Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali

Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali (Urdu: میر ظفراللہ خان جمالی; 1 January 1944 – 2 December 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Pakistan from 2002 until his resignation in 2004.

Originally a supporter of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Jamali emerged from the politics of Balochistan under military governor Rahimuddin Khan during the 1970s.

He became a national figure as part of the government of Nawaz Sharif, and was Chief Minister of Balochistan for two non-consecutive terms (from June–December 1988 and November 1996 –February 1997).

[2] Jamali was born on 1 January 1944[1] to a political, religious[3] and landlord family in Rojhan village of Commissariat Baluchistan of the British Indian Empire,[4] now Jaffarabad District in Balochistan, Pakistan.

[5] He was re-elected as the member of the Provincial Assembly in 1993 Pakistani general elections on the PML ticket and defeated a PPP nominee.

[11] Jamali announced donations of 300 buses and trucks, scholarships for Afghan students and aid for improvement of road, railway and hospital projects in Afghanistan.

[11] In October 2003 Jamali visited the United States, meeting with President George W. Bush and vowing to support the U.S. in the war on terror.

[12] Jamali vowed to improve relations with India immediately after assuming office[9][13][14][15] and procuring a peace agreement and cease-fire in the disputed Kashmir region.

[21] The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal was initially surprised;[22] the mainstream parties saw Jamali's resignation as "forced and [a] humiliation for democracy"[23] and "bad for the future".

[24] With his surprise announcement, Jamali dissolved the cabinet and nominated his party's president Shujaat Hussain as interim prime minister.

[31][32] On 29 November 2020, Jamali was admitted to Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology and put on a ventilator after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Two seated men, shaking hands in front of a fireplace
Prime Minister Jamali shaking hands with U.S. President George W. Bush , 2003