Jaffar Khan Mandokhail Governor of Balochistan
Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail is the current governor of Balochistan province of Pakistan. He assumed office on May 6, 2024. Asif Ali Zardari appointed him as a governor of Balochistan on the advice of Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif prime minister of Pakistan. He is the 24th governor of the province. Chief Justice Balochistan High Court Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar administered oath to Sheikh Jafar Khan Mandukhel as Governor on 6 May 2024. Politically he belongs from Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN). He is considered among the senior and politicians of Balochistan. He has been member of Balochistan Assembly for six times. He became a member of the Balochistan Assembly for the first time in the general election of 1990. After that, he was continuously elected member of Balochistan Assembly from Zhob in next five elections i.e. 1993, 1997, 2002, 2008 and 2013. He has also been the provincial minister of Balochistan several times.
Current Governor of Balochistan
Jaffar Mandokhail Governor Balochistan Pakistan 2024
Sheikh Jafar Khan Mandu Khel was born on 26 December 1956 in a political family in Zhob district of Balochistan. He graduated from St. Francis Grammar School and obtained his masters degree from University of Balochistan Quetta. Jafar Mandukhel started his politics from the platform of Muslim Students Organization, a student body of Pakistan Muslim League.He contested the general election for the first time in 1988 but he could not win.
List of Former Governor of Balochistan