Ghazan Marri ( ur, مير غزن مری) is a politician from
Balochistan
Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
.
Marri is the son of politician Nawab
Khair Bakhsh Marri
Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri (28 February 1928 – 10 June 2014), bal, نواب خیر بخش مری) was Pakistani politician from the province of Balochistan in Pakistan.
Early life and career
Khair Bakhsh Marri had received his early educ ...
.
Life
Marri's late brother,
Balach Marri
Balach Marri ( ur, مير بالاچ مری) was the leader of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a terrorist organisation fighting to separate the Balochistan province from Pakistan. The BLA Listed as a Terrorist organization by Pakistan, UK ...
, was a BLA leader who was declared to be a terrorist by Pakistan.
In 2006, he was arrested in the
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
at the request of the Pakistan authorities, in connection with the murder of judge Nawaz Marri.
[ He was later tried in an anti-terrorist court in Pakistan.][
In 2017, he returned to Pakistan, ending an 18-year exile in the UAE. Marri said he intended to face all court cases pending against him, and would join mainstream politics.]
References
Baloch people
Living people
Politicians from Balochistan, Pakistan
Pakistani expatriates in the United Arab Emirates
Ghazan
Mahmud Ghazan (5 November 1271 – 11 May 1304) (, Ghazan Khan, sometimes archaically spelled as Casanus by the Westerners) was the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ilkhanate division in modern-day Iran from 1295 to 1304. He was the son of A ...
Year of birth missing (living people)
{{Pakistan-politician-stub