Tara Chand | |
Nationality: | Baloch |
Order: | Provincial Minister of Balochistan |
Term Start: | February 22, 1997 |
Term End: | June 15, 1998 |
Predecessor: | Arjun Das Bugti |
Birth Place: | Balochistan |
Party: | Balochistan National Party |
Dr. Tara Chand is a former Provincial Minister of Balochistan.[1]
Affiliated to the Balochistan National Party, Chand won election to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan in 1997 from the solitary seat reserved for Hindus.[2] He defeated Arjun Das Bugti, who had won the seat in the last three elections. His brother Nanak Singh, a Sikh convert, had been a local politician too.[3]
In July 2000, Chand fled Pakistan; he cited incessant harassment from local law enforcement after refusing to join the party floated by Pervez Musharraf.