Mehran Marri ( ur, ) is the sixth son of Pakistani politician

Khair Bakhsh Marri Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri (28 February 1928 – 10 June 2014), bal, نواب خیر بخش مری) was Pakistani politician from the province of Balochistan in Pakistan. Early life and career Khair Bakhsh Marri had received his early ed ...

and the current leader of

United Baloch Army United Baloch Army (UBA; ) was a militant group, fighting for the separation of Balochistan. The group has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the Pakistani government. The government of Pakistan banned the group on 15 March 2013. The g ...

(UBA) which is designated as terrorist organisation by

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. The group is also classified as terrorist organisation by Switzerland. On 16 November 2017, Mehran Marri was arrested at

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by Swiss immigration authorities. Shortly after his arrest, Mehran Marri was placed under lifetime ban on entry to Switzerland. Swiss authorities issued a chargesheet in which they stated that Mehran Marri is the head of United Baloch Army (UBA). The chargesheet further stated that "if Marri was to enter Switzerland and work with

Brahamdagh Bugti Brahamdagh Khan Bugti or Brahumdagh Khan Bugti ( ur, براہمدغ خان بگٹی) is the founder and leader of the Political Organisation Baloch Republican Party, a Baloch nationalist group which broke away from his uncle Talal Akbar Bugti's ...

to coordinate terrorist operations, it could jeopardize the internal security of Switzerland". However, after some time, Marri was released and deported by the Swiss authorities from Switzerland. Marri currently resides in

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. Marri's brother

Balach Marri Balach Marri ( ur, مير بالاچ مری) was the leader of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a terrorist organisation fighting to separate the Balochistan province from Pakistan. The BLA Listed as a Terrorist organization by Pakistan, UK ...

was the head of

Baloch liberation army The Balochistan Liberation Army ( bal, بلۏچستان آجوییء لشکر; abbreviated BLA), also known as the Baloch Liberation Army, is a Baloch ethnonationalist militant organization based in Afghanistan. The BLA's first recorded activi ...

(BLA), a global terrorist organisation, until his death in a

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airstrike in

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. After Balach Marri's death,

Hyrbyair Marri Hyrbyair Marri ( bal, ) (born 1968) is a Pakistani activist from the province of Balochistan. He is the fifth son of the Baloch nationalist leader Khair Bakhsh Marri. As of 2017, he resides in London, England. Early life Hyrbyair was born in ...

took control of the Baloch liberation army. Mehran Marri was born in

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, Afghanistan, where his father spent time in exile. He along with his brother Hyrbyair live in

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, while their brother Changez is chief of the

Marri tribe The Marri are a Balochi-speaking tribe of the Baloch people, who inhabit a large arid region in northeastern Balochistan, Pakistan. The Marri area is bounded to the west by the plains of Sibi. To the north are the Kakar and Loni tribes of the Pash ...

and a politician in Pakistan.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marri, Mehran Baloch people 1973 births Living people Baloch nationalists Pakistani emigrants to the United Kingdom Marri family

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