Zulfiqar Ali Khan Magsi

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Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi (Urdu: نواب ذوالفقار علی مگسی ; born 14 February 1954) was the 19th Governor of Balochistan since 28 February 2008 to 9 June 2013 as well as the Chief Executive of Balochistan since 14 January 2013. Magsi also served as Chief Minister of Balochistan in the Benazir Bhutto government of 1993–1996. He is the current Nawab and Tumandar of the Magsi Tribe. Nawab was appointed as the chief executive of Balochistan on 13 January 2013 after the sacking of Aslam Raisani's unpopular government and imposition of Governor's Rule. It was the main after effect of the January 2013 Pakistan bombings. Nawab Magsi did his schooling from Aitchison College, Lahore. He first came to politics in 1977, when he won as an independent candidate seat from his native constituency in the provincial assembly. However, his family was involved in Balochistan politics before Pakistani independence. He served in many provincial ministries and also worked in the Home Ministry in the 1990s. In 1993...

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