Abdul Jalil Memon


Abdul Jalil Memon. He also remained as the General Secretary of the PPP in district Thatta. In 2001 local government elections, he was elected as Nazim, Union Council II, Thatta. He was elected as a Member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh on PPP's platform in the General Elections held on February 18, 2008. He was later chosen as a member of Sindh Cabinet with the portfolio of Minister for Cooperatives.

Family background

He belonged to a prominent family of Thatta, who has been involved in politics at District, Provincial, & National levels for three generations, with strong loyalty for the Pakistan Peoples Party and its founder Mr. Z. A. Bhutto. His grandfather, Haji Sadiq Ali Memon, a veteran politician and among the earlier members of the PPP, served as Member of National Assembly in the '60s and died in 1971 after winning the elections for the Provincial Assembly of Sindh. His father, Abdul Hameed Memon, was later elected in the by-elections as Member Provincial Assembly of Sindh and again in 1977 General Elections on Pakistan Peoples Party's platform. He died in a road accident near his home town on 28 Dec 2009