He joined the Pakistan Peoples Party and secured a victory in 1988 elections. He was a confidante of PPP chairman Asif Ali Zardari. In 1990, during Nawaz Sharif government he was imprisoned for some time for embezzlement charges.