Raja Sagheer Ahmed | |
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Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
In office 22 July 2022 –14 January 2023 | |
Constituency | PP-7 Rawalpindi-II |
In office 15 August 2018 –21 May 2022 | |
Constituency | PP-7 Rawalpindi-II |
Assumed office 23 February 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1st January 1956 [1] |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | ![]() |
Other political affiliations | ![]() |
Children | 4 |
Raja Sagheer Ahmed Janjua [2] is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from February 2008 to March 2013,again till August 2018 till January 2023 and was re-elected to assembly for third tenure in General Elections 2024. [3]
He was born on 1 January 1956 in Matore,Tehsil Kahuta,District Rawalpindi,Pakistan. [2]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-7 (Rawalpindi-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election. [3] He received 44,363 votes and defeated Raja Muhammad Ali,a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML(N)). Following his successful election,he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). [4] [5]
On 21 May 2022,was de-seated due to voting against the PTI's Chief Minister candidate. [6]
He was narrowly re-elected to the Provincial Assembly in the subsequent by-election as a candidate of the PML(N). He received 68,906 votes and defeated Muhammad Shabbir Awan,a candidate of the PTI,who received 68,857 votes. [7]