Hasil Bizenjo Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Senator
Birth Name:Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo
Office1:President of National Party (Pakistan)
Term Start1:10 November 2014
Term End1:20 August 2020
Office2:Minister for Maritime Affairs
Term Start2:4 August 2017
Term End2:31 May 2018
President2:Mamnoon Hussain
Primeminister2:Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Predecessor2:Himself
Successor2:Ali Haider Zaidi
Term Start3:21 May 2016
Term End3:28 July 2017
Primeminister3:Nawaz Sharif
President3:Mamnoon Hussain
Predecessor3:Kamran Michael
Successor3:Himself
Office4:Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Term Start4:12 March 2009
Term End4:20 August 2020
Birth Date:3 February 1958
Death Place:Karachi, Pakistan
Party:National Party of Pakistan

Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo (3 February 1958 – 20 August 2020; Urdu: میر حاصل خان بزنجو) was a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for Maritime Affairs, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. He previously served as Minister for Maritime Affairs in the third Sharif ministry. The President of the National Party of Pakistan,[1] Bizenjo had been an elected member of the Senate of Pakistan since 2009 and was a former member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. He was nominated as senate Chairman by opposition parties Rehbar committee.[2]

Political career

Bizenjo started his political career after getting elected member of National Assembly of Pakistan in the 1990 Pakistani general election[3] on the seat of Pakistan National Party.

He was re-elected as a member of National Assembly in 1997 Pakistani general election on the ticket of Balochistan National Party.[4] [5]

He founded Balochistan National Democratic Party, which later in 2003 merged with Baloch National Movement and as the result of this merger National Party was founded. He was elected president of National Party in 2014.[6] [7]

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) at the post of Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan.[8]

In 2016, he was appointed as the Minister for Ports and Shipping in the third Sharif ministry.[9] He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after being found guilty in Panama Papers case decision.[10]

Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi.[11] [12] He was appointed as federal minister for Ports and Shipping[13] [14] which was later renamed as Ministry of Maritime Affairs in October 2017.[15]

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.[16]

Death

Bizenjo was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019.[17] On 20 August 2020, he died in Karachi, at the age of 62.[18] On 21 August 2020, he was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Naal, Khuzdar.[19]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Bizenjo, Sheikh Aftab sworn in as ministers – The Express Tribune. 11 October 2016. The Express Tribune. 21 May 2016. Tribune1. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161010213151/http://tribune.com.pk/story/1107267/bizenjo-sheikh-aftab-sworn-ministers/. 10 October 2016.
  2. Web site: Rahbar Committee unanimously names Hasil Bizenjo for post of Senate chairman.
  3. News: Six Pakistani PMs, two presidents won the rigged 1990 polls. 9 November 2016. www.thenews.com.pk. 9 November 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170824005805/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/395157-six-pakistani-pms-two-presidents-won-the-rigged-1990-polls. 24 August 2017.
  4. News: Nominee for top post: Hasil Bizenjo – PML-N ally and troubleshooter – The Express Tribune. 11 October 2016. The Express Tribune. 8 March 2015. Tribune. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161011223516/http://tribune.com.pk/story/849768/nominee-for-top-post-hasil-bizenjo-pml-n-ally-and-troubleshooter/. 11 October 2016.
  5. News: Profile of Hasil Bizenjo. 8 November 2016. www.pid.gov.pk. Press Information Department. May 20, 2016. pid. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161108200527/http://www.pid.gov.pk/?p=20334. 8 November 2016.
  6. News: Shahid. Saleem. Hasil Bizenjo elected NP president. 8 November 2016. DAWN.COM. 12 November 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161108195330/http://www.dawn.com/news/1143938. 8 November 2016.
  7. News: Ayub. Imran. Analysis: NP still on political path. 9 November 2016. DAWN.COM. 15 November 2014. dawn/15nov2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161110043615/http://www.dawn.com/news/1144659. 10 November 2016.
  8. News: PML-N recommends Hasil Bizenjo for Senate Chairman. 8 November 2016. www.geo.tv. 7 March 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161108195733/https://www.geo.tv/latest/1441-pml-n-recommends-hasil-bizenjo-for-senate-chairman. 8 November 2016.
  9. News: Raza. Syed Irfan. Two more ministers join federal cabinet. 8 November 2016. DAWN.COM. 21 May 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161108195256/http://www.dawn.com/news/1259731. 8 November 2016.
  10. News: PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved. 28 July 2017. Daily Pakistan Global. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170728114411/https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/. 28 July 2017.
  11. News: A 43-member new cabinet sworn in. 4 August 2017. Associated Press Of Pakistan. 4 August 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174456/https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/. 4 August 2017.
  12. News: PM Khaqan Abbasi's 43-member cabinet takes oath today. 4 August 2017. Pakistan Today. 4 August 2017.
  13. News: Raza. Syed Irfan. PM Abbasi's bloated cabinet sworn in. 5 August 2017. DAWN.COM. 5 August 2017. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170805040859/https://www.dawn.com/news/1349710/pm-abbasis-bloated-cabinet-sworn-in. 5 August 2017.
  14. News: Bloated cabinet: Influential ministers with powerless underlings – The Express Tribune. 26 September 2017. The Express Tribune. 25 September 2017.
  15. News: Ports,Shipping renamed as Ministry of Maritime Affairs – PakObserver. 15 October 2017. PakObserver. 11 October 2017.
  16. Web site: Notification . Cabinet division . 1 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180601180526/http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf . 1 June 2018.
  17. Web site: Senator Hasil Bizenjo passes away at 62 . 20 August 2020.
  18. Web site: National Party chief Mir Hasil Bizenjo passes away in Karachi . 20 August 2020.
  19. News: Hasil Bizenjo laid to rest in Naal . Dawn . 22 August 2020.