Yaqoob Bizanjo

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Yaqoob Bizenjo
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyNA-272 (Kech-cum-Gwadar)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani

Yaqoob Bizenjo is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. On May 30, 2009, his father Imam Bheel Bizenjo was placed by US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control on the list of major drug kingpins of the world responsible for almost 33 % of world's Heroin supply.

Political career[]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-272 (Kech-cum-Gwadar) as a candidate of Balochistan National Party Awami in 2008 Pakistani general election.[1][2][3][4] He received 61,655 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Zubaida Jalal Khan.[5]

In 2010, his Graduation degree was declared bogus.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Parcel bomb blast at BNP leader's residence". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  2. ^ "As Pakistan goes to polls: Take a peek at some major NA constituencies". DAWN.COM. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  3. ^ Wasim, Amir (19 February 2008). "Heavyweights knocked out". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b "MNA Yaqoob Bizenjo's degree declared fake". The Nation. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. ^ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
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