Aziz returned to Pakistan in 1984 and served as a junior minister for Agriculture and Food Security until 1988 under the conservative Junejo administration . He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 1988 and re-elected in 1993 from the center-right PML-N , and served in both Sharif administrations first as the Minister of Finance from August 1990 to June 1993 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from August 1998 until 1999 coup d'état . He is noted as the only cabinet member who opposed the decision of conducting nuclear tests in response to India , citing ' economic reasons ' . During his tenure as the Finance Minister he was noted a strong proponent of economic liberalization
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Sartaj Aziz