QUETTA: Former caretaker prime minister Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso passed away on Saturday and will be laid to rest in district Lehri, Sibbi today (Sunday).
Born on September 30, 1929 Khoso graduated in law from the University of Karachi in 1956. He then became an advocate in the High Court of West Pakistan Karachi bench and the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He later became a permanent judge of the Balochistan High Court in 1987 before serving as an additional judge twice.
Khoso was also appointed chief justice of the BHC in December 1989 and retired on September 29, 1991. He served as the acting governor of Balochistan twice from June 25 to July 12, 1990 and then again from March 13, 1991 to July 13, 1991.