Mazari Tribe - Mir Balakh Sher Mazari

Mir Balakh Sher Mazari

Sardar Mir Balakh Sher Mazari is the Chieftain (Tumandar) and the Paramount Sardar of the Mazari tribe.As the Chief of Mazaris he holds the title of Mir and also goes by the styles of Tumandar and Sardar. Mir Balakh Sher Mazari is the twenty second Sardar and the seventh Mir of Mazaris. He has one surviving brother Sherbaz Khan Mazari who has played a prominent role in Pakistan politics.His grandson Mir Dost Mohammed mazari is a Pakistan peoples party parliamentarian MNA from Na 175 Rajanpur. He is also a parliamentary secretary for water and power.. He was born on 8 July 1928 to Mir Murad Buksh Khan Mazari, the twenty first Sardar and the Sixth Mir of Mazaris. He ascended to the Mazari Chieftaincy in 1933 after the death of his father who only ruled for 9 months. Mir Murad Buksh Khan Mazari had earlier succeeded his elder brother Mir Dost Muhammad Khan Mazari as the Chief. They were the sons of Mir Sher Muhammad Khan Mazari, the Nineteenth Sardar and Fourth Mir of Mazaris. Mir Balakh Sher Mazari, after the completion of his education from Aitchison College in 1945 went on to live in Rojhan-Mazari, from where he joined active politics in 1951. He has been elected Member of the Legislative Assembly, Member of the National Assembly and Member of the Provincial Assembly on many occasions. He was caretaker prime minister of Pakistan after Nawaz Sharif government was overthrown by Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Balakh Sher Mazari's tenure as Caretaker prime minister ended on May 26, 1993, when the Supreme Court revoked the Presidential Order and reinstated Nawaz Sharif as the Prime Minister.