Aslam Raisani
{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=February 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Muhammad Aslam Khan Raisani
| nationality=Pakistani
| order=13th Chief Minister of Balochistan
| image=
| term_start=9 April 2008
| term_end= 14 January 2013
| predecessor=Jam Mohammad Yousaf
| successor= Governor's Rule under Zulfiqar Ali Khan Magsi
| office3 = Member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan
| term_start3 = 2024{{cite web | url=https://www.app.com.pk/national/jui-p-aslam-raisani-wins-pb-37-election/ | title=JUI-P' Aslam Raisani wins PB-37 election | date=9 February 2024 }}
| term_end3 =
| constituency3 = PB-37 Mastung
| term_start4 = 2018
| term_end4 = 2023
| constituency4 = PB-35 Mastung
| term_start6 = 2008
| term_end6 = 2013
| constituency6 = PB-38 Mastung
| term_start7 = 2002
| term_end7 = 2007
| constituency7 = PB-38 Mastung
| term_start9 = 1990
| term_end9 = 1993
| constituency9 = PB-27 Kalat
| term_start10 = 1988
| term_end10 = 1990
| constituency10 = PB-27 Kalat
| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1955|7|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place= Sarawan, Balochistan, Pakistan
| spouse=
| profession= Tumandar of Raisani Tribe, politician, chief of Sarawan
| party = JUI (F) (2021-present){{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1725241 | title=Nawab Aslam Raisani joins JUI-F | date=8 December 2022 }}
| otherparty = IND (2015-2021)
PPP (1999-2013)
IND (1993-1999)
NP (1988-1993)
}}
Muhammad Aslam Khan Raisani ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|نواب محمد اسلم خان رئیسانی}}}}) (born 5 July 1955 in Sarawan, Balochistan) is a four times elected member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan who served as the Chief Minister of Balochistan from 9 April 2008 until 14 January 2013.
Family
Raisani is the Nawab translated as king of the Raisani tribe of the Sarawan area,{{cite web|url=http://www.pabalochistan.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/26/384|title=Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Balochistan|work=pabalochistan.gov.pk}} succeeding, as eldest son, to the late Nawab Ghous Baksh Khan Raisani.
Business career
He maintains an interest in developing his own landed estates and is President of the Chamber of Agriculture in Balochistan. He also has an interest in preserving wildlife and is a lifetime member of the Wildlife Conservation Society. With assets worth 21 billion rupees, he is the richest parliamentarian of Balouchistan, and among the wealthiest of Pakistanis.{{Cite web |date=11 November 2020 |title=Raisani richest lawmaker in Balochistan with assets worth Rs21 billion |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2271922/raisani-richest-lawmaker-in-balochistan-with-assets-worth-rs21-billion?amp=1 |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=The Express Tribune}}
Political career
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Raisani began his political career with the Pakistani National Party. In 1989, he was first elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly until 1990, when the provincial assemblies and National Assembly of Pakistan were dissolved by then President of Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan.
When elections were held in 1990, Raisani was again elected to the Provincial Assembly, on the National Party ticket. In 1999, he joined the Pakistan Peoples Party and has remained a member since. In 1999, he was elected for the third time. In the general elections of 2008, he was elected for the fourth time, from the constituency of Mastung/Quetta (PB-38) and became the parliamentary leader in the assembly.
On 9 April 2008, Raisani was elected as the Chief Minister of Baluchistan, running unopposed. On 14 January 2013, upon the imposition of Governor's Rule following the January 2013 Pakistan bombings, Raisani was dismissed as Chief Minister by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, under Article 234 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
On Thursday 1 November 2012, media reports claimed that Raisani party's membership had been cancelled by the Peoples Party Kalat Division, for continually violating party policies.{{cite news |title=Aslam Raisani's party membership suspended |url=http://dawn.com/2012/11/01/aslam-raisanis-party-membership-suspended/ |date=1 November 2012 |newspaper=Dawn |access-date=23 May 2017}} However, he denied these reports, and said that his party membership had not been cancelled.{{cite web|url=http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172/1253691/|title=Capital punishment: preliminary hearing today|author=Business Recorder|work=Business Recorder}}
Controversy
In mid-2010, Raisani stated that he holds a master's degree in political science.Which claim has not been verified however When questioned by reporters investigating false claims of educational credentials in Pakistani politics, he stated, "A degree is a degree! Whether fake or genuine, it's a degree! It makes no difference!".{{cite news |title=Fake degree scandal roils Pakistani politics |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/958083 |date=30 June 2010 |newspaper=Dawn |agency=AP |access-date=23 May 2017}} Subsequently, in the same year, he rejected allegations of corruption against him by asserting that there was "nothing wrong" with corruption.http://gmcmissing.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/is-he-robert-mugabe/ Retrieved 19 October 2012{{registration required}}
Since September 2012, there has been an increasing outcry against Raisani, following his government's failure to maintain law and order in Baluchistan, resulting in the mass murder of the Shia Hazaras community there{{cite news |last=Husain |first=Fahd |title=Kill at will |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/03-Sep-2012/kill-at-will |date=3 September 2012 |newspaper=The Nation |access-date=23 May 2017}}
There have been numerous instances of people disappearing in Baluchistan and never returning. Many people have accused the government of doing nothing in missing-persons cases with a majority of cases being left unsolved, and people have accused federal agencies of Pakistan of being involved with the Government of Baluchistan in the abduction of suspected separatist militants.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1261121--balochistan-s-missing-persons-studied-by-un-working-group|title=Balochistan's missing persons studied by UN working group|date=23 September 2012|work=thestar.com}}{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/449434/missing-persons-is-now-an-international-issue-cj/|title=Missing persons is now an international issue: CJ|date=10 October 2012|work=The Express Tribune}}
In January 2013, the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama’at (former Sipah e Sahaba Pakistan) attacked the Hazara Shia Community in Quetta but Raisani's government did nothing to calm down the protestors.{{Cite news|date=11 January 2013|title=Pakistan blasts: Shia refuse to bury Quetta bomb dead|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-20989329|access-date=16 August 2021}}
In September 2014, the National Accountability Bureau of Pakistan started investigating charges of massive corruption against Raisani.Asim Yasin, The News Report, [http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-273100-NAB-approves-probe-against-Raisani-for-amassing-wealth-illegally NAB probe against massive corruption by Raisani] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140918062330/http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-273100-NAB-approves-probe-against-Raisani-for-amassing-wealth-illegally |date=18 September 2014 }} , 16 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014
References
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External links
- [http://www.pabalochistan.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/26/384 Government Profile]
{{Chief Minister of Balochistan}}
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Category:Balochistan MPAs 2008–2013
Category:Chief ministers of Balochistan, Pakistan
Category:Nawabs of Balochistan, Pakistan
Category:People from Mastung District