Mir Jan Mohammad Jamali elected Balochistan Assembly speaker unopposed
Earlier he elected to the office in June 2013 on PML-N's ticket
After Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo, Balochistan Awami Party leader Mir Jan Mohammad Jamali was also elected unopposed as the Speaker of Balochistan Assembly.
In this connection, the formal announcement was made during the provincial assembly session at 3pm.
In the past, Mir Abdul Quddoo as a speaker of Balochistan Assembly had lead a disgruntled group’s movement against former CM Jam Kamal, who resigned a day before the voting on a no-trust motion.
Later, Mir Abdul Qudoo Bizenjo resigned from the post of speaker and elected as the chief minister. As a result of the resignation of Bizenjo from the speaker slot, Jamali submitted his nomination papers for speaker.
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Balochistan Assembly secretary Tahir Shah said Governor Syed Zahoor Ahmed Agha had set the time for nominating candidates for the office of the speaker from 8:30am to 12pm. During that time five nomination papers were submitted for Jamali while no other candidate was nominated.
Shah said Jamali was elected as the speaker unopposed as per the assembly rules.
Jamali hails from a political family in Balochistan. He was born on May 23, 1955, in the Usta Mohammad area of the Jaffarabad district. His father Noor Mohammad Jamali was a tribal leader as well as a politician.
After completing his primary education in the area, he obtained a bachelor’s degree from Balochistan University and started his politics with the local body elections in 1983. In 1988, he became a member of the provincial assembly on the ticket of the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (Islamic Democratic Alliance).
In 1990, he yet again became a member of the Balochistan Assembly as an independent candidate and became a provincial minister in 1993.
Jamali won the 1997 elections on a PML-N ticket. He also served as the chief minister of Balochistan from June 15, 1998, to October 12, 1999.
He participated in the 2013 elections on PML-N’s ticket and was successful. From June 2013 to 2015, he was the speaker of the Balochistan Assembly. He also served twice as deputy chairman of the Senate.
