Anwar Jan Khetran

Sardar Muhammad Anwar Jan Khetran (Urdu: سردار محمد انور جان کھیتران) was a Pakistani politician and the chief of Khetran, a Baloch tribe. Anwar was son of Ghazi Khan Khetran. Sardar Akbar Khetran was his only son who was killed in the 1990s. Politician Abdul Rehman Khetran is his nephew and the next tribal chief.^[1] He was the opposition leader of the Shahi Jirga which was the grand council of tribal elders in Balochistan. He contested in the Second Pakistani Constituent Assembly election in 1955 from Balochistan against Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan and lost.^[2][3] In the 1970 Balochistan Provincial Assembly election and 1976 Balochistan Provincial Assembly election, he was elected from PB-8 Loralai-I and PB-11 Loralai-III constituency respectively.^[4]

References

1. Notezai, Muhammad Akbar (5 July 2023). "Private jails in Balochistan's fiefdoms". Dawn.
2. "পাঞ্জাব, বেলুচিস্তান ও সীমান্ত হইতে ৫২ জনের মনোনয়নপত্র দাখেল" [52 Nomination Papers Submitted From Punjab, Balochistan and Frontier]. The Azad (in Bengali). 17 June 1955. p. 6.
3. "পশ্চিম পাকিস্তান হইতে ২৬ জন সদস্য নির্ব্বাচিত" [26 Members Elected From West Pakistan]. The Azad (in Bengali). 22 June 1955. p. 1, 6.
4. "memberspage - PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF BALOCHISTAN - بلوچستا ن اسمبلی". PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF BALOCHISTAN. Retrieved 10 December 2022.