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Naseeruddin Jogezai was a Pakistani physician and politician from Loralai, Balochistan. He served as a member of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly and later as Pakistan's Health Minister. He was subsequently a senator and a political leader in Balochistan.
Medical career
[edit]Jogezai practised medicine in the Loralai region. A 1980 profile in The New York Times described him as a general practitioner who had worked in the region for approximately 17 years. The article also reported that he travelled to villages to treat patients and to mediate disputes between local communities.[1]
In 1981, while serving as Health Minister, Jogezai inaugurated an advanced course in medicine organised by the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre in Karachi. He discussed medical education and improving healthcare provision in rural areas.[2]
Political career
[edit]1977 election
[edit]Jogezai contested the 1977 Pakistani general election from the PB-10 Loralai constituency on the Pakistan Peoples Party ticket. He was elected with 15,871 votes.[3]
Federal minister
[edit]Jogezai served as Pakistan's Health Minister during the government of President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. In 1981, he participated in medical-policy and postgraduate medical-education activities in his capacity as health minister.[4]
According to the political diaries of Asghar Khan, Zia-ul-Haq dismissed Jogezai from the federal cabinet in March 1984.[5]
Later political career
[edit]Jogezai later became associated with the Pakistan Muslim League and the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI). In 1991, political writer Tufail Abbas identified him as a senator, a leader of the Pakistan Muslim League and president of the IJI in Balochistan.[6]
Political views
[edit]In a 1980 interview with The New York Times, Jogezai discussed tribal leadership, education and political conditions in the Pashtun regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. He argued that education and locally based leadership were important to the region's future and criticised traditional political and religious leadership structures.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Pathan Leader in Pakistan Speaks Out; Village Physician Charges". The New York Times. 1980-02-24.
- ↑ "Dr. Jogezai inaugurates advanced course in medicine". Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 1981.
- ↑ "PB-10 Loralai Election 1977 Full Result". Election Pakistani.
- ↑ "Dr. Jogezai inaugurates advanced course in medicine". Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 1981.
- ↑ Khan, Asghar (2008). My Political Struggle.
- ↑ Abbas, Tufail. Memoirs of a Life.
- ↑ "Pathan Leader in Pakistan Speaks Out; Village Physician Charges". The New York Times. 1980-02-24.