Arif Aziz Sheikh

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Arif Aziz Sheikh
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008–2013
Constituency NA-183 (Bahawalpur-I)
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NationalityPakistani

Arif Aziz Sheikh is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.

National Assembly of Pakistan Legislative Assembly in Pakistan

The National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Majlis-e-Shura, which also comprises the Senate of Pakistan. The National Assembly and the Senate both convene at Parliament House in Islamabad. The National Assembly is a democratically elected body consisting of a total of 336 members, before 25th amendment they used to be 342' who are referred to as Members of the National Assembly (MNAs), of which 272 are directly elected members and 70 reserved seats for women and religious minorities. A political party must secure 137 seats to obtain and preserve a majority.

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-183 (Bahawalpur-I) as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 2008 Pakistani general election. [1] [2] [3] He received 71,394 votes and defeated Syed Sami-ul-Hassan Gilani, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q). [4]

Pakistan Peoples Party centre-left, progressive, and social democratic political party in Pakistan

The Pakistan Peoples Party is a left-wing, socialist-progressive political party of Pakistan. Affiliated with the Socialist International, its political philosophy and position, in the country's political spectrum, is considered centre-left, and involves supporting public ownership, egalitarianism, equality, and a strong national defence. Since its foundation in 1967, it had been a major and influential political left-wing force in the country and the party's leadership has been dominated by the members of the Bhutto family. Its centre of power lies in the southern province of Sindh.

2008 Pakistani general election election

General elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008, after being postponed from 8 January 2008. The original date was intended to elect members of the National Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Pakistan.

Pakistan Muslim League (Q)

The Pakistan Muslim League Urdu: پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ق)‎; Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ) is a centre-nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 Parliamentary election, it has a representation of 5 seats. It previously served as an ally of former Prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf's then government, and led a joint election campaign in 2013 alongside Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Punjab and Balochistan provinces against its rival Pakistan Muslim League (N), a fiscal conservative and centre-right force.

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate for PPP from Constituency NA-183 (Bahawalpur-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 61,891 votes and lost the seat to Syed Ali Hassan Gilani. [5]

2013 Pakistani general election

General elections were held in Pakistan on 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and to the four provincial assemblies of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Elections were held in all four provinces, Islamabad's federal capital territory and in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, the Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status. Allegations on systematic vote rigging, favouritism, and ethnicity trends on political parties marred with controversy regarding the nationwide elections; this eventually led to anti-government march that called for electoral reforms in 2014.

Makhdoom Zada Syed Ali Hassan Gillani is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.

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References

  1. ↑ Gill, Majeed (20 February 2008). "Time for Cheema to chew the cud". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Election fever turns to Tehsil nazim's bypoll". DAWN.COM. 1 March 2008. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "IUB gets 19 degrees for verification". DAWN.COM. 3 July 2010. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.


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