Tara Chand (Pakistani politician)

[1] Affiliated to the Balochistan National Party, Chand won election to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan in 1997 from the solitary seat reserved for Hindus.

[2] He defeated Arjun Das Bugti, who had won the seat in the last three elections.

[2] His brother Nanak Singh, a Sikh convert, had been a local politician too.

[3] In July 2000, Chand fled Pakistan; he cited incessant harassment from local law enforcement after refusing to join the party floated by Pervez Musharraf.

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