Ghulam Murtaza Baloch ( ur, غلام مرتضی بلوچ, 4 August 1964 – 2 June 2020) was a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the

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, from September 2016 to June 2020.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

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(PPP) from Constituency PS-127 Karachi-XXXIX in by-polls held in September 2016. He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-88 (Malir-II) in

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. On 15 October 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Sindh cabinet of Chief Minister

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and was appointed Provincial Minister of Sindh for labour and human resources.

Death

On 2 June 2020, he died due to

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during the

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. In May 2020, he had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.

References

1964 births 2020 deaths Sindh MPAs 2013–2018 Pakistan People's Party MPAs (Sindh) Sindh MPAs 2018–2023 Provincial ministers of Sindh Baloch people Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Sindh {{Sindh-MPA-stub