Maula Bakhsh Chandio | |
Office: | Senator |
Term Start: | March 2018 |
Term End: | March 2024 |
Office2: | Federal Minister for Law |
Term Start2: | 14 April 2011 |
Term End2: | 10 April 2012 |
Primeminister2: | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
Predecessor2: | Babar Awan |
Successor2: | Farooq H. Naek |
Order3: | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs of Pakistan |
Primeminister3: | Raja Pervaiz Ashraf |
Term Start3: | April 2012 |
Term End3: | 27 July 2012 |
Birth Date: | 1944 |
Birth Place: | Hyderabad, Sindh |
Spouse: | Nasreen moula baksh |
Children: | Umair Moula Baksh Mehran Moula Baksh hira kashif Rabab Moula Baksh |
Party: | Pakistan Peoples Party |
Party Position: | Information Secretary of PPPP |
Residence: | Qasimabad, Hyderabad |
Citizenship: | Pakistani |
Other Relatives: | Owais Pathan |
Maula Bakhsh Chandio (Urdu: مولا بخش چانڈیو, Sindhi: 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.[1]
He born on 16 April 1944 in Hyderabad and belongs to Chandio 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.[2]
He was selected as information adviser to CM Sindh.[3] [4]
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.[5]