Balakh Sher Mazari

Who is Balakh Sher Mazari?

Sardar Mir Balakh Sher Mazari is the Chieftain and the Paramount Sardar of the Mazari tribe, which is situated on the tri-border area of Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. As the Chief of Mazaris he holds the title of Mir and also goes by the styles of Tumandar and Sardar. Mir Balakh Sher Mazari is the twenty second Sardar and the seventh Mir of Mazaris. He has one surviving brother Sherbaz Khan Mazari who has played a prominent role in Pakistan politics.His grandson Mir Dost Mohammed mazari is a Pakistan peoples party parliamentarian MNA from Na 175 Rajanpur. He is also a parliamentary secretary for water and power.

He was born on 8 July 1928 to Mir Murad Buksh Khan Mazari, the twenty first Sardar and the Sixth Mir of Mazaris. He ascended to the Mazari Chieftaincy in 1933 after the death of his father who only ruled for 9 months. Mir Murad Buksh Khan Mazari had earlier succeeded his elder brother Mir Dost Muhammad Khan Mazari as the Chief. They were the sons of Mir Sher Muhammad Khan Mazari, the Nineteenth Sardar and Fourth Mir of Mazaris.