Muhammad Ayub Khuhro () (14 August 1901 – 1980) was a Pakistani politician who served as the

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...

Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...

for three terms, and as the

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in the Feroz Khan Noon Ministry. In 1946, Khuhro was elected by the Sindh Provincial Assembly to be among the three members to represent the province in the

Constituent Assembly of India Constituent Assembly of India was partly elected and partly nominated body to frame the Constitution of India. It was elected by the Provincial assemblies of British India following the Provincial Assembly elections held in 1946 and nominated ...

but he abdicated attendance until the

Mountbatten Plan The partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India is today the Republic of India, and the Dominion of Pakistan is the Islami ...

sanctioned the creation of Pakistan and its own constituent assembly.

Hamida Khuhro Hamida Khuhro (13 August 1936 – 12 February 2017) was a Pakistani politician and historian who twice served as Sindh's Minister for Education and also served as a professor of history at the University of Sindh. Early life and education Ham ...

, an academic, is his daughter and has written his biography.

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