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July 8, 1928

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PITTMAN RIDICULES WORK'S MOVE TO BAR DRY LAW AS ISSUE; Adviser to Smith Agrees It Is Not Nation-Wide, but Sees It Biggest in Some Sections. NO DOMINANT CONTROVERSY He Says Hoover Leader Shows "Astounding Ignorance" of Political Philosophy. ASSAILS PROSPERITY STAND Here to Meet the Governor and Go With Him to Albany for a Talk on Acceptance Speech. Calls Attitude Laughable PITTMAN RIDICULES MOVE TO BAR DRY LAW Sees No Dominant Issue. Says Wet Issue Must Be Met. Tariff Plank Reassuring. Smith Cheered at Weehawken. LAUDS SMITH LABOR RECORD. Rail Brotherhood Organ Finds Planks Better Than Republicans'.

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Balakh Sher Mazari

1928Balakh Sher Mazari, former prime minister of Pakistan (died 2022)[†]

Sardar Mir Balakh Sher Mazari was a Pakistani politician who served as Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan for five weeks in 1993. He was the tumandar and the paramount sardar of the Mazari tribe which is situated on the tristate area between Balochistan, Sindh, and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.