Honorific Prefix: | Doctor |
Abdul Hai Baloch | |
Native Name: | عبدالحئی بلوچ |
Native Name Lang: | ur |
Office: | Member of National Assembly of Pakistan |
Term Start: | 14 April 1972 |
Term End: | 10 January 1977 |
Constituency: | NW-137 (Kalat-I)[1] |
Birth Date: | 1946 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Village Bhag Nari, Bolan District, Balochistan, British Raj |
Occupation: | Doctor, politician |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Education: | MBBS |
Alma Mater: | Dow Medical College |
Party: | National Democratic Party (2018–2022) |
Otherparty: | National Party Pakistan (2003–2018) Balochistan National Movement (1988–2003) |
Awards: | Jalib Peace Award 2016 by Arts Council of Pakistan |
Abdul Hai Baloch (Urdu: عبدالحئی بلوچ), also known as Abdul Hayee Baloch (1 February 1946 – 25 February 2022), was a Pakistani social and political activist from Balochistan.
Baloch was born on 1 February 1946 in the Chhalgari District Bolan in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. He received an MBBS from Dow Medical college.
He was elected as the member of National Assembly of Pakistan in 1970s.[1] [2] [3] Baloch was the prominent and one of the founding leaders of Balochistan National Movement[4] and later became the president of the National Party.[5] [6] He later formed his own political party known as National Democratic Party (NDP) in 2018.[7]
Baloch received the Jalib Peace Award 2016 given by the Arts Council of Pakistan.[8]
He died in a traffic collision on 25 February 2022, at the age of 76.[9]