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NA-236 Karachi East-II
NA-236 Karachi East-II () is a newly-created a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Subdivision, and census charge 12 and 13 of Jamshed Quarters. It was created in the 2018 delimitation from areas of old NA-252 and the section of Gulshan-e-Iqbal in NA-253. Area This constituency consists of Mohammad Ali Society, Dhoraji, Pir Ilahi Buksh Colony, PECHS-II, Bahadurabad, Eissa Nagri, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Patel Para, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Sharafabad and East Garden areas of Karachi East District. Members of Parliament 2018-2023: NA-243 Karachi East-II 2024-present: NA-236 Karachi East-II Election 2018 General elections were held on 25 July 2018. Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan won the election but vacated this constituency and three others in favor of NA-95 (Mianwali-I). By-election 2018 By-elections were held in this constituency on 14 October 2018. Election 2024 General electio ... [...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] |
Patel Para
Patel Para is one of the neighbourhoods of Jamshed Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Before the independence of Pakistan in 1947, there was a substantial population of Patel Hindus, Parsis and Ismailis who lived in the area now known as Patel Para. “Whenever any Hindu died and had unclaimed property, the Patels would automatically become the custodians of that property. At that time, Patels in that area were in a majority, and thus this area became Patel Para. After the independence of Pakistan, nearly all Hindus migrated to India in 1947. There are several ethnic groups including Muhajirs, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras, Ismailis and Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι .... References External links Karachi W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NA-235 Karachi East-I
NA-235 Karachi East-I () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. After the 2018 delimitations, Gulshan-e-Iqbal part of the former NA-253 is now in NA-243 (Karachi East-II). Members of Parliament 2018–2023: NA-242 Karachi East-I 2024–present: NA-235 Karachi East-I Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Asad Ullah Bhutto of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 28,840 votes. Election 2008 General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 96,973 votes. Election 2013 General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 101,386 votes and became the member of National Assembly. Election 2018 Election 2024 General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Muhammad Iqbal Khan won the election with 20,185 votes. See also *NA-234 Karachi Korangi-III *NA-236 Karachi East-II NA-236 Karachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi
Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi (; born 9 February 1979) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018. Previously he had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 2008 to 2013. Early life and education He was born on 9 February 1979 in Karachi. He has done Master of Arts in Political Science from the Federal Urdu University and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Karachi. Political career He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from Constituency PS-118 (Karachi-XXX) in the 2008 Sindh provincial election. He received 44,811 votes and defeated Qazi Iftikhar Ahmed Qureshi, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of MQM from Constituency NA-253 (Karachi-XV) in the 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 101,386 votes and defeated Muhammad Ashraf Jabbar Qureshi, a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aamir Chishti
Aamir Waliuddin Chishti (), is a Pakistani politician who is a member of the Senate of Pakistan from Sindh province. Political career Chishti was elected from Sindh province during 2024 Pakistani Senate election 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest co ... as a Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan candidate on a general seat. References Living people Muttahida Qaumi Movement politicians Politicians from Sindh Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Pakistani Senators 2024–2030 {{Pakistan-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shehla Raza
Syeda Shehla Raza Zaidi ( ur, ) (born 15 May 1964 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a Pakistan People's Party politician in the Sindh province of Pakistan. In 2008, she was unanimously elected deputy speaker in the Thirteenth Assembly of the Sindh Assembly, and re-elected in 2013 for that position in the Fourteenth Assembly. Early education Raza completed her undergraduate and graduate education at the University of Karachi, receiving her Master's degree in Physiology in 1991. Political career Her political career began while she was attending university. In 1986, she joined the People's Students Federation, a student wing of the Pakistan People's Party, when political activities were banned. Her activism began during this period of military rule. Three years later, Raza was elected as the Joint Secretary of the People's Student Federation. In 1990, after the right-wing conservative alliance, the Islamic Democratic Alliance (IDA), formed a government, she was arrested and incarcerat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Ali Raza Abidi
Syed Ali Raza Abidi (; 6 July 1972 – 25 December 2018) was a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018. Early life He was born on 6 July 1972 in Karachi, Pakistan to Syed Ikhlaq Hussain Abidi. Political career He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from Constituency NA-251 (Karachi-XIII) in 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 81,603 votes and defeated Raja Azhar Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM Pakistan from Constituency NA-243 (Karachi East-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 24,082 votes and lost the seat to Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NA-95 (Mianwali-I)
NA-89 (Mianwali-I) () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Area *Isa Khel *Daud Khel *Kalabagh *Some areas of Mianwali Tehsil Members of Parliament 1970—1977: NW-44 (Mianwali-I) 1977: NA-60 (Mianwali-I) 1985: NA-60 (Mianwali) 1988—2002: NA-53 (Mianwali-I) 2002-2018: NA-71 (Mianwali-I) 2018-2022: NA-95 (Mianwali-I) Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Election 2008 Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly. Note: PTI boycotted these elections. Election 2013 General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Bye Election 2013 Imran Khan of PTI won NA-71, in addition to two other seats. As per Pakistani law, he was only allowed to keep a single seat. Therefore, he vacated NA-1 and NA-71, while retaining NA-56. As a result, a bye-election was conducted on 22 August 2013, in which Obaid Ullah Khan of PML-N won the seat, and b ... [...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] |
Alamgir Khan (activist)
Alamgir Khan ur, is a Pakistani activist and politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from October 2018 till January 2023. Khan belongs to the Mahsud tribe of South Waziristan currently living in Karachi, Pakistan. On 18 December 2021, Khan was injured at a blast at a private bank branch in the Sher Shah area of Karachi. Activism He is the founder of his own organization named as Fixit. While pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree from Iqra University, Khan started a campaign in January 2016 to spray-paint the portrait of then Chief Minister of Sindh Qaim Ali Shah alongside uncovered sewer holes and garbage dumps in various part of Karachi. The campaign, called ''Fix It'', achieved wide coverage. On 25 February 2016, he was arrested by the police after he attempted to empty the garbage bins outside the Sindh Chief Minister House in Karachi. The next day, he was released on bail. In March 2016, a city court in Karachi indicted him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Pakistani By-elections
By-elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan on 14 October 2018 and 21 October 2018. These elections will be held on twelve constituencies for the National Assembly of Pakistan and twenty-seven constituencies belonging to four provincial assemblies of Pakistan namely Provincial Assembly of Punjab, Provincial Assembly of Sindh, Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Provincial Assembly of Balochistan The Provincial Assembly of Balochistan is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Balochistan, and is located in Quetta, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of .... References {{Pakistani elections 2018 elections in Pakistan By-elections in Pakistan ... [...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] |
