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NA-121 (Sheikhupura-III)
NA-115 Sheikhupura-III () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Area During the delimitation of 2018, NA-121 (Sheikhupura-III) acquired areas from three former constituencies namely NA-133 (Sheikhupura-III), NA-134 (Sheikhupura-IV), and NA-136 (Nankana Sahib-II-cum-Sheikhupura), the areas of Sheikhupura District which are part of this constituency are listed below alongside the former constituency name from which they were acquired: ;Areas acquired from NA-133 Sheikhupura-III *Municipal Corporation Sheikhupura *Following areas of Sheikhupura Tehsil **Sheikhupura Qanungo Halqa (excluding Ghazi Minara, Jhamkey, Machike, and Ghang) **Sahuki Malian ;Areas acquired from NA-134 Sheikhupura-IV *Following areas of Sheikhupura Tehsil **Ghang **Ghazi Minara **Machike ** Jandiala Sher Khan (excluding Jhabran, Isherke, Waran, and Kalo Ke) **Town Committee Jandiala Sher Khan ;Areas acquired from NA-136 Nankana Sahib-II-cum-Sheikhupura *Following areas of Sheikhup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly Of Pakistan
The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which also comprises the Senate of Pakistan (upper house). The National Assembly and the Senate both convene at Parliament House in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. The National Assembly is a democratically elected body consisting of a total of 342 members who are referred to as Members of the National Assembly (MNAs), of which 272 are directly elected members and 70 reserved seats for women and religious minorities from all over the country. A political party or a coalition must secure 172 seats to obtain and preserve a majority. Members are elected through the first-past-the-post system under universal adult suffrage, representing electoral districts known as National Assembly constituencies. According to the Constitution of Pakistan, constit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jandiala Sher Khan
Jandiala Sherkhan, or Jandiala Sher Khan ( ur, ), is a town of Sheikhupura District in the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, Pakistan. It is part of Sheikhupura Tehsil. and is located at 31°49'15N 73°55'10E. The town is notable for being the birthplace of famous poet Waris Shah, known as the Punjabi Shakespeare, and contains his Mausoleum. Jandiala Sher khan was an important provincial town in the Mughal empire. Although the town was located on a floodplain and there were no nearby sources of water, requiring local residents to dig wells to irrigate their crops. During the reign of Emperor Akbar, a man of means known as Sher Khan settled here. Heeding the advice of a local dervish named Syed Ghaznavi, Sher Khan built a monumental step-well (known as a baoli) to provide easier access to the water table. Sher Khan also built a caravansary-like structure over the stairs to the well, either serving as a type of inn or providing space for merchants to sell goods to travelers moving to an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NA-114 Sheikhupura-II
NA-114 Sheikhupura-II () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Area During the delimitation of 2018, NA-120 (Sheikhupura-II) acquired areas from three former constituencies namely NA-132 (Sheikhupura-II-cum-Nankana Sahib), NA-133 (Sheikhupura-III), and NA-136 Nankana Sahib-II-cum-Sheikhupura, the areas of Sheikhupura District which are part of this constituency are listed below alongside the former constituency name from which they were acquired: ;Areas acquired from NA-132 Sheikhupura-II-cum-Nankana Sahib *Sharak Pur Tehsil *Following areas of Ferozewala Tehsil ** Kot Abdul Malik **Abul Khair (excluding Galo and Kala) **Kot Pindi Das (excluding Khanpur, Mandiali and Chak No. 46) **Wandala Dial Shah **Faizpur Khurd ;Areas acquired from NA-133 (Sheikhupura-III) *Following areas of Ferozewala Tehsil **Galo **Kala **Khanpur **Mandiali *Following areas of Sheikhupura Tehsil **Mudke **Muradey Kalan **Ghazi Androon **Noor Pur Virkan ;Areas acquired from NA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Pakistani General Election
General elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan less than 60 days after the dissolution of the National Assembly, which is set to dissolve on 13 August 2023, unless dissolved earlier: in which case the election shall be held within 90 days after dissolution according to the constitution. This means that the election must be held no later than 12 October 2023. Background 2018 elections General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday 25 July 2018 after the completion of a five-year term by the outgoing government. At the national level, elections were held in 272 constituencies, each electing one member to the National Assembly. At the provincial level, elections were held in each of the four provinces to elect Members of the Provincial Assemblies (MPA). As a result of the elections, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) became the single largest party at the national level both in terms of both popular vote and seats. At the provincial level, the PTI remained the large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khurram Munawar Manj
Khurram Munawar Manj (), is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. Political career Manj was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 2002 Pakistani general election as a candidate of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from NA-134 (Sheikhupura-IV), NA-134 Sheikhupura-IV. He received 44,073 votes and defeated Irfan Dogar, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)). He later joined the Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian-Patriots group. He contested the 2008 Pakistani general election as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)) from NA-134 Sheikhupura-IV, but was unsuccessful. He received 32,928 votes and was defeated by Irfan Dogar, a candidate of PML(N). He contested the 2013 Pakistani general election as a candidate of PML(Q) from NA-134 Sheikhupura-IV, but was unsuccessful. He received 39,351 votes and was defeated by Irfan Dogar, a candidate of PML(N). He contested the 2018 Pakista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Pakistani General Election
General elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 to elect the members of the 16th National Assembly. The detailed schedule was announced by Election Commission of Pakistan on 15 December 2023. The two major parties are Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N), led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), led by former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the largest party in the previous elections, is fielding its candidates as Independents after a controversial Supreme Court ruling stripped them of their electoral symbol in the run-up to the elections. Background 2018 elections General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday 25 July 2018 after the completion of a five-year term by the outgoing government. At the national level, elections were held in 272 constituencies, each electing one member to the National Assembly. At the provincial level, elections were held in each of the four prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), it is one of the three major political parties of the country. The party was founded by former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after the dissolution of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad, Islamic Democratic Alliance in 1993. The Party platform, party's platform is generally Conservatism in Pakistan, conservative, which involves supporting free market capitalism, free markets, deregulation, Tax cut, lower taxes and privatisation, private ownership. Although the party historically supported social conservatism, in recent years, the party’s political ideology and platform has become more Liberal conservatism, liberal on social and cultural issues. One of Muslim League schisms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mian Javed Latif
Mian Javed Latif (; born 22 February 1964) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to May 2018 and a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1997 to 1999. Early life He was born on 22 February 1964. Political career Latif ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-137 (Sheikhupura-IV) in 1993 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 26 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Latif was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-138 (Sheikhupura-V) in 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 14,125 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Javed Bhatti. Latif was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Pakistani General Election
General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim League led by Shehbaz Sharif and the Pakistan Peoples Party led by Bilawal Bhutto. The PTI won the most seats in the National Assembly but fell short of a majority; the party subsequently formed a coalition government with several smaller parties. At the provincial level, the PTI remained the largest party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP); the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) retained its dominance in Sindh and the newly formed Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) emerged as the largest party in Balochistan. In Punjab, the result was a hung parliament with the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) winning the most seats. However, after several independents MPAs joined the PTI, the latter became the largest party and was able to form a government. Opinion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghazi Minara
Ghazi Minara is a small village located in Sheikhupura Sheikhupura ( pa, ; ur, ) also known as Qila Sheikhupura, is a city in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. Founded by the Mughal Empire, Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Jehangir in 1607, Sheikhupura is the List of most populous citie ..., Punjab, Pakistan. It lies near a railway crossing on 3 km Lahore-Sargodha Road. The village was rich in terms of agriculture. However, due to increasing population, most of the land has been commercialized. It is close to the historical site Hiran Minar. Villages in Sheikhupura District {{Sheikhupura-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the three major Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML–N) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), and it is the largest party in terms of representation in the National Assembly of Pakistan since the 2018 general election. With over 10 million members in Pakistan and abroad, it claims to be the country's largest political party by primary membership as well as one of the largest political parties in the world. Despite Khan's popular persona in Pakistan, the PTI had limited initial success: it failed to win, as a collective, a single seat in the 1997 general election and the 2002 general election; only Khan himself was able to win a seat. Throughout the 2000s, the PTI remained in opposition to the presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's Islam by country#Countries, second-largest Muslim population just behind Indonesia. Pakistan is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 33rd-largest country in the world by area and 2nd largest in South Asia, spanning . It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to India–Pakistan border, the east, Afghanistan to Durand Line, the west, Iran to Iran–Pakistan border, the southwest, and China to China–Pakistan border, the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
