Aslam Raisani

Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani
13th Chief Minister of Balochistan, Pakistan
In office 9 April 2008 – 14 January 2013
Preceded by	Jam Mohammad Yousaf
Succeeded by	Governor's Rule under Zulfikar Ali Magsi
Personal details
Born	5 July 1955 Sarawan, Balochistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Peoples Party
Profession	Tumandar of Raisani Tribe, politician, chief of Sarawan

Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani (Urdu: نواب محمد اسلم خان رئیسانی‎) (born 5 July 1955 in Sarawan, Balochistan) was four times elected a member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan and served as the Chief Minister of Balochistan from 9 April 2008 until 14 January 2013.

Raisani is the chief of the Raisani tribe of the Sarawan area, succeeding, as eldest son, to the late Nawab Ghous Baksh Khan Raisani.

He maintains an interest in developing his own landed estates and is President of the Chamber of Agriculture in Balochistan. He is working to introduce modern technology and agricultural methods to his own estates and those of his friends and allies. He also has an interest in preserving wildlife and is a lifetime member of the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Raisani began his political career with the Pakistani National Party. In 1989, he was first elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly until 1990, when the provincial assemblies and National Assembly of Pakistan were dissolved by then President of Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan.

When elections were held in 1990, Raisani was again elected to the Provincial Assembly, on the National Party ticket. In 1999, he joined the Pakistan Peoples Party and has remained a member since. In 1999, he was elected for the third time. In the general elections of 2008, he was elected for the fourth time, from the constituency of Mastung/Quetta (PB-38) and became the parliamentary leader in the assembly.

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