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NA-139 Pakpattan-I
NA-139 Pakpattan-I () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises Pakpattan Tehsil and includes a majority of the areas from the old NA-164 Pakpattan-I, while basically being an expanded version of the previous NA-165 Pakpattan-II. Members of Parliament 2018-2022: NA-145 Pakpattan-I Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Mian Ahmed Raza Manika of PML-Q won by 38,522 votes. Election 2008 General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Syed Salman Mohsin Gilani of PML-N won by 67,400 votes. Election 2013 General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Syed Athar Hussain Shah of PML-N won by 71,804 votes and became the member of National Assembly. Election 2018 General elections were held on 25 July 2018. See also *NA-138 Okara-IV NA-138 Okara-IV () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Members of Parliament 2018–2023: NA-144 (Okara-IV) 2024–present: NA-138 Okara-IV Ele ... [...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] |
Ahmad Raza Maneka
Mian Ahmad Raza Maneka is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023, elected from NA-139 (Pakpattan-I). Earlier, he remained MNA and Chairman of Standing Committee on Cabinet from 2002 to 2008. He received his earlier education from Aitchison College where he won the annual Aitchison Challenge Cup for 'best athlete' for 3 years consecutively (1979, 1980 and 1981). He then went on to receive his bachelor's degree from the University of Miami in 1987. Political career He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-145 (Pakpattan-I) as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) in 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 .... He received 118,581 vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakpattan Tehsil
Pakpattan Tehsil ( ur, ), is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Pakpattan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Pakpattan Pakpattan (Punjabi and ), often referred to as Pākpattan Sharīf (; ''"Noble Pakpattan"''), is the capital city of the Pakpattan District, located in Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the 48th largest city of Pakistan by population according ... is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into five Union Councils. Administration The tehsil of Pakpattan is administratively subdivided into 33 Union Councils, these are: Educational Institutes Pakpattan District Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan {{Pakpattan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakpattan
Pakpattan (Punjabi and ), often referred to as Pākpattan Sharīf (; ''"Noble Pakpattan"''), is the capital city of the Pakpattan District, located in Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the 48th largest city of Pakistan by population according to the 2017 census. . Pakpattan is the seat of Pakistan's ''Chisti'' order of Sufism, and is a major pilgrimage destination on account of the shrine of Fariduddin Ganjshakar, the renowned Punjabi poet and Sufi saint commonly referred to as Baba Farid. The annual '' urs'' fair in his honour draws an estimated 2 million visitors to the town. Etymology Pakpattan was known as ''Ajodhan'' until the 16th century. The city now derives its name from the combination of two Punjabi/Urdu words, ''Pak'' and ''Pattan'', meaning "pure," and "dock" respectively, which reference a ferry across the Sutlej River that was popular with pilgrims to the Shrine of Baba Farid, and represented a metaphorical journey of salvation across the river in a boat pil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakpattan District
Pakpattan District (Urdu and pnb, ), is a district of Punjab province in Pakistan, Pakpattan is the district capital. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, it had a population of 1,286,680 of which 14% were urban. It has since risen to 1,563,000. Administrative division The district is divided into two tehsils, which contain a total of 63 Union Councils: Pakpattan is the city of the great Saint Baba Farid of Chisti. The original name of Pakpattan was ''"Ajodhan"''. It was renamed Pakpattan after it was used for the first time by Baba Fariduddin Ganj Shakar. The word Pakpattan consists of two words "pak" and "pattan" meaning "clean dockland" (Pattan means a dockland or place where ships or boats stop). The city was given this name by Saint Baba Farid. It is said, once Saint Farid having ablution on the bank of the River Sutlej. One local man told the Saint that this water is unclean and place is dirty then Saint Farid replied to him "no its clean water and place' in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constituency NA-164
Constituency NA-164 (Pakpattan-I) ( ur, این اے-۱۶۴، پاکپتّن-۱) was a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. After the 2018 delimitations, it has been merged into NA-145 (Pakpattan-I) NA-139 Pakpattan-I () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises Pakpattan Tehsil and includes a majority of the areas from the old NA-164 Pakpattan-I, while basically being an expanded version of the previous NA .... Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Pir Muhammad Shah Khaggah of PML-Q won by 65,494 votes. Election 2008 General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Sardar Munsib Ali Dogar of PML-N won by 35,597 votes. Election 2013 General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Sardar Mansab Ali Dogar of PML-N won by 67,984 votes and became the member of National Assembly. References External links Election results official website NA-164 {{PunjabPK-constituency-stub ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
PML-Q
The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a representation of 5 seats. It previously served as an ally of former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf's government, and led a joint election campaign in 2013 alongside Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Punjab and Balochistan provinces against its rival Pakistan Muslim League (N), a fiscally conservative and centre-right force. Its leadership and members were once part of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) presided by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. After the 1997 general elections, political differences arose that ultimately led to the creation of a faction inside the party. The dissidents, led by Shujaat Hussain, called for strong and vocal support for the 1999 military coup d'état staged and led by then- Chief of Army Staff and Chai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PML-N
The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a centre-right and 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 Nawaz Sharif after the dissolution of Islamic Democratic Alliance in 1993. The party's platform is generally conservative, which involves supporting free markets, deregulation, lower taxes and private ownership. Although the party historically supported social conservatism, in recent years, the party’s political ideology and platform has become more liberal on social and cultural issues. One of several continuing factions of the original Muslim League, the seeds of the party were sown following the 1985 Elections when the Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Khan Junejo organised the supporters of President Zia-ul-H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (Pakistan)
The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower legislative house of the 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, the 70 seats reserved for women and religious minorities ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
