Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani (Urdu: میرہزار خان بجارانی, 10 July 1946 – 1 February 2018) was a Pakistani politician who was the Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh for Constituency PS-16 (Jacobabad-IV) from his election in June 2013 and the Provincial Minister of Sindh for Planning and Development since August 2016 until his death in February 2018.
[1][2][3][4] Bijarani began his political career during his student life as a supporter of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
[7] Reportedly Bijrani was interested in the joining the civil service then politicians however Zulfikar Ali Bhutto convinced him to remain in the politics.
[10] Bijarani was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of the PPP from Constituency PS-16 (Jacobabad) in the general election of 1977.
[6] Bijarani was appointed by Benazir Bhutto as acting president of the PPP chapter in Sindh[10] where he remained from 1986 to 1988.
[17] Bijarani was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-209 (Jacobabad) as a candidate of the PPP in the general election of 2008.
[30] He continued to serve at this position until the federal cabinet stood dissolved in March 2013 upon the completion of National Assembly's 5 years term.
[31] Bijarani was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of the PPP from PS-16 (Jacobabad-cum-Kashmore) in the general election of 2013[32][33] with 25,150 votes.
[6] Bijarani was found dead in his home in Karachi on 1 February 2018 along with his second wife Fariha Razzaq Haroon.
[40] During the investigation, domestic servants of the Bijrani revealed that there had been a scuffle ongoing between the couple over the past few days.