Yar Muhammad Rind

{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Yar Muhammad Rind

| image =

| native_name = سردار یار محمد رند

| honorific-suffix =

| birth_date =

| birth_place =

| office = Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Activities pertaining to Ministries of Water Resources, Power and Petroleum in the Balochistan

| term_start = 20 March 2019

| term_end = 10 April 2022

| president = Arif Alvi

| primeminister = Imran Khan

| office1 = Provincial Minister of Balochistan for Secondary Education and Colleges, Technical and Higher Education

| term_start1 = 23 January 2020

| term_end1 = 12 August 2023

| governor1 = Amanullah Khan Yasinzai

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = Jam Kamal Khan

| office2 = President Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Balochistan Chapter (PTI)

| term_start2 = 2015

| term_end2 = 25 December 2021

| successor2 = Qasim Suri{{Cite news|date=25 December 2021|title=PM announces new PTI structure|work=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2335623/pm-announces-new-pti-structure|access-date=26 December 2021}}

| 1blankname2 = Chairman

| 1namedata2 = Imran Khan

| 2blankname2 = Vice Chairman

| 2namedata2 = Shah Mahmood Qureshi

| office3 = Leader of the Opposition in Provincial Assembly of Balochistan

| term_start3 = 2008

| term_end3 = 2013

| office4 = Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock

| term_start4 = 30 June 2004

| term_end4 = 25 August 2004

| president4 = Pervez Musharraf

| primeminister4 = Shujat Hussain

| term_start5 = 23 November 2002

| term_end5 = 26 June 2004

| president5 = Pervez Musharraf

| primeminister5 = Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali

| office6 = Member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan (MPA)

| term_start6 = 13 August 2018

| term end6 =

| constituency6 = PB-17 Kachhi-cum-Mastung

| term_start7 = 2008

| term_end7 = 2013

| constituency7 = PB-30 Bolan-I

| office8 = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (MNA)

| term_start8 = 2002

| term_end8 = 2007

| constituency8 = NA-267 Kachhi

| term_start9 = 1997

| term_end9 = 1999

| constituency9 = NA-201 Jhal Magsi-cum- Bolan (Kachhi)

| term_start10 = 1993

| term_end10 = 1996

| constituency10 = NA-201 Jhal

Magsi-cum- Bolan (Kachhi)

| term_start11 = 1990

| term_end11 = 1993

| constituency11 = NA-201 Kachhi

| office12 = Member of the Senate of Pakistan (Senator)

| term_start12 = March 1985

| term_end12 = March 1988

| constituency12 = General Seat Balochistan

| nationality = Pakistani

| party = AP (2025-present)

|otherparty = PPP (2021-2025)
PTI (2021-2018)
PML(Q) (2008-2012)
IND (2008-2013)

| term_end6 = 12 August 2023

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Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Balochistan from August 2018 to August 2023.{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1766861/1-elections-2018-unofficial-balochistan-assembly-results/|title=Unofficial Balochistan Assembly results|work=The Express Tribune|date=26 July 2018}}{{Cite web |date=2022-03-02 |title=SAPM Yar Muhammad Rind steps down over 'ignorance' |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2346050/sapm-yar-muhammad-rind-steps-down-over-ignorance |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}} He was the President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Balochistan Chapter{{Cite news|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/201988-sc-allows-pti-balochistan-president-yar-muhammad-rind-to-contest-election|title=SC allows PTI Balochistan president Yar Muhammad Rind to contest election|access-date=2018-08-08|language=en-US}} and Parliamentary Leader of PTI in Provincial Assembly of Balochistan.

Rind was the Parliamentary Leader of PTI in Provincial Assembly of Balochistan after 2018 Balochistan Provincial Elections.

He has served as the Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Activities pertaining to Ministries of Water Resources, Power and Petroleum in the Balochistan in the Federal Cabinet of Pakistan, appointed on 20 March 2019.{{Cite web |date=2008-02-14 |title=Yar Muhammad Rind appointed as Special Assistant to PM |url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/483750-Yar-Muhammad-Rind-appointed-as-Special-Assistant-to-PM/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Dunya News |language=en}}

He is also serving as the Provincial Minister for Secondary Education & Colleges, Technical & Higher Education in the Provincial Cabinet of Balochistan since 23 January 2020.

Rind was the President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf for Balochistan in 2015 until he was no longer in the positiin.

He has served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan from 2008 till 2013.

He served as a Federal Minister from 2002 to 2007 during the government of Pakistan Muslim League (Q).

He has been elected as a Senator, MNA and MPA various times since 1985 till date.