Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
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Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi was a Pakistan
i politician, and was the Acting Prime Minister of Pakistan
for 3 months, from August 6, 1990 to November 6, 1990. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi's ancestors were mureeds of the Pir's of Sarhandi.
. He was the eldest of four brothers, and his grandfather, Khan Bahadur Imam Bux Khan Jatoi, was a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly in 1923, 1927 and 1931. At the time there were only 4 members representing the entire present Province of Sindh.
His father Ghulam Rasool Jatoi was a member of the Sindh Legislative Assembly twice in 1946 and again 1952, after which one unit was imposed in West Pakistan.
Jatoi was educated at Karachi Grammar School
and passed his senior Cambridge. In 1952, he went to England
for his bar at law, but had to return home within one year due to his father's serious illness.
Mr Jatoi was an active leader in politics. He was one of the founding members Pakistan Peoples Party along with Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. He was one of Mr. Bhutto's closest confidants till Mr. Bhutto's execution in 1979. He remained associated with the PPP till 1986 when he formd his own Party with the emblem of Tractor, hence he is also one of the political leaders of Pakistan with their own Political Party.
in 1956. He has also serves as Chairman District Board of Nawabshah District in 1952, holding the distinction of being the youngest District Board Chairman on the sub-continent.
Jatoi along with Z.A. Bhutto and other politicians formed Pakistan People's Party in 1967.
He has been elected to the National Assembly
in 1962, 1965, 1970, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1997. He has also been elected to the Sindh Provincial Assembly in 1973 and 1977.
He held the Portfolios of Political Affairs, Ports and Shipping, Communications, Petroleum and Natural Resources, Information Technology, Railways & Telecommunications in the Federal Government headed by Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. In 1973, he was elected Chief Minister of Sindh
, and held this office till 1977. He has the distinction of being the longest serving Chief Minister of Sindh since the birth of Pakistan. After the imposition of Martial Law
, Jatoi remained associated with the Movement for Restoration of Democracy
(MRD). Twice he was arrested in 1983 and 1985.
Later, he founded the National Peoples Party
. A number of political heavyweights from all over the country were brought into the National People’s Party, launched under the chairmanship of Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi. Among them were Ghulam Mustafa Khar, Haneef Ramay, Hamid Raza Gilani
and Kamal Azfar. An attractive manifesto was prepared and the party was expected to gain prominence due to the declining popularity of the Peoples Party at the time.
The NPP and the PML, then headed by Muhammad Khan Junejo
, along with seven other political parties, contested the 1988 elections from the platform of the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad
. The PPP won the bout, though with a thin majority.
(IJI) formed in 1988. In 1989, he was elected to the National Assembly
in by-elections from Kot Addu
. Jatoi was subsequently elected leader of the combined opposition parties in the National Assembly in 1989.
Mr. Jatoi was appointed Prime Minister after the dismissal of the Benazir government on corruption and incompetence charges by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan
. In protest at the autocratic tendencies of the Nawaz Sharif
, the then Prime Minister, Mr. Jatoi joined hands with the opposition led by Benazir Bhutto
in launching a movement against the Sharif government, resulting in its dismissal in 1993.
The NPP contested the 1993 elections and later joined the Benazir Bhutto government as a coalition partner till the Governments dismissal in 1996 by the PPP President Farooq Leghari. In the 2002 general election, it was the dominant partner in a new group called the National Alliance which was chaired by him. The National Alliance
won 16 seats in the national Assembly, 16 seats in the Sindh Assembly and 3 Senate Seats.
his son Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi won election in NA-211 Naushahro Feroze
-I under the banner of the National Peoples Party, defeating the runner-up PPP candidate and holding the seat won in 2002 by Dr. Abdul Ghaffar Khan Jatoi under the National Alliance banner. His other son, Arif Mustafa Jatoi (Former Food and Agriculture Minister) won PS-19 and another son, Masroor Jatoi won PS-23, both Provincial Assembly Seats. The Youngest son is Senator Asif Mustafa Jatoi. This has set a record wherein four sons are simultaneously present in all three Legislative forums, i.e. Provincial Assembly, National Assembly and Senate.
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Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i politician, and was the Acting Prime Minister of Pakistan
Prime Minister of Pakistan
The Prime Minister of Pakistan , is the Head of Government of Pakistan who is designated to exercise as the country's Chief Executive. By the Constitution of Pakistan, Pakistan has the parliamentary democratic system of government...
for 3 months, from August 6, 1990 to November 6, 1990. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi's ancestors were mureeds of the Pir's of Sarhandi.
Early life
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi was born in New Jatoi, Naushehro Feroze District, SindhSindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
. He was the eldest of four brothers, and his grandfather, Khan Bahadur Imam Bux Khan Jatoi, was a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly in 1923, 1927 and 1931. At the time there were only 4 members representing the entire present Province of Sindh.
His father Ghulam Rasool Jatoi was a member of the Sindh Legislative Assembly twice in 1946 and again 1952, after which one unit was imposed in West Pakistan.
Jatoi was educated at Karachi Grammar School
Karachi Grammar School
Karachi Grammar School is an independent, highly selective, coeducational, English-medium school in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.Established in 1847 by the Reverend Henry Brereton, the first chaplain of Karachi, as a school for "English and Anglo-Indo children", it is the oldest private school in...
and passed his senior Cambridge. In 1952, he went to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
for his bar at law, but had to return home within one year due to his father's serious illness.
Mr Jatoi was an active leader in politics. He was one of the founding members Pakistan Peoples Party along with Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. He was one of Mr. Bhutto's closest confidants till Mr. Bhutto's execution in 1979. He remained associated with the PPP till 1986 when he formd his own Party with the emblem of Tractor, hence he is also one of the political leaders of Pakistan with their own Political Party.
Politics
Jatoi was elected to the first Provincial Assembly of West PakistanWest Pakistan
West Pakistan , common name West-Pakistan , in the period between its establishment on 22 November 1955 to disintegration on December 16, 1971. This period, during which, Pakistan was divided, ended when East-Pakistan was disintegrated and succeeded to become which is now what is known as Bangladesh...
in 1956. He has also serves as Chairman District Board of Nawabshah District in 1952, holding the distinction of being the youngest District Board Chairman on the sub-continent.
Jatoi along with Z.A. Bhutto and other politicians formed Pakistan People's Party in 1967.
He has been elected to the National Assembly
National Assembly
National Assembly is either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. The best known National Assembly, and the first legislature to be known by this title, was that established during the French Revolution in 1789, known as the Assemblée nationale...
in 1962, 1965, 1970, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1997. He has also been elected to the Sindh Provincial Assembly in 1973 and 1977.
He held the Portfolios of Political Affairs, Ports and Shipping, Communications, Petroleum and Natural Resources, Information Technology, Railways & Telecommunications in the Federal Government headed by Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. In 1973, he was elected Chief Minister of Sindh
Chief Minister of Sindh
The Chief Minister of Sindh is elected by the Provincial Assembly of Sindh to serve as the head of the provincial government in Sindh, Pakistan. The current Chief Minister is Qaim Ali Shah, who belongs to Pakistan Peoples Party...
, and held this office till 1977. He has the distinction of being the longest serving Chief Minister of Sindh since the birth of Pakistan. After the imposition of Martial Law
Martial law
Martial law is the imposition of military rule by military authorities over designated regions on an emergency basis— only temporary—when the civilian government or civilian authorities fail to function effectively , when there are extensive riots and protests, or when the disobedience of the law...
, Jatoi remained associated with the Movement for Restoration of Democracy
Movement for Restoration of Democracy
The Movement for the Restoration of Democracy was a major alliance formed by Secular-Socialist democratic political forces aiming to end the General Zia-ul-Haq's martial law and military dictatorship in the country. It was formed in February 1981. The alliance was aimed at restoring democracy and...
(MRD). Twice he was arrested in 1983 and 1985.
Later, he founded the National Peoples Party
National Peoples Party
The National Peoples Party is a political party in Pakistan most active in the province of Sindh and southern parts of Punjab. It was founded in 1986 by Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi after falling out with Benazir Bhutto and leaving her Pakistan Peoples Party.In the 2008 Pakistani general elections the...
. A number of political heavyweights from all over the country were brought into the National People’s Party, launched under the chairmanship of Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi. Among them were Ghulam Mustafa Khar, Haneef Ramay, Hamid Raza Gilani
Hamid Raza Gilani
Syed Hamid Raza Gilani, in keeping with his family's tradition, received his early education at Aitchison College, Lahore, Pakistan. Later he studied in England and was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn. He also studied at Oxford. Mr...
and Kamal Azfar. An attractive manifesto was prepared and the party was expected to gain prominence due to the declining popularity of the Peoples Party at the time.
The NPP and the PML, then headed by Muhammad Khan Junejo
Muhammad Khan Junejo
Muhammad Khan Junejo was the tenth Prime Minister of Pakistan.-Early life:He was born at Sindhri in Tharparkar of Sindh. He belongs to Sindhi Muslim Rajput family of Junejo clan. Junejo started his political career at the age of twenty one...
, along with seven other political parties, contested the 1988 elections from the platform of the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad or Islamic Democratic Alliance was formed in September 1988 to oppose the Pakistan Peoples Party in elections that year...
. The PPP won the bout, though with a thin majority.
Interim Prime Minister
He was the Founder President of Islami Jamhoori IttehadIslami Jamhoori Ittehad
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad or Islamic Democratic Alliance was formed in September 1988 to oppose the Pakistan Peoples Party in elections that year...
(IJI) formed in 1988. In 1989, he was elected to the National Assembly
National Assembly
National Assembly is either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. The best known National Assembly, and the first legislature to be known by this title, was that established during the French Revolution in 1789, known as the Assemblée nationale...
in by-elections from Kot Addu
Kot Addu
Kot Adu is a city and Tehsil of Muzaffargarh District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is subdivided into 28 Union Councils. It is located in the southern part of the Punjab province, and is a very historic city. It has a population of over 800 Thousand, making it the 150th largest...
. Jatoi was subsequently elected leader of the combined opposition parties in the National Assembly in 1989.
Mr. Jatoi was appointed Prime Minister after the dismissal of the Benazir government on corruption and incompetence charges by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Ghulam Ishaq Khan , abbreviated as GIK, was the seventh President of Pakistan from August 17, 1988 until July 18, 1993 and a career statesman from the start to the end of cold war...
. In protest at the autocratic tendencies of the Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif
Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif is a Pakistani conservative politician and steel magnate who served as 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from November 1990 to July 1993, and from February 1997 to October 12, 1999...
, the then Prime Minister, Mr. Jatoi joined hands with the opposition led by Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto was a democratic socialist who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996....
in launching a movement against the Sharif government, resulting in its dismissal in 1993.
The NPP contested the 1993 elections and later joined the Benazir Bhutto government as a coalition partner till the Governments dismissal in 1996 by the PPP President Farooq Leghari. In the 2002 general election, it was the dominant partner in a new group called the National Alliance which was chaired by him. The National Alliance
National Alliance (Pakistan)
The National Alliance was a coalition of Millat Party, Sindh Democratic Alliance, National Peoples Party, and Sindh National Front in Pakistan. It was headed by former Pakistani Prime Minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, who was also the head of his own National Peoples Party .At the 2002 legislative...
won 16 seats in the national Assembly, 16 seats in the Sindh Assembly and 3 Senate Seats.
Family
In the 2008 electionPakistani general election, 2008
A general election was held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008, after being postponed from 8 January 2008. The original date was intended to elect members of the National Assembly of Pakistan, the lower house of the Majlis-e-Shoora...
his son Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi won election in NA-211 Naushahro Feroze
Naushahro Feroze
Naushahro Feroze , is town in Naushahro Feroze District, Sindh, Pakistan. Naushahro Feroze is the capital of Naushahro Feroze District. The district is located at 26°50'0N 68°7'0E with an altitude of 38 metres ....
-I under the banner of the National Peoples Party, defeating the runner-up PPP candidate and holding the seat won in 2002 by Dr. Abdul Ghaffar Khan Jatoi under the National Alliance banner. His other son, Arif Mustafa Jatoi (Former Food and Agriculture Minister) won PS-19 and another son, Masroor Jatoi won PS-23, both Provincial Assembly Seats. The Youngest son is Senator Asif Mustafa Jatoi. This has set a record wherein four sons are simultaneously present in all three Legislative forums, i.e. Provincial Assembly, National Assembly and Senate.
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