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Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (Urdu, Balochi: میر ہزار خان کھوسو) is the 18th and current caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, appointed on 24 March 2013. A jurist, Khoso is a retired Judge who previously served as the Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court and is currently serving as the interim Prime Minister ahead of the general elections scheduled in May this year.[1][
Early Life
Khoso was born on September 30, 1929 in a far-flung village of Goth Azam Khan in the Jaffarabad District of the western Balochistan, Pakistan. He graduated from the University of Sindh in 1954 and after two years secured a bachelor’s degree in law from Karachi University.[3]
Judicial Career
Khoso, who is known for his simplicity, began his professional career in 1957 as a lawyer of then West Pakistan Karachi Bench and then became a Supreme Court lawyer in 1980. He was chosen to become a judge at Balochistan High Court in 1977 and served that position for next two years. He was reappointed as an additional judge in March 1985 and he was confirmed as a permanent judge of the provincial high court in 1987. The caretaker prime minister was elevated as the chief justice of Balochistan High Court in 1989. He was appointed as governor of Balochistan twice but for brief periods. Firstly he governed the province from June 25 until July 12 in 1990 and from March 13 1991 until July 13 in 1991.[3] After reaching superannuation and thus retirement from the judicial services Khoso was appointed as a judge of the Federal Shariat Court that rules according to Islamic injunction. After assuming his new responsibilities in 1991 the next year he was promoted as the chief justice of the Shariat Court and continued to be so until 1994. Because of his clean reputation, Khoso currently serves as the Balochistan Chairman of the Zakat Council, a position that demands both uprightness and responsibility.[3] Since long, Khoso has steered clear from politics, focusing mainly to his Zakat Council job.
Prime Minister of Pakistan
The Election Commission of Pakistan on 24 March 2013 appointed Justice (retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso as the Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan out of four nominees coming from both the opposition and the dissolved government.
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