Syed Rafaqat Ali Gillani | |
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Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
In office 15 August 2018 –14 January 2023 | |
Constituency | PP-284 Layyah-V |
Personal details | |
Born | Layyah,Punjab,Pakistan | 5 November 1980
Political party | IPP (2023-present) |
Other political affiliations | PTI (2018-2023) |
Syed Rafaqat Ali Gillani is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.
Rafaqat Ali was born on 5 November 1980 in Layyah,Punjab into a feudal family to Syed Saadat Ali Gillani,also a politician,and he obtained his Master's in Physical Education from the Government College University,Faisalabad in 2008 and later graduated in Law from the Bahauddin Zakariya University,Multan in 2016. [1]
He served as Sub-Inspector in the Punjab Rangers from 2007 to 2013. [1]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-284 (Layyah-V) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election. [2]
On 28 July 2018,he joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). [3]
On 11 September 2018,he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and was appointed as special assistant to the Chief Minister on Auqaf and Religious Affairs. [4]
He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-283 Layyah-IV as a candidate of the IPP in the 2024 Punjab provincial election. [5]