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NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II
NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II () is newly-created a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the city of Dera Ghazi Khan which was in the old NA-172 before the 2018 delimitations. 2018 general election General elections are scheduled to be held on 25 July 2018. See also *NA-184 Dera Ghazi Khan-I NA-184 Dera Ghazi Khan-I () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Owais Ahmad Khan Leghari of National Alliance won by 55,921 votes. Election 2008 General elect ... * NA-186 Dera Ghazi Khan-III References Dera Ghazi Khan {{Pakistan-stub ... [...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] |
Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil
Dera Ghazi Khan ( ur, ), is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The capital of the tehsil is Dera Ghazi Khan. History Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil was created as a subdivision of Dera Ghazi Khan District during British rule. The population according to the 1901 census of India was 193,744, compared with 177,062 in 1891. Administration The tehsil of Dera Ghazi Khan is administratively subdivided into 41 Union Councils, seven of which form the capital - Dera Ghazi Khan Dera Ghazi Khan (), abbreviated as D.G. Khan, is a city in the southwestern part of Punjab, Pakistan. It is the 19th largest city of Pakistan by population. Lying west of the Indus River, it is the headquarters of Dera Ghazi Khan District and ..., the remaining 34 Unions are: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ghazi Khan (), abbreviated as D.G. Khan, is a city in the southwestern part of Punjab, Pakistan. It is the 19th largest city of Pakistan by population. Lying west of the Indus River, it is the headquarters of Dera Ghazi Khan District and Dera Ghazi Khan Division. History Foundation Dera Ghazi Khan was founded in the end of 15th century when Baloch people were invited to settle the region by Shah Husayn, of the Langah Sultanate of Multan, and was named after Ghazi Khan Mirrani, son of Haji Khan Mirrani who was a Baloch chieftain. Dera Ghazi Khan region was part of Multan province of Mughal empire. Fifteen generations of Mirranis had ruled the area. In the beginning of the 19th century, Zaman Khan was the ruler of Dera Ghazi Khan under Kabul. He was later attacked by the Sikh army from Multan, under the command of Khushal Singh Gaur Brahmin Chamberlain of Ranjit singh. and thus Dera Ghazi Khan came under Sikh rule. Post independence After the success of the Pakistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kot Chutta Tehsil
Kot Chutta ( ur, ) is a tehsil administrative subdivision of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Kot Chutta is situated off the Indus Highway. The area is known for its fertile agricultural land and for the production of various crops. Its major union councils are Choti Zaireen, Jhoke Uttra, Basti Malana and Jhakkar Imam sharif. Languages spoken are Saraiki, Balochi, Urdu and Pashto. 90% of the area's population is Saraiki speaking. History It was founded in the 17th century same time when Ghazi Khan Mirani invaded Dera Ghazi Khan. This city was founded by Sardar Chutta Khan Gurmani who was the head of Gurmani Baloch tribe. It was taken into government rule after the partition of British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one .... Many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dera Ghazi Khan District
Dera Ghazi Khan (Urdu and pnb, , Saraiki: , bal, ڈیرہ غازی خان) is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Its capital is the town of Dera Ghazi Khan. Most of its inhabitants are Saraikis and Baloch. The district lies to the west of the Indus River. The Sulaiman Mountains rise to a height of in the north of the district. Administration The district is divided into three tehsils which are divided into a total of sixty Union Councils: History The city was founded at the close of the 15th century and named after Nawab Ghazi Khan Mirani, son of Nawab Haji Khan Mirani, a Balochi chieftain, who had declared independence from the Langah Dynasty's Sultans of Multan. Together with two other ''Deras'' i.e. settlements, Dera Ismail Khan and Dera Fateh Khan, it gave its name to Derajat. Derajat eventually came into the possession of the British after the Sikh War in 1849 and was divided into two districts: Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan. After th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II)
Constituency NA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II) ( ur, این اے-۲۱۷، ڈیرہ غازيخان-۲) was a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It comprised mainly the city of Dera Ghazi Khan and the tehsil of Kot Chutta. After the 2018 delimitations, these areas have been included in NA-191 (Dera Ghazi Khan-III) and NA-192 (Dera Ghazi Khan-IV) respectively; as a district was allocated an additional constituency after the 2017 Census. Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Farooq Ahmad Khan Laghari of National Alliance won by 56,343 votes. Election 2008 General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Farooq Ahmad Khan Laghari of PML-Q won by 45,370 votes. Election 2013 General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Hafiz Abdul Kareem of PML-N won by 49,230 votes and became the member of National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses o ... [...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] |
Zartaj Gul
Zartaj Gul (Pashto, ur, ) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Climate Change, in Imran Khan ministry between 5 October 2018 and 10 April 2022 after Imran Khan was ousted by No-confidence motion against Imran Khan. She remained a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between August 2018 and January 2023. Early life and education Gul hails from North Waziristan, born on 17 October 1984 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Ahmad Wazir, chief engineer of WAPDA and belongs to Wazir tribe. She obtained her early education in her native town Bannu and Miramshah before moving to Lahore with her family. She attended Queen Mary College for her undergraduate studies and then National College of Arts for her postgraduate studies. She did Textile Designing from National College of Arts. After completing her education, she joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and became a volunteer with Insaf Student Forum (ISF) in 2005. She moved to Dera Ghazi Khan after getting marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awais Leghari
Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari (Urdu language, Urdu: اویس احمد خان لغاری; born 22 March 1971) is a Pakistani politician who is currently an Finance department, Punjab (Pakistan), Minister of Finance Department & Revenue Punjab & MPA in Punjab Assembly as well as Secretary General PML N Punjab, He has previously served as the Ministry of Energy (Pakistan), Federal Minister for Power, in Abbasi cabinet from October 2017 to May 2018, Federal Minister of IT & Technology (tenure) and Chairman of Foreign Relations (tenure). He has also previously been elected as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007 and again from March 2011 to May 2018. Early life and education He was born on 22 March 1971 in Lahore, Pakistan to former President of Pakistan, Farooq Leghari. Awais Leghari was enrolled into the famous Aitchison College, where he excelled at sport and extracurricular activities. While he did reasonably well in his educational commitments, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dost Muhammad Khosa
Sardar Dost Muhammad Khosa ( ur, دوست محمد کھوسہ; born 22 October 1973) is a Pakistani politician affiliated with Pakistan People's Party. He was appointed as the Interim Chief Minister of Punjab on 12 April 2008, after winning Punjab Provincial Seat 244 Dera Ghazi Khan 5 in the general election, serving until 8 June 2008. He joined the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) on 22 December 2018. Early life Khosa is the son of former Punjab Governor and senior political leader of Pakistan Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khosa. He was born in Lahore on 22 October 1973. Khosa received his primary education from Aitchison College Lahore, and graduated from University of the Punjab. Political career Khosa was first elected as MPA when his father vacated a provincial seat after taking oath as Punjab Governor in August 1999. He had also served as UC Nazim of Churratta, D.G. Khan and later as Naib District Nazim D.G. Khan until the general election in 2008.Later, he was appointed the Careta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NA-184 Dera Ghazi Khan-I
NA-184 Dera Ghazi Khan-I () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Owais Ahmad Khan Leghari of National Alliance won by 55,921 votes. Election 2008 General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Muhammad Saif-ud-Din Khosa of PML-N won by 56,475 votes. Election 2013 General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Owais Ahmad Khan Leghari of PML-N won by 82,521 votes and became the member of National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre .... Election 2018 General elections are scheduled to be held on 25 July 2018. See also * NA-183 Taunsa * NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II References External links Election results official website NA-173 {{PunjabPK-consti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
