Nawab Mohammad Khan Jogezai

Nawab Mohammad Khan Jogezai (1884–missing) was a prominent Pashtun tribal leader from Baluchistan Province and the sole representative from the province in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan.

Early life Jogezai was born to Bangul Khan Jogezai in 1884 at Killa Saifullah. In 1906, he was appointed a Sardar of the Bori Tahsil in Loralai District by the Coronation Durbar. Under the Sandeman system, these Sardars were paid monthly emoluments in return for maintaining peace in their frontier tracts; Jogezai received Rs. 1800, as of September 1935.

Political career

British India In August 1946, Jafar Khan Jamali — then, an upstart leader of the provincial Muslim League — persuaded Jogezai to submit his candidature for representing Baluchistan Province at the Constituent Assembly of India as an independent candidate after Qazi Muhammad Isa, the original League candidate, refused to proceed with his candidature.

In the 1970 Pakistani general election, Jogezai was nominated by the Qayyum Muslim League from Quetta I; he was defeated by Maulvi Abdul Haq.

Death and legacy Jogezai's family remains significant in Baloch politics. His elder son Taimoor Shah Jogezai was the Health Minister in 1980s ; the younger son, Jahangir Shah Jogezai was a bureaucrat before his appointment to the Senate in 1985. Among his grandsons, Nawab Ayaz Jogezai has served in the Provincial Assembly, the National Assembly, and the Senate.