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Jam Kamal Khan (; born 1 January 1970) ( Sindhi: ڄام ڪمال خان علياڻي) is a
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who is currently serving as Federal Minister of Commerce since 11 March 2024. He also served as the 16th
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, between August 2018 and October 2021. He had been a member of the
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from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously, he was a member of the
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from June 2013 to May 2018 and served as Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Resources in the cabinet of Prime Minister
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from 2013 to 2017 and again from August 2017 to March 2018 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.


Personal life and education

He was born on 1 January 1970 to Jam Mohammad Yousaf. He belongs to the Sindhi Alyani family of the Korejo Jamotes. One of his ancestors, Jam Arradin Korejo, migrated from Sindh and settled in Kanrach during the reign of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (1569–1627). Later one of the descendants of Jam Arradin, Jam Rabdino was known for his bravery and generosity. At that time Lasbela was under the rule of Burfats Finally Jam came over and they ruled over Lasbela for over two centuries and produced nine able rulers namely Jam Aali Korejo I, Jam Ghulam Shah Korejo, Jam Mir Khan Korejo I, Jam Aali Khan II, Jam Mir Khan II, Jam Mir Khan III, Jam Kamal Khan I, Jam Ghulam Muhammad Khan I and Jam Ghulam Qadir Khan I. Jam Kamal holds a degree in marketing from Greenwich University, Karachi. He is the current and 13th Jam of Lasbela. He belongs to the royal Jam family of Lasbela.


Marriage

Jam Kamal Khan is married to an Urdu-speaking woman from Karachi.


Political career

He twice served the District Nazim of the
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in 2001 and 2005 before he was elected to the
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as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-270 (Awaran-cum-Lasbela) in the
2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the List of members of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly and the four Subdivisions of Pakistan, Pr ...
. He received 56,658 votes and defeated Ghulam Akbar Lasi, a candidate of the
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(PPP). In the same election, he ran for the seat of the
Provincial Assembly of Balochistan The Provincial Assembly of Balochistan is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan, and is located in Quetta, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 o ...
from Constituency PB-45 (Lasbela-II) as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 20,169 votes and lost the seat to Mohammad Saleh Bhutani. In June 2013, he was appointed as the Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Resources in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms, first serving from 1990 to 1993, then ...
after the Panama Papers case decision. Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi. He was appointed as the Minister of State for Petroleum, a division under the then newly-created Ministry of Energy. In April 2018, he resigned from the post of Minister of State for Petroleum. In April 2018, he quit PML-N and helped in creating the
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(BAP). In May 2018, he was elected as the first president of the BAP. He resigned on 1 October 2021 as president of Balochistan Awami Party but later withdrew his decision.


Chief Minister

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of BAP from Constituency PB-50 (Lasbela-II) in the
2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 July 2018 to elect the members of the 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...
. Following his successful election, BAP nominated him for the office of
Chief Minister of Balochistan The Chief Minister of Balochistan () is the head of government of the of Balochistan. The prime minister leads the legislative branch of the Government of Balochistan, and is elected by the Provincial Assembly. Given that he has the assembly' ...
. On 18 August 2018, he was elected Chief Minister of Balochistan. He received 39 votes against his opponent Mir Younus Aziz Zehri who received 20 votes. The same day, he was sworn in as the 16th chief minister of Balochistan. After assuming the office as the Chief Minister, Khan formed a 10-member cabinet. Of the 10-member cabinet sworn in on 27 August 2018, 9 were provincial ministers and 1 was an advisor. The second part of his cabinet, consisting of 2 provincial ministers was sworn in on 8 September 2018 increasing the size of the cabinet to 12. The same day, he appointed three advisors. On 14 September 2021, opposition parties presented a motion of no confidence against him to the Secretary of the Balochistan Assembly. On 20 October 2021, a motion of no confidence was presented against him in the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan. He resigned as Chief Minister of Balochistan on 24 October 2021.


References

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