Mohammad Salman Khan Baloch (; born 1 September 1976) is 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 June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 1 September 1976.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

Muttahida Qaumi Movement Muttahida Qaumi Movement (abbreviated MQM) is a name currently claimed by two competing Pakistani political factions: * Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London, a political faction managed from the UK * Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan Muttah ...

(MQM) from Constituency NA-239 (Karachi-I) in

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

. He received 39,251 votes and defeated Subhan Ali, a candidate of

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...

(PTI). In December 2017, he quit MQM to join

Pak Sarzameen Party Pak Sarzameen Party commonly known as PSP ( ur, ) is a Pakistani political party founded by Syed Mustafa Kamal and Anis Kaimkhani on 23 March 2016. Ashfaq Mangi, Hassan Sabir, Iftikhar Alam and Shabbir Qaimkhani are senior members of the p ...

(PSP). In February 2018, he rejoined MQM.

Controversy

A police complaint was registered against Baloch on 13 February 2018 for allegedly threatening a worker of

. Baloch denied the accusation. The same day, another complaint was registered against Baloch for raping and blackmailing a woman. Baloch denied the allegation. On 15 February 2018, a police case was registered against Baloch over charges of kidnapping and physically assaulting a local resident.

References

Living people Muttahida Qaumi Movement politicians Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Politicians from Karachi Muttahida Qaumi Movement MNAs Baloch politicians 1976 births {{Pakistan-MNA-stub