Ghulam Farid Kathia | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 2008–2013 | |
Constituency | NA-161 (Sahiwal-II) |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | AP (2025-present) |
Other political affiliations | PPP (2008-2025) |
Ghulam Farid Kathia is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from NA-161 (Sahiwal-II) in the 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 33,016 votes and lost the seat to Rana Tariq Javed,a candidate Pakistan Shia Political Party. [1]
He was elected to the National Assembly from NA-161 (Sahiwal-II) as a candidate of PPP in the 2008 Pakistani general election. [2] [3] [4] He received 38,962 votes and defeated Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf,a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Party. [5] In November 2008,he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani [6] and was appointed as Minister of State for Education [7] where he continued to serve until February 2011. [8]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from NA-161 (Sahiwal-II) as a candidate of PPP in the 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. [4] He received 10,894 votes and lost the seat to Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf. [9]