Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari | |
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Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab | |
In office 16 August 2018 –29 July 2022 | |
Speaker | Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi |
Preceded by | Sardar Sher Ali Gorchani |
Succeeded by | Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi |
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab | |
In office 15 August 2018 –14 January 2023 | |
Constituency | PP-297 Rajanpur-V |
Minister of State for Communications | |
In office 22 June 2012 –16 March 2013 | |
President | Asif Ali Zardari |
Prime Minister | Raja Pervaiz Ashraf |
Parliamentary Secretary for Water and Power | |
In office 2008–2012 | |
President | Asif Ali Zardari |
Prime Minister | Yusuf Raza Gillani |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 2008–2013 | |
Constituency | NA-175 (Rajanpur-II) |
Personal details | |
Born | Karachi,Sindh,Pakistan | August 15,1980
Political party | AP (2025-present) |
Other political affiliations | PMLN (2022-2025) PTI (2018-2022) PMLN (2013-2018) PPP (2008-2013) |
Relations | Balakh Sher Mazari (grandfather) Sardar Riaz Mehmood Khan Mazari (uncle) |
Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari (born 15 August 1970 [1] ) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab,from August 2018 to July 2022 before being removed via a motion of no confidence. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously,he was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. In 2024 Pakistani general election,he was defeated from Rajanpur by a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf backed Independent Candidate.
He was born on 15 August 1980 in Karachi into a Baloch family of the Mazari tribe to Major (R) Tariq Mehmood Mazari,while his grandfather Balakh Sher Mazari was also a politician,having served as the caretaker prime minister in 1993. [2]
He graduated from the University of Karachi in 2002. [2]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-175 (Rajanpur-II) as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 2008 Pakistani general election. [3] [4] [5] [6] He received 78,427 votes and defeated Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dreshak. [7]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-175 (Rajanpur-II) as an independent candidate in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 73,885 votes and lost the seat to Hafeez Ur Rehman. [8]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Constituency PP-297 (Rajanpur-V) in 2018 Pakistani general election. [9] Following his successful election,PTI named him for the office of Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Assembly. [10] On 16 August 2018,he was elected as Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Assembly. He received 187 votes against his opponent Malik Muhammad Waris Kallu who secured 159 votes. [11]
On 6 April 2022,a no confidence motion was filed against him by his own party due to circumstances arising from the 2022 constitutional crisis in Punjab,Pakistan. [12] The motion was tabled on 29 July 2022,which led to Mazari's removal by 186 votes. [13]
On 22 May 2023,he made his announcement to join the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)) after meeting with the Chief Organiser of the PML(N),Maryam Nawaz,and the Vice President of the PML(N),Pervaiz Rashid. [14] [15] [16]