ISLAMABAD – Sadiq Sanjrani, the front runner for the slot of CharimanSenate belongs to Chagai, the mineral-rich district of Balochistan havinghuge reserves of gold, silver, copper, iron ore, onyx, marble and otherprecious minerals. Saindak and Reko Diq copper-cum-gold sites are locatedin the district.
Sadiq Sanjrani, who belongs to the docile Sanjrani Baloch tribe, was bornon April 14, 1978. After basic schooling in his native town Nokundi, hewent to Islamabad for further education and obtained a master’s degree fromthere.
Belonging to a political family, he started his career by joining the teamof then prime minister Nawaz Sharif as coordinator in 1998 and served withhim till the ouster of his government by Gen Pervez Musharraf in 1999.
Then Mr Sanjrani came close to the Pakistan Peoples Party leadership andwas appointed in-charge of the party’s complaint cell where he worked forfive years.
Sadiq Sanjrani’s father Khan Muhammad Asif Sanjrani is considered one ofthe leading tribal elders of Chagai district and currently he is a memberof the Chagai District Council.
Sadiq Sanjrani has five brothers and he is eldest among them.
One of his brothers, Raziq Sanjrani, is managing director of the SaindakMetals Limited and another, Mir Muhammad Ejaz Sanjrani, a coordinator tothe Balochistan chief minister.
Sadiq Sanjrani had also worked with former chief minister Nawab SanaullahZehri as his special assistant.
Sadiq Sanjrani has considerable administrative experience as he haspreviously held government positions like coordinator, Grievances Cell,Prime Minister’s Secretariat (1999); member, Prime Minister’s InspectionCommission and then chief coordinator/adviser, Prime Minister’s GrievancesWing, Prime Minister’s Secretariat (2009).
Presently, he is chief executive of the Pakistan Testing Service, SanjraniMining Company, and director/chairman of HR committee of the NationalIndustrial Parks Development and Management Company.