- Liaquat Ali Jatoi
Liaquat Ali Jatoi (Urdu: ﻟﻴﺎﻗﺖ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺟﺗﻮﺋﻰ ) (born on
January 5 ,1948 ) remained the Chief Minister of theGovernment of Sindh during 1997-1998.Jatoi belongs to District
Dadu in the province ofSindh ,Pakistan . He belongs to a landlord family of Sindh with large land holdings in DistrictDadu .Education
Jatoi acquired his high school education from
Cadet College Petaro , where he studied from 1961-1964 and completed his Matriculation. He completed his Masters in Political Science fromUniversity of Sindh in 1970.Political career
Liaquat Jatoi was first elected to the
National Assembly of Pakistan in 1977. However, this Assembly was dissolved by Gen.Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in a bloodless coup within a few weeks of the elections, which led to the execution ofZulfiqar Ali Bhutto . During Gen.Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ’s rule, Jatoi served as member of the Federal Council (Majlis-e-Shoora) in 1980-81.Jatoi later on participated in the elections of 1985, 1990 and 1997, when he was elected to the
Sindh Provincial Assembly as a Member. In 1990, he was chosen as the Provincial Minister for Finance, Excise and Taxation, Government of Sindh. This was the beginning of his alliance withPakistan Muslim League headed byNawaz Sharif .After the elections of 1997, Liaquat Ali Jatoi was chosen as the
Chief Minister of Sindh . He served in this position until the end of October 1998, when Governor’s Rule was imposed in Sindh due to the law and order situation.In 2002, Jatoi was elected to the
National Assembly of Pakistan and was inducted into the Federal Cabinet as a Minister. Initially he held the portfolio of Minister of Industries, and was later on made the Minister for Water and Power. During this period, Jatoi joined the pro-Pervez Musharraf Pakistan Muslim League (Q) . He remained a key ally of PresidentPervez Musharraf .With the growing unpopularity of the Musharraf regime in 2007, Liaquat Jatoi also became highly unpopular in his own province of Sindh. When
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in December 2007, the people of his ownDadu district burnt down Jatoi’s home.This unpopularity was reflected in the elections that were held at the beginning of 2008 when Liaquat Jatoi was defeated for the first time in elections at all levels.
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Chief Minister of Sindh
years=22 February ,1997 -30 October ,1998
before=Mumtaz Bhutto
after=Ali Mohammad Mahar
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