Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa (; 20 October 1935 – 9 April 2026) was a Pakistani politician who served as a senator and Governor of Punjab. He represented Punjab in the Senate of Pakistan. Khosa was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab for nine tenures in 1970, 1977, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2008 and 2013. He was also elected to the West Pakistan Assembly in 1962. Khosa also contested the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 2018 general election but lost to Amjad Farooq Khan.

Life and career Khosa was born on 20 October 1935. He was one of the most senior politicians of Pakistan and was famous for his consistent control in the politics of Punjab from 1986 to 2018. He came from a Baloch Khosa tribe. He was born in Bahadurgarh, Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab Province, British India (now Pakistan).

He became the Tumandar of the Khosa in 1935 after the death of his father, Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa.

Khosa was the Governor of the Punjab from 17 August 1999 to 12 October 1999. He was a senator from Punjab, Pakistan, from 2012 to 2018.

He had three sons: Hissam Uddin Khan Khosa, Muhammad Saif-ud-Din Khosa, and Dost Muhammad Khosa.

Khosa died in Lahore on 9 April 2026, at the age of 90.

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