Sardar Sher Ali Gorchani | |
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Deputy Speaker of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
In office June 2013 –May 2018 | |
Speaker | Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan |
Succeeded by | Dost Muhammad Mazari |
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
In office 2008 –31 May 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Dera Ghazi Khan,Punjab,Pakistan | 17 May 1980
Political party | PMLN (2008-present) |
Sardar Sher Ali Gorchani is a Pakistani politician who served as Deputy Speaker of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from June 2013 to May 2018. He was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2008 to May 2018.
He was born on 17 May 1980 in Dera Ghazi Khan,Punjab. [1] He belongs to a Punjabi Baloch family of the Gurchani tribe,particularly influential in the Rajanpur District. [2] His family roots lie in Tamman Gorchani Lalgarh area of Jampur and his father Parvez Iqbal Gorchani as well his brother Sher Afgan Gorchani both being politicians. [3]
He completed his graduation in 2006 [1] from Multan and has a degree of Bachelor of Arts. [4]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-247 (Rajanpur-I) in the 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 24,392 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q). [5] He served as Parliamentary Secretary for Colonies and Consolidation from 2008 to 2013. [1]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-248 (Rajanpur-II) in the 2013 Pakistani general election. [6] [7] In June 2013,he was elected as deputy speaker of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. [8] [9]
In 2018,he was allocated the PML-N ticket to contest the 2018 Pakistani general election and the 2018 Punjab provincial election from NA-193 Rajanpur-I and from PP-293 Rajanpur-I,respectively. However,he refused to take party ticket and ran as an independent in both constituencies,but was unsuccessful. In NA-193 Rajanpur-I,he received 46,748 votes and was defeated by Jaffar Khan Leghari,a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). In PP-293 Rajanpur-I,he revived 33,454 votes and was defeated by Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari,a candidate of the PTI. [10]
In March 2024,he was made part of the Maryam Nawaz cabinet at the provincial level in Punjab,becoming minister of Mines and Minerals. [11]
In 2002,Sher Ali was accused of having kidnapped and then married at gunpoint