Jam Khan Shoro is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously he was member of the Sindh Assembly from May 2013 to May 2018.

Jam Khan Shoro
Jam Khan Shoro
Provincial Minister of Sindh for Irrigation
Assumed office
12 March 2024
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
Assumed office
24 February 2024
ConstituencyPS-62 Hyderabad-I
In office
13 August 2018 – 11 August 2023
ConstituencyPS-62 Hyderabad-I
In office
29 May 2013 – 28 May 2018
ConstituencyPS-47 (Hyderabad-III)
Personal details
Born (1982-03-05) 5 March 1982 (age 42)
Hyderabad, Pakistan
Political partyPakistan Peoples Party
RelationsKashif Shoro (brother)

Early life and education

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He was born on 5 March 1982 in Hyderabad, Pakistan.[1]

He has a degree of Bachelor of Laws and a degree of Bachelor of Commerce.[1]

In 2008, he was co-accused of physically torturing a policeman.[2]

Political career

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He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PS-47 (Hyderabad-III) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[3] [4][5][6] In June 2013, he was inducted into Sindh's provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and was made Provincial Minister of Sindh for livestock and fisheries.[5] In November 2015, Provincial Minister of Sindh for local government.[7]

In July 2016, he was into Sindh's provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and was made Provincial Minister of Sindh for local government.[8]

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-62 (Hyderabad-I) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[9]

In October 2018, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) issued arrest warrants for Khan for illegally allotting 19 plots of the Karachi Development Authority worth Rs1 billion.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Sindh". www.pas.gov.pk. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ^ "HYDERABAD: Tortured policeman gets peanuts as compensation". DAWN.COM. 3 April 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. ^ "List of winners of Sindh Assembly seats". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  4. ^ Newspaper, the (14 May 2013). "Sindh Assembly seats". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  5. ^ a b Ghori, Habib Khan (11 July 2013). "Nine more ministers join Sindh cabinet". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. ^ "2013 Sindh Assembly election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  7. ^ Ghori, Habib Khan (28 November 2015). "Second reshuffle in Sindh cabinet this month". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Nine Sindh ministers sworn in". DAWN.COM. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies". Samaa TV. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  10. ^ "NAB issues arrest warrants for ex-minister Jam Khan Shoro for alleged corruption". DAWN.COM. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.