Sardar Umar Gorgaij | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 2008–2013 | |
Constituency | NA-260 (Quetta-cum-Chagai-cum-Nushki) |
Member of the Senate of Pakistan | |
Assumed office 9 April 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | PPP (2008-present) |
Sardar Muhammad Umar Gorgaij is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.
He was born on 1 July 1952 in Chaghi,Balochistan. [1]
He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Balochistan. [1]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-260 (Quetta-cum-Chagai-cum-Nushki) as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the 2008 Pakistani general election. [2] [3] [4] He received 40,773 votes and defeated Sardar Fateh Muhammad Muhammad Hassani. [5] In February 2011,he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and was appointed as Federal Minister for Postal Services where he served until June 2012. [6] In June 2012,he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and was re-appointed as Federal Minister Postal Services where he continued to serve until March 2013. [7]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-260 (Quetta-cum-Chagai-cum-Nushki-cum-Mastungi) as a candidate of PPP in the 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 15,857 votes and lost the seat to Abdul Rahim Khan Mandokhel. [8]
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