Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani (; born 5 March 1967) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

, from 2002 to May 2018. He is associated with the

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

(PPP) from the Constituency of Jacobabad of the 14th Assembly. From 2018 onwards he became advisor to Chief Minister Sindh which is equivalent to Minister. Currently he has portfolio of Prison and INter Provincal Coordination

Early life and education

He was born on 5 March 1967. He earned a Bachelor degree from University of Sindh in 1984.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

(PPP) from Constituency NA-208 (Jacobabad-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 40,147 votes and defeated

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. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency NA-208 (Jacobabad) in

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. He received 52,813 votes and defeated Fahad Malik, a candidate of

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(PML-Q). In November 2008, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

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and was appointed as Federal Minister for Health where he served until December 2009. In December 2009, he was made Federal Minister for Sports where he continued to serve until February 2011. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency NA-208 (Jacobabad) in

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. He received 51,025 votes and defeated Elahi Bux Soomro.

Controversy

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested close aide to Jakhrani, Jakhrani, Adviser to Chief Minister Sindh on Prisons, Zaheer, in Islamabad on allegation of owning assets more than his means.

References

Living people Pakistan People's Party politicians Sindhi people Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 People from Sindh Place of birth missing (living people) 1967 births Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 People from Jacobabad District {{Pakistan-MNA-stub