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Shahzain Bugti

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Shahzain Bugti
Minister of Narcotics Control
In office
19 April 2022 – 9 August 2023
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Preceded byIjaz Ahmed Shah
Succeeded bySarfraz Bugti (caretaker)
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Reconciliation and Harmony in Balochistan
In office
7 July 2021 – 27 March 2022
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023
ConstituencyNA-259 (Dera Bugti-cum-Kohlu-cum-Barkhan-cum-Sibbi-cum-Lehri)
Leader of JWP
Assumed office
2015
Preceded byTalal Akbar Bugti
Personal details
Born (1970-04-14) 14 April 1970 (age 55)
Dera Bugti District, Balochistan Pakistan
Political partyPakistan Muslims league (N)Party| PML -N]] (2025-present)
Parent
RelativesAkbar Bugti (grandfather)
Gohram Bugti (brother)

Nawab Shahzain Bugti is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. He served as Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Reconciliation and Harmony in Balochistan from 7 July 2021 to 27 March 2022.[1]

Early life and education

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A grandson of Akbar Bugti and son of Talal Akbar Bugti, he earned a master's degree in political science from the University of Houston.[2]

Political career

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He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-259 as a candidate of Jamhoori Wattan Party in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Shahzain Bugti appointed as SAPM on Reconciliation and Harmony in Balochistan". Geo News. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  2. ^ Alvi, Mumtaz (8 August 2009). "BALOCHISTAN: Centre's Policies Created Trust Deficit: Shahzain Bugti". The News International. Archived from the original on 26 May 2025. Shahzain has a Masters degree in Political Science from the University of Houston. He is the grandson of late Nawab Akbar Bugti and the son of Talal Bugti, who heads the JWP after the killing of his father in August 2006.
  3. ^ "Women candidates bag eight Balochistan Assembly seats | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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