title: Sanan Khan Qureshi
text: # Sanan Khan Qureshi
  
  Sanan Khan Qureshi (Sindhi: صعنان خان قريشي; is a current chairman of a separatists political organization Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz. Sanan leads the JSQM in 2012 after the death of his father Bashir Ahmed Qureshi.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Sunan matriculated privately and he completed his intermediate exams at the Government Degree College in Ratodero.
  
  ## Political career
  
  After the mysterious death of his father and JSQM chairman Bashir Ahmed Qureshi in 2012, Sanan khan lead the party as chairman, he was elected unopposed on 9 September 2012 in intraparty elections. When sanan elected as a chairman he was only 19 years old, that time he said that "My father wanted me to study". Senior party leaders criticized him as a self-appointed chairman and called this decision as an autocratic rule.
  
  ### Imprisonment
  
  After a violent protest at Bahira Town Karachi's main gate, On June 9, 2021, police arrested Sanan Khan Qureshi on terrorism charges. He was released after 40 days on Jul 19,2021.
  
  