Maula Bakhsh Chandio ( ur, مولا بخش چانڈیو , sd, مولا بخش چانڊيو), is a Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister for Law. He is also a member of the
Senate of Pakistan
Senate of Pakistan or Aiwān-e-Bālā Pākistān ( ur, , , literally "Pakistan upper house"), is the upper house, upper legislative chamber of the bicameral legislature of Pakistan, and together with the National Assembly (Pakistan), National As ...
.
Early life
He born on 16 April 1944 in
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India ...
and belongs to
Chandio
The Chandio () is a Baloch tribe in the Sindh and 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 south ...
Baloch family. Recently he wrote his biography ''Galiyaan Yad Nagar ki'' which was launched by
Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ibad Khan at
Karachi Press Club.
Career
He was selected as information adviser to
CM Sindh.
He was elected as Senator in 2009 by
PPP-P. In April 2011 he became Federal Minister for Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs, where he contributed 18th Amendment in the Constitution of Pakistan. In April 2012 his portfolio was changed to Federal Minister of Parliamentary and Political Affairs. On 27 July 2012 he became Senior Vice President of
PPP-P Sindh. He is considered as the ideological intellects of the party and holds a soft image among both the coalition partners and opposition.
References
Living people
Baloch politicians
Members of the Senate of Pakistan
Pakistan People's Party politicians
People from Hyderabad District, Pakistan
1944 births
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