Mir Shabbir Ali Bijarani (; Sindhi: مير شبير علي بجاراڻي؛; born 20 April 1973) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from June 2013 to May 2018. He was also the Provincial Minister of Sindh for Mines and Mineral Development, in office from August 2018 till August 2023. He had been a member of the

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from August 2018 till August 2023.

Early life and education

He was born on 20 April 1973 to Hazar Khan Bijarani in

Jacobabad Jacobabad, also known as Khanger, is a city in Sindh, Pakistan, serving as both the capital city of Jacobabad District and the administrative centre of Jacobabad Taluka, an administrative subdivision of the district. The city itself is subd ...

, Pakistan. He has done graduation.

Political career

He became district nazim of Jacobabad district after defeating Sardar Muqeem Khoso in the local bodies election in 2001. He served as nazim of Jacobabad until the district was bifurcated in December 2004. He ran for the seat of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly of Pakistan, also referred to as ''Aiwān-ē-Zairīñ'', is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate of Pakistan, Senate. As of 2023, the National Assem ...

as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-209 (Jacobabad-cum-Kashmore) in the

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but was unsuccessful. He received 248 votes and lost the seat to Hazar Khan Bijarani. He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of

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(PPP) from Constituency NA-209 (Jacobabad-cum-Kashmore) 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 54,881 votes and defeated Mir Hassan Khoso, a candidate of

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(PML-F). He was elected to the

as a candidate of PPP from

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in the

2018 Sindh provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Sindh to elect the members of the 13th Provincial Assembly of Sindh on 25 July 2018, alongside nationwide 2018 Pakistani general election, general elections and three other provincial e ...

. On 19 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Sindh cabinet of Chief Minister

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and was made Provincial Minister of Sindh for Mines & Mineral Development. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from

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as a candidate of PPP in the

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. He received 124,979 votes and defeated

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, a candidate of

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (, abbreviated as JUI, translated as Assembly of Islamic Clergy) is a Deobandi Sunni Muslim organization that was founded on 26 October 1945 by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani as a pro-Pakistan offshoot of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH ...

(F) (JUI(F)).

References

Living people Pakistan People's Party MPAs (Sindh) Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 Politicians from Sindh 1973 births Pakistan People's Party MNAs {{Sindh-MPA-stub