Sardar Sher Ali Khan Mazari

Sardar Sher Ali Khan Mazari is a prominent figure in the politics of Balochistan.

He gained recognition as a negotiator between the Government of Pakistan and his maternal uncle Akbar Bugti. However, the negotiations did not bear fruit and the Pakistan Army launched a full military operation against the Baloch tribes.

Sher Ali Mazari believes in a peaceful solution to the problems prevailing in Balochistan and on many an occasion he has urged both parties to stop the blood-shed and negotiate a peace.

He was born on 24 October 1954 in Quetta to Sherbaz Khan Mazari a veteran Baloch nationalist politician during the Bhutto-Zia era.

Sardar Sher Ali Khan Mazari is the nephew of both Balakh Sher Mazari and Akbar Bugti, Mazari and Bugti tribal chiefs respectively.