Jhang is the capital city of Jhang District in central Punjab,Pakistan. Situated on the east bank of the Chenab river,it is the 13th most populous city of Pakistan.
Chaudhry Parvez Elahi Warraich is a Pakistani politician who was the Chief Minister of Punjab from late 2002 to late 2007 and again from late 2022 to early 2023. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023,when he,as chief minister,dissolved the assembly. In 2023,he left the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) along with his son,Moonis Elahi,and 10 other former PML(Q) MPAs over political rifts with the party president and cousin,Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. He was appointed as,and is currently serving as the president of the PTI. He also served as the president of the Punjab Division of the PML(Q).
Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif is a Pakistani politician and businessman who is currently serving as the 20th prime minister of Pakistan since March 2024,having previously served in the post from April 2022 to August 2023. He has also served as the president of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). Previously,he served as the chief minister of Punjab three times,making him the longest-serving chief minister of Punjab.
The Sipah-e-Sahaba (SS),also known as the Millat-e-Islamiyya (MI),is a banned Sunni Islamist Deobandi organisation in Pakistan. Founded by Pakistani cleric Haq Nawaz Jhangvi in 1989 after breaking away from Sunni Deobandi party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F),it was based in Jhang,Punjab,but had offices in all of Pakistan's provinces and territories. It operated as a federal and provincial political party until it was banned and outlawed as a terrorist organization by Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf in 2002. Even though it has been banned by the Pakistani government on numerous occasions,the Sipah-e-Sahaba has continued to operate under a different name throughout the country;it has significant underground support in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The organization was also banned by the United Kingdom,where there is a significant Pakistani diaspora population,in 2001.
Khawaja Saad Rafique is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from October 2018 till August 2023 and the federal minister for Railways.
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi was a Pakistani cleric who founded the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan,a Sunni Deobandi group known for its anti-Shia thoughts,on 6 September 1986.
Syeda Abida Hussain–Imam is a Pakistani conservative politician,diplomat and socialite on the platform of the Pakistan Muslim League (N).
Ghulam Bibi Bharwana is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously she was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to May 2018.
Muhammad Saqlain Anwar Sipra is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab,from 2002 to May 2018.
Al-Haaj Muhammad Ilyas Chinioti is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab,from 2008 to May 2018 and from August 2018 till January 2023.
Khalid Ghani Chaudhry is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab,from May 2013 to May 2018.
Maulana Muhammad Rehmat Ullah is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab,between 1985 and May 2018.
Mehr Khalid Mahmood Sargana is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab,from 2002 to May 2018.
Muhammad Khan Baloch is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab,from March 2014 to May 2018.
Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi is the current Sarparast-e-Aala of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at (ASWJ),a proscribed group in Pakistan. Ludhianvi became the head of ASWJ upon the death of the previous chief,Ali Sher Haidri,in a 2009 ambush. Ludhianvi is also the Secretary General of Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC).
NA-119 Lahore-III is a newly-created constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises areas of Shalimar Tehsil along the India–Pakistan border.
Syed Hassan Murtaza is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023. He served as the Parliamentary Leader of Pakistan Peoples Party in Punjab.
Mehar Muhammad Aslam Bharwana is a Pakistani politician who served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Cooperatives,in office from 13 September 2018 to 2 November 2020. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 to May 2022.
Col.(R) Ghazanfar Abbas Shah is a Pakistani politician. He is an incumbent member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since 8 February 2024. He also had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.
Isar-ul-Haq Qasmi was a Pakistani Islamic cleric,preacher and a member of Sipah-e-Sahaba. He had been member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1990 and 1993 representing Jhang constituency.
