Atta Muhammad Marri (1937–1998) was a Sindhi politician hailing from a political agricultural family of

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

. His father Ali Muhammad Marri was an influential

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

of his time and remained a member of the Legislative Assembly during the British Raj, as well as the Sindh President of the

Khilafat Movement The Khilafat Movement (1919–24), also known as the Caliphate movement or the Indian Muslim movement, was a pan-Islamist political protest campaign launched by Muslims of British India led by Shaukat Ali, Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Hakim Ajma ...

. Atta Muhammad Marri remained a Member of the West Pakistan Assembly in 1967, and Member of the

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in the 1970s and 1980s, a member of the Majlis-e-Shura during Zia ul Haq's time, and the Deputy Speaker of the Sindh Assembly from 1990 to 1993. Atta Muhammad Marri died on March 2, 1998. His daughter Shazia Marri is a Member National Assembly, Currently.

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Sindh MPAs 1990–1993 1937 births 1998 deaths Deputy Speakers of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh {{Sindh-MPA-stub

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