Abdul Rehman Khetran is a Pakistani politician who had been the Provincial Minister of Balochistan from 9 September 2018 to 12 August 2023. He ha: been a member of the

Provincial Assembly of Balochistan The Provincial Assembly of Balochistan is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Balochistan, and is located in Quetta, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of P ...

from August 2018 to August 2023. Previously, he was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 20 December 1958 in

Barkhan District Barkhan ( Balochi: بارکھئوں, ur, , ) is a district in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It shares its borders with the province of Punjab to the east and the Balochistan districts of Dera Bugti to the south, Kohlu to the west, Lor ...

. He is a Matriculate.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (Fazl) also Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) or simply as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Urdu: ; ; JUI-F) is a Deobandi Sunni political party in Pakistan. Established as the ''Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam'' in 1945, it is the result of ...

from Constituency PB-17 Barkhan 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 was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as an independent candidate from Constituency PB-8 (Barkhan) in

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

as an

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candidate. He later joined

Balochistan Awami Party The Balochistan Awami Party ( ur, , lit=Balochistan People's Party) is a political party based in the Balochistan province of Pakistan founded in 2018 by political dissidents of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) in ...

and currently serving as its spokesperson. On 8 September 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Balochistan cabinet of Chief Minister

Jam Kamal Khan Jam Mir Kamal Khan Alyani (; born 1 January 1970) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Balochistan, between August 2018 and October 2021. He has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan since August 2 ...

. On 9 September, he was appointed as Provincial Minister of Balochistan for Science and Information Technology.

Controversy

Barkhan triple murder incident

On 21 February 2023, Khetran was accused in triple murder incident, At least three dead bodies were recovered in the country’s southwestern region including a woman from a well in

Barkhan Barkhan ( ur, ; Balochi: بارکھئوں) is the capital city of the Barkhan District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is located at 29°54'0N 69°31'0E at an altitude of 1,100 metres (3,612 feet). Climate Barkhan has a ...

district on Monday, the corpses were found in a well located in Mir Haji Kot village of

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. ...

where area residents informed the officials about the gut-wrenching incident, prompting a strong reaction from the police team and causing outrage on social media, As the incident garnered attention and victims started sharing clips on social media, the incident along with the Khetran started to trend on social media, the victims including a mother and her children were held hostage in an unlawful personal jail of Abdul Rahman Khetran. The

law enforcers told media that the corpses of Mohammad Marri’s wife and two sons were recovered the three of them are members of a family of the

Marri tribe The Marri are a Balochi-speaking tribe of the Baloch people, who inhabit a large arid region in northeastern Balochistan, Pakistan. The Marri area is bounded to the west by the plains of Sibi. To the north are the Kakar and Loni tribes of the Pasht ...

, and the bodies of three victims were sent to

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in Geography of Pakistan, south-west of the country close to the ...

from

Kohlu District Kohlu district ( bal, کوہلو, ur, ) is a district of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is bounded in the north by Loralai District, Dera Bugti in the south, Barkhan in the east, and Sibi District in the west. Demographics At the ...

. Residents hit the streets in protest against the Khetran for the alleged killing the protests spreads across

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 ...

in demand to arrest Khetran. Amid the serious accusations Khetran denied the involvement in murder and distanced himself from the heinous killing and called it a conspiracy of his rivals He accused his son to hatch a conspiracy against him to take over the family politics, However many reports highlighted that Khetran had a long history of being accused for kidnapping and killing his enemies, he was previously booked in cases having serious charges including murder, kidnapping, sexual assault, and land grabbing, but he remained free due to his connections. On 22 February 2023, the police arrested Khetran for his alleged role in triple murder after widespread protests and outrage of incident on social media. Amid the condemnations, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan strongly denounced the tragic incident, calling it horrifying.

References

Living people Balochistan MPAs 2013–2018 1958 births Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) politicians Balochistan MPAs 2018–2023 {{Balochistan-MPA-stub