| Kamran Khan Tessori | |
| Office: | 30th Governor of Sindh |
| Term Start: | 10 October 2022 |
| President: | Arif Alvi Asif Ali Zardari |
| Primeminister: | Shehbaz Sharif Anwaar ul Haq Kakar Shehbaz Sharif |
| Party: | MQM-P (2022-present) MQM-P (2017-2018)[1] Pakistan Muslim League (F) (2013-17)[2] |
Muhammad Kamran Khan Tessori (ur|کامران ٹیسوری) is a Pakistani politician and businessman, currently serving as the Governor of Sindh[3] since 9 October 2022.[4] Tessori is a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan party.[5]
Tessori is an ethnic Muhajir,[6] and belongs to the Tessori family, who runs an international gold business called "Tessori Gold". He is the only politician in his family.[7]
He established contacts with Arbab Ghulam Rahim who was the Chief Minister of Sindh at the time in order to enter politics. He was later considered a close aide to him.[8]
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has put forward Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori's name as a potential candidate for the interim Prime Minister role. In a recent meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad, the MQM delegation, led by Khalid Maqbool Siddique, had a warm reception. The delegation included Tessori, Dr Farooq Sattar, and Syed Aminul Haq.[9]
He was arrested in 2008 for being involved in a real estate land scam. The land which was 80 acres and a historical graveyard, was allegedly allotted to him by Arbab Ghulam Rahim who was the 27th Chief Minister of Sindh at the time to build a new housing society called Gold City. He escaped police custody during a shootout while he was being shifted from Karachi to Badin, which led to another case being filed against him.[10]
In 2017, it was reported that a National Accountability Bureau inquiry against Tessori into a Rs172.3 million default case was still pending in court.[11]
In 2017, a member of MQM-P Faisal Subzwari said that the party (MQM-P) was not for sale, implying that Tessori who is a wealthy businessman involved in gold & commercial real estate businesses, tried using his money to influence party decisions in order to receive a ticket in the Senate.[12]
In 2018, Hanif Merchant, a gold trader based in Dubai, approached the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to request action against Tessori regarding his purported involvement in a gold fraud case.[13]