Sardar Ameer Buksh Khan Bhutto (, ur, امیر بخش خان بھٹو ;) is President of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Sindh and an ex-Member of the
Sindh Assembly. He is the son of
Sardar Mumtaz Bhutto
Mumtaz Ali Khan Bhutto ( ur, ممتاز علی بھٹو , sd, ممتاز علي ڀٽو) (28 November 1933 – 18 July 2021), was a Pakistani politician who served as 8th Governor of Sindh and later the 13th Chief Minister of Sindh. He was als ...
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and after the death of Sardar Mumtaz Bhutto, he was elected as Chief Sardar of Bhutto tribe of Sindh.
He holds a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics, Economics & Law from the
University of Buckingham and a
Master of Philosophy degree in
International Relations from
Cambridge University. He wrote a thesis titled "Of Knights and Harlots: The Role of the
Superpower
A superpower is a state with a dominant position characterized by its extensive ability to exert influence or project power on a global scale. This is done through the combined means of economic, military, technological, political and cultural s ...
s in the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War." He has also written dozens of articles published in
English and
Sindhi newspapers and magazines in
Pakistan.
He ran for the seat of the
Provincial Assembly of Sindh
The Provincial Assembly of Sindh ( ur, ) is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of ...
twice, in 2002 general election and again in 2008 election but was defeated twice by
Muhammad Ayaz Soomro
Muhammad Ayaz Soomro (; 31, Sindhi: محمد اياز سومرو December 1958 – 20 March 2018) was a Pakistani politician and lawyer, who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to March 2018. Previously he had ...
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On 10 November 2017, Ameer Buksh Khan Bhutto while meeting with Shah Mehmood Qureishi, announced he was joining Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
See also
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Bhutto
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Bhutto family
References
1954 births
Living people
Sindhi people
Ameer Bux
Pakistani democracy activists
Alumni of the University of Buckingham
Pakistani lawyers
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