Political career
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II) in 2008 Pakistani general election,but was unsuccessful. [2] [3] [4] He received 41,894 votes and lost to Farooq Leghari. [5]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II) in by-election held in March 2011,but was unsuccessful. [6] [7] He received 41,894 votes and lost the seat to Awais Leghari. [8]
He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II) in 2013 Pakistani general election. [9] He received 49,230 votes and defeated Jamal Leghari. [10]
Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017,he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi [11] [12] and was appointed as federal minister for Communication for the first time. [13] [14]
He was nominated by PML-N as its candidate in the 2018 Pakistani Senate election. [15] However the Election Commission of Pakistan declared all PML-N candidates for the Senate election as independent after a ruling of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. [16]
He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as an independent candidate on a technocrat seat from Punjab in Senate election. [17] [18] He was backed in the election by PML-N [19] and joined the treasury benches,led by PML-N after getting elected. [20] He took oath as a Senator on 12 March 2018. [21] On 12 March 2018,he ceased to hold the office of Federal Minister for Communication due to resignation from the National Assembly. [22] On 15 March 2018,he was re-inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi [23] and re-appointed as Federal Minister for Communications. [24] Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018,Kareem ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Communications. [25]
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