Mir Hazar Khan Khoso | |
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میر ہزار خان کھوسو | |
Prime Minister of Pakistan Caretaker |
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In office 25 March 2013 – 4 June 2013 |
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President | Asif Ali Zardari |
Preceded by | Raja Pervaiz Ashraf |
Succeeded by | Nawaz Sharif |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Caretaker |
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In office 4 April 2013 – 4 June 2013 |
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Preceded by | Hina Rabbani Khar |
Succeeded by | Nawaz Sharif |
Minister of Finance Caretaker |
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In office 4 April 2013 – 4 June 2013 |
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Preceded by | Saleem Mandviwalla |
Succeeded by | Ishaq Dar |
Minister of Defence Caretaker |
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In office 5 April 2013 – 4 June 2013 |
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Preceded by | Naveed Qamar |
Succeeded by | Nawaz Sharif |
Personal details | |
Born |
Goth Azam Khan, Baluchistan Agency, British India (now Jafarabad, Balochistan, Pakistan) |
30 September 1929
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater |
University of Sindh University of Karachi |
Religion | Islam |
Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (Urdu, Balochi: میر ہزار خان کھوسو) (born 30 September 1929), was the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, from 25 March 2013 to 5 June 2013. A jurist, Khoso is a retired Judge who previously served as the Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court and served as the interim Prime Minister ahead of the general elections scheduled in May 2013.
Mir Hazar Khan Khoso was born in Goth Azam Khan village in the Jaffarabad District of the South-East Balochistan Province of Pakistan, on 30 September 1929. During his youth, Khoso took active participation in Pakistan Movement and noted Jinnah as his inspiration.
Khoso attended the Sindh University in 1950 and graduated with BA degree in 1954 and after two years, Khoso secured a bachelor's degree in law from Karachi University.
Khoso, who is known for his simplicity, began his professional career in 1957 as a lawyer of then West Pakistan Karachi Bench and then became a Supreme Court lawyer in 1980. He was chosen to become a judge at Balochistan High Court in 1977 and served that position for next two years. He was reappointed as an additional judge in March 1985 and he was confirmed as a permanent judge of the provincial high court in 1987.