Taj Jamali passes away

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QUETTA, April 2 A former chief minister of Balochistan and PPP`s sitting MNA Mir Taj Mohammad Khan Jamali died here on Thursday after a protracted illness. He was 64.

He left behind his wife, three sons and two daughters. The body would be brought to his native village Rojhan Jamali from Karachi on Friday to be buried after Friday prayers.Mr Jamali belonged to a prominent political family.

His father Mir Jaffar Khan was a leader of the Pakistan Movement. He was a cousin of former Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali and maternal uncle of Mir Jan Mohammad Khan Jamali, Deputy Chairman of Senate.

Born in 1944, he completed his education at the Atchison and the Government College in Lahore. He started his political career with Council Muslim League and contested the National Assembly election against Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri in 1970 from Balochistan, but was defeated.

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