Mir Sadiq Sanjrani was born on April 14, 1978 in Balochistan's Nok Kundi town in Chagai district.   

He was nominated by the Chief Minister of Balochistan Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo as a candidate for the coveted position of Senate chairman. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have rallied behind the nomination. 

The senator received his primary education from Nok Kundi and later attended the Balochistan University from where he obtained his Master's degree in arts. 

Sanjrani's father, Khan Mohammad Asif Sanjrani, is a tribal leader and a member of Chagai's District Council. Photo: Geo News 

Sanjrani's father, Khan Mohammad Asif Sanjrani, is a tribal leader and a member of Chagai's District Council. 

The senator is the eldest of five brothers. 

His brother Aijaz Sanjrani was the adviser to the revenue department the tenure of Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz's (PML-N) Nawab Sanaullah Zehri as the chief minister of Balochistan. He continued to serve on his position after the incumbent Chief Minister Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo took office. 

Another brother of the senator, Muhammad Razik Sanjrani, has served as the managing director of the Saindak Copper Gold Project.

In 1998, Sanjrani was appointed as the then-prime minister Nawaz Sharif's coordinator. 

In his first press conference as an elected senator, Sadiq Sanjrani had expressed his wish to witness the appointment of a senator from his province as the chairman of the Upper House of the Parliament. Photo: Geo News file

Yousaf Raza Gillani, after taking office as the prime minister in 2008, appointed the senator as the head of the newly-formed Prime Minister's Complaint Cell at the Prime Minister's Secretariat. He served as the head of the complaint cell for five years.

Sanjrani contested and won the Senate elections held earlier this month, on March 3, as an independent candidate.

In his first press conference as an elected senator with Chief Minister Bizenjo, Sanjrani had expressed his wish to witness the appointment of a senator from his province as the chairman of the Upper House of the Parliament.