Jam Kamal Khan

MNA
Jam Kamal Khan
Minister of State for Petroleum
Assumed office
4 August 2017
President Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Resources
In office
7 June 2013 – 28 July 2017
President Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Personal details
Born ( 1972 -01-01) January 1, 1972 [1]
Nationality Pakistani
Political party Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Jam Kamal Khan (Urdu: جام كمال خان‎; born 1 January 1972) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Minister of State for Petroleum, in office since August 2017. Previously he served as Minister of State For Petroleum & Natural Resources in third Sharif ministry from 2013 to 2017.

Early life

He was born on 1 January 1972.[1]

Personal life

He is the current and 13th Jam of Lasbela and the elder son of former Chief Minister of Balochistan, Jam Mohammad Yousaf. He belongs to the royal Jam family of Lasbela.[2]

Political career

Khan started his political career by becoming the chairman of town committee hub, Lasbela in 1998.

He was also twice the District Nazim of the Lasbela District.[3]

He was elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time in Pakistani general election, 2013 from Constituency NA-270[4] and as the member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan from Constituency PB 44 as an Independent Candidate. He retained his National Assembly seat.

In June 2013, he was appointed as the Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Resources in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.[5] He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after Panama Papers case decision.[6]

Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi.[7][8] He was appointed as the Minister of State for Petroleum, a division under then newly created Ministry of Energy.[9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Detail Information". 19 April 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "37th Jam of Lasbela Coronation". The Express Tribune. 16 Feb 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Nazim Lasbela District". The News. 16 Nov 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Election Results - 2013". Geo TV. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Sworn in as Minter of State". The Nation. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved". Daily Pakistan Global. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "A 43-member new cabinet sworn in". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "PM Khaqan Abbasi’s 43-member cabinet takes oath today". Pakistan Today. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Portfolios of Federal Ministers, Ministers of State announced". Radio Pakistan. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Portfolios of federal, state ministers". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
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