Abdul Sattar Afghani

Abdul Sattar Afghani (Urdu: عبدالستار افغانی; 6 July 1930 – 4 November 2006) was a politician from Karachi, Pakistan.

[1] Afghani had Persian-speaking Afghan Tajik heritage;[1] his ancestors migrated from Jalalabad, Afghanistan, and settled in Bombay and Karachi.

Afghani's family were residents of Karachi's Lyari neighbourhood, living near the Pathan Mosque in Moosa Lane.

[1] His mother tongue was Persian, but he was also fluent in other local languages such as Sindhi, Balochi, Gujarati and Pashto.

He was arrested and removed from his office when he was leading a procession of councilors from KMC Building to the Sindh Secretariat to protest against the provincial government's decision not to part with motor-vehicle tax and property tax in favour of KMC.