Naseer Ahmad Khan Tareen | |
Birth Date: | 20 March 1936 |
Death Date: | 24 June 2020[1] |
Birth Place: | Balochistan, British India |
Death Place: | Balochistan, Pakistan |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Known For: | The Markhor hero of Balochistan |
Sardar Naseer Ahmad Khan Tareen The Markhor hero of Balochistan [1] (1936-2020) was a well-known Pashtun tribal chieftain, and a social activist and public philanthropist from Baluchistan, Pakistan.[2]
Naseer Khan was the head, or chief, of a section or clan of the Tareen (or Tarin) Pashtun tribe.[3]
Among the various well-known projects for public benefit founded and run by Tareen, are the BRSP (Balochistan Rural Support Programme)[4] and the TWCP Torghar Wildlife Conservation Project for wild life of Markhor.[5] In 2013 the BRSP was given a special award for dedicated public service in Baluchistan area, or province, of Pakistan.[6] The Torghar Project which was launched by Tareen in early 1980s, is deemed to be one of the most significant efforts at sustainable community-based environmental management in Pakistan.[7]