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NA-222 (Tharparkar-II)
NA-216 (Tharparkar-II) () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Members of Parliament 2018-2022: NA-222 (Tharparkar-II) Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Arbab Ghulam Rahim of National Alliance won by 86,196 votes. Election 2008 General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Arbab Zakaullah of PML-Q won by 135,697 votes. Election 2013 General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Mr. Faqir Sher Muhammad Bilaiani of PPP won the seat 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 were held on 25 July 2018. This constituency had a highest total turnout in all of Pakistan. See also * NA-215 (Tharparkar-I) * NA-217 (Matiari) References ... [...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] |
Mahesh Kumar Malani
Mahesh Kumar Malani ( ur, مہیش کمار ملانی) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. He is the first non-Muslim to win a general seat (non reserved seat) in the National Assembly of Pakistan. Political career He belongs to a political Family of Tharparkar he started his political career in 1996-97 and remained President PPP District Tharparkar and president minority wing PPP Province Sindh. He contested election against Shaukat Aziz in 2004 on NA-229 Tharparkar and then he again contested general election on NA-229 Tharparkar in 2008 and elected as MNA from PPP Reserved seat for minorities from 2008-3013 and he also remained Chairman standing committee of NA on Minorities affairs. He contested election on PS-61 Tharparkar in 2013 secured 42,137 votes by defeating Arbab Naimatullah of Arbab Group (29,346) votes and Rana Hameersingh of PML-F (11,348) votes. He served as chairman on standing committee PAS ON ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tharparkar District
Tharparkar (Dhatki/ sd, ٿرپارڪر, ur, ), also known as Thar, is a district in Sindh province in Pakistan headquartered at Mithi. Before Indian independence it was known as the Thar and Parkar district. The district is the largest in Sindh, and has the largest Hindu population in Pakistan. It has the lowest Human Development Index rating of all the districts in Sindh. Currently the Sindh government is planning to divide the Tharparkar district into Tharparkar and Chhachro district. History The name Tharparkar originates from a portmanteau of the words Thar (referring to the Thar Desert), and parkar (meaning "to cross over"). The Thar region was historically fertile, although it was mostly desertified between 2000 and 1500 BC. Before its desertification, a tributary of the Indus River was said to flow through the region; it is speculated by some historians that this river could be the ancient Sarasvati River mentioned in the Hindu ''Rigveda''. The Thar region is also men ... [...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 Peoples Party Parliamentarians
The Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) is a Pakistani political party and an electoral extension of the Pakistan Peoples Party(PPP). It was created in 2002 by Amin Fahim after Pervez Musharraf's military dictatorship imposed restrictions on the PPP and its chairperson Benazir Bhutto to participate in Pakistani politics. In January 2017, Asif Ali Zardari was elected as the President of PPPP. See also *Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ... References Pakistan People's Party Political parties in Pakistan Secularism in Pakistan Social democratic parties in Pakistan {{Pakistan-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Alliance (Pakistan)
The National Alliance was a coalition of Millat Party, Sindh Democratic Alliance, National Peoples Party, National Awami Party (Wali) and Sindh National Front in Pakistan. It was headed by former Pakistani Prime Minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, who was also the head of his own National Peoples Party (NPP). At the 2002 legislative elections in Pakistan, held on 20 October 2002, the alliance won 4.6% of the popular vote and 16 out of 342 elected members. In May 2004, National Alliance merged with ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML (Q)) and various other parties to form a united Pakistan Muslim League The Pakistan Muslim League ( ur, ; known as PML), is the name of several different Pakistani political parties that have dominated the right-wing platform in the country. The Muslim League (a different party) was the party of Pakistan’s .... References Defunct political party alliances in Pakistan Pakistan Muslim League (Q) {{Pakistan-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arbab Zakaullah
Arbab Zakaullah is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2004 and again from 2008 to 2013. Political career He was elected unopposed to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-229 (Tharparkar-I) as a candidate of National Alliance in a by-election held in 2002. He resigned from the National Assembly in 2004. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-229 (Tharparkar-I) as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 135,697 votes and defeated Mahesh Kumar Malhani, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from Constituency PS-60 (Tharparkar-I) and from Constituency PS-61 (Tharparkar-II) PS-54 Tharparkar-III () is a constituency of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of Sindh ( ur, ) is a unicameral legislature of elected representa ... [...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] |
Pakistan Peoples Party
The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded in 1967 in Lahore, when a number of prominent left-wing politicians in the country joined hands against the military dictatorship of President Ayub Khan, under the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Affiliated with Socialist International, the PPP's platform has formerly been socialist, and its stated priorities continue to include transforming Pakistan into a social-democratic state, promoting secular and egalitarian values, establishing social justice, and maintaining a strong military. The party, alongside the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, is one of the 3 largest political parties of Pakistan. Since its foundation in 1967, it has been a major centre-left force in the country and the party's leadership ... [...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] |
NA-215 (Tharparkar-I)
NA-214 Tharparkar-I () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Members of Parliament 2018-2022: NA-221 Tharparkar-I Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Ghulam Hyder Samejo of National Alliance won by 59,639 votes. Election 2008 General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Ghulam Hyder Samejo of PML-Q won by 109,580 votes. Election 2013 General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani of PPP won and became the member of National Assembly. Election 2018 General elections were held on 25 July 2018. By-election 2021 By-election was held on 21 February 2021 after the death of Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani. Election 2024 General elections will be held on 8 February 2024. See also *NA-213 Umerkot NA-213 Umerkot () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Members of Parliament 2018-2022: NA-220 Umerkot Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
