Bashir Ahmed Sarki

Bashir Sarki, full name Haji Bashir Ahmed Sarki, was born in the small town of Thul on 13 March 1951, and belongs to the udi village in Jacobabad (Sindhi: جیکب آباد) Sindh,Pakistan. Its geographical coordinates are 28° 12' 0" North, 68° 47' 0" East and its original name (with diacritics) is Udi. He belongs from the Sarki tribe in sindh and holds a title of Vadera which he inherited from his forefathers. He is considered to be the key person behind several decisions taken in the locality, as he has people from several casts on his backing.

Early Life and Political Career

He began his political career from the age of 24 behind the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto , former President and Prime minister of Pakistan. He was the covering candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Mir Hassan Khosa in the 1988 election and was later appointed as the Chairman of Treasury for Thul taluka in 1990. He was elected as the central President of Pakistan Peoples Haree Committee, Sindh (PHCS) in 1998 and served on this post till 27 November 2007, when he was controversially suspended from the office by the then President of People’s Party Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah who is the acting Chief minister of Sindh, with allegations of helping his nephew and former Inter-Provincial Co-ordination minister of the centrist Pakistan Muslim League (Q), Dr. Sohrab Sarki, win the election against the candidate of PPP. He was the national assembly covering candidate of the nominee Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani in the constituency NA-209 Jacobabad-II and also the provincial assembly covering candidate of the nominee Mir Hassan Khosa, constituency PS-15 Jacobabad-III who was contesting his nephew and is seen as the person responsible for the tension between him and Syed Qaim Ali Shah.

Present

Mr. Sarki has taken a partial retirement from politics and has not decided what party he is going to join in the future ahead.

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