Mohammad Hanif Tayyab (born 1947) is a Pakistani religious scholar and politician who is the current head of Nizam-e-Mustafa Party. Previously, he served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1985 to 1988. He served as the federal minister of Labour, Manpower & Overseas Pakistanis from 10 April 1985 to 28 January 1986.
Hanif Tayyab was born in 1947 to a memon family. He studied at the University of Karachi and Federal Urdu University. He also received honorary Doctorate of Philosophy degree from the University of Karachi which generated a bit of controversy.
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