Zahoor Hussain Khoso Explained

Mir Zahoor Hussain Khan Khoso
Office:Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly
Term Start:31 May 1990
Term End:17 November 1990
Office2:Member of National Assembly of Pakistan
Constituency2:PP26
Term Start2:?
Term End2:?
Death Place:Karachi, Pakistan
Party:Balochistan National Party

Mir Zahoor Hussain Khan Khoso (Urdu: ظہور حسین کھوسو; died 23 April 2023) was a Pakistani politician who was the speaker of the Balochistan Assembly[1] from 31 May 1990 to 17 November 1990, as well as being leader of the Rind tribe.[2] He also served as an MPA in Balochistan for PP26. He was affiliated with the Balochistan National Party, and a political rival of the former Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali.[3]

In 2005, Zahoor helped negotiate a political truce between his Rind tribe and the Jamalis tribe in Jaffarabad district, having shook hands for the first time in four decades and deciding to "cooperate for the betterment of the people of the area".[1]

In 2008, Khoso contested the general election as an independent candidate and was elected MPA from Dera Allah Yar. Later, he joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.

Zahoor was a major supporter of the NCHD projects in Balochistan in 2009, and called on the federal government to continue the projects launched by the National Commission for Human Development in Balochistan and release funds for them.[4]

In 2010, Zahoor was disqualified as an MPA of Balochistan assembly from PB-26 Jaffarabad-II for falsifying his academic degree; the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the election commission to take strict action against him.[5] [6] [7] In August 2012, he was sentenced to two years in prison and fined Rs.5,000 for possessing a fake degree by the District and Sessions Court.[8]

Personal life and death

Zahoor was the elder brother of Mir Manzoor Ahmad Khan Khosa, a well-known tribal figure, and the uncle of former provincial ministers Mir Izhar Khan Khosa and Mir Salim Khan Khosa.[9]

Zahoor died on 23 April 2023 after suffering from lung cancer.[2] He had been receiving treatment at a hospital in Karachi. He had undergone throat surgery at Aga Khan Hospital, Karachi, but his health had deteriorated in days prior to his death.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Amanullah Kasi. Jamalis, Khosos end political rivalry. Dawn. 5 September 2005.
  2. Web site: Samaa Web Desk . 23 April 2023 . Former Balochistan PA Speaker Mir Zahoor passes away . 23 April 2023 . Samaa . en.
  3. Web site: Web Desk . 23 April 2023 . Former Speaker Balochistan Assembly Mir Zahoor Hussain Khoso Passes Away . Bol News.
  4. Web site: Kasi . Amanullah . 29 January 2009 . Balochistan assembly backs NCHD projects . 23 April 2023 . DAWN.COM . en.
  5. News: Another MPA disqualified for fake degree . The Express Tribune . 30 July 2010 . en.
  6. News: Apex court disqualifies Balochistan MPA Zahoor Khosa . Dunya News . 30 July 2010 . en.
  7. News: Fake degree menace: two MPAs from Punjab, Balochistan lose seats . Business Recorder . 31 July 2010 . en.
  8. News: Shahid . Saleem . Ex-speaker sentenced in fake degree case . DAWN . 10 August 2012 . en.
  9. Web site: 23 April 2023 . Former Balochistan Assembly speaker Mir Zahoor Hussain Khoso passes away . 23 April 2023 . Daily Pakistan Global . en.