Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo (3 February 1958 – 20 August 2020;

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Pakistani politician who served as Minister for Maritime Affairs, in

Abbasi cabinet The Abbasi ministry was formed by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on 4 August 2017 to begin a new government following the disqualification of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif until the end of May 2018 when justice Nasirul Mulk took oath as ...

from August 2017 to May 2018. He previously served as Minister for Maritime Affairs in the

third Sharif ministry The third Nawaz Sharif ministry was formed at noon Pakistan Standard Time, PKT on 5 June 2013 when Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif became the Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan for the third time. Sharif ...

. The President of the National Party of Pakistan, Bizenjo had been an elected member of the

Senate of Pakistan Senate of Pakistan or Aiwān-e-Bālā Pākistān ( ur, , , literally "Pakistan upper house"), is the upper legislative chamber of the bicameral legislature of Pakistan, and together with the National Assembly makes up the Parliament of Pakista ...

since 2009 and was a former 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 ...

. He was nominated as senate Chairman by opposition parties Rehbar committee.

Political career

Bizenjo started his political career after getting elected member of National Assembly of Pakistan in the

1990 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 24 October 1990 to elect the members of the National Assembly. The elections were primarily a contest between the People's Democratic Alliance (PDA, a four party alliance led by the ruling Pakistan Pe ...

on the seat of Pakistan National Party. He was re-elected as a member of National Assembly in

1997 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 3 February 1997 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections were a fierce contest between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by pre-election Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Mus ...

on the ticket of Balochistan National Party. He founded Balochistan National Democratic Party, which later in 2003 merged with

Baloch National Movement The Baloch National Movement is a Baloch nationalist political organization which was led by Ghulam Mohammed Baloch, who served as the organizations's president before his murder in April 2009. History In 1987, the educated Baloch youth created ...

and as the result of this merger National Party was founded. He was elected president of National Party in 2014. In 2009, he was elected as a member of the Senate of Pakistan for the first time. In 2015, he was re-elected as a member of the Senate. In March 2015, he was nominated by

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...

at the post of Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan. In 2016, he was appointed as the Minister for Ports and Shipping in the

. He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister

Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi language, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime ...

after being found guilty in

Panama Papers case The Panama Papers case (officially titled ''Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi v. Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif''), or the Panamagate case, was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Pakistan that disqualified incumbent Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz ...

decision. Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi. He was appointed as federal minister for Ports and Shipping which was later renamed as Ministry of Maritime Affairs in October 2017. Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Bizenjo ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs. On July 11, 2019, he was nominated as a candidate for Senate Chairmanship by Rehbar Committee.

Death

Bizenjo was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019. On 20 August 2020, he died in Karachi, at the age of 62. On 21 August 2020, he was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Naal,

Khuzdar Khuzdar ( Brahui/ bal, ; ur, , ), historically known as Qusdar ( ar, قصدار, quṣdār), is the capital city of Khuzdar District in the central part of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Khuzdar is the 2nd-largest city of Balochistan province ...

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Another Baloch leader died without seeing democratic Pakistan
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bizenjo, Mir Hasil 1958 births 2020 deaths Baloch nationalists Baloch people Deaths from lung cancer in Pakistan Government ministers of Pakistan National Party (Pakistan) politicians Pakistani MNAs 1990–1993 Pakistani MNAs 1997–1999 Pakistani senators (14th Parliament)