Tahir Sadiq | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 13 August 2018 –25 January 2023 | |
Constituency | NA-55 (Attock-I) |
Personal details | |
Born | December 8,1950 Bahtar,Tehsil Fateh Jhang,Attock,Punjab |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | PTI (2018–present) |
Children | Muhammad Zain Elahi (son) [1] Eman Waseem (daughter) [1] |
Relatives | Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi (brother-in-law), [2] Chaudhry family |
Tahir Sadiq Khan is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023.
Khan was born into a [ Muslim]] family of the Khattar and is married to the sister of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. [3]
He completed graduation from Pakistan Military Academy,Kakul in 1971. [4] After retiring from the Pakistan Army with the rank of major,he joined Punjab civil service where he served for seven years. [4]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-12 (Attock-I) in 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 36,051 votes and defeated Muhammad Shawez Khan. [5]
In 2017,he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). [6]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-55 (Attock-I) and from Constituency NA-56 (Attock-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election. [7] He received 145,168 votes from Constituency NA-55 (Attock-I) and defeated Sheikh Aftab Ahmed [8] and received 163,325 votes from Constituency NA-56 (Attock-II) and defeated Malik Sohail Khan,a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). [9] In the same election,he was also re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PP-3 (Attock-III). [10] He received 62,337 votes and defeated Asif Ali Malik. [11]
Following his election,he decided to retain his National Assembly seat NA-55 (Attock-I) and abandon his national assembly seat NA-56 (Attock-II) and Punjab assembly seat PP-3 (Attock-III).
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