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NA-238 Karachi East-III
NA-237 Karachi East-III () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Area The constituency primarily consists of Faisal Cantonment, Defence View, Kashmir Colony, Akhtar Colony, Manzoor Colony, Azam Basti, Chanesar Goth, Mehmoodabad, Baloch Colony, Dhoraji Colony, Ferozabad, Hill Park, Muhammad Ali Society, Naval Colony, Karsaz, KDA Scheme, Gulistan-e-Johar and Pehlwan Goth. Members of Parliament 2018-2023: NA-244 Karachi East-III Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Syeed Safwanullah of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 23,856 votes. Election 2008 General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Waseem Akhtar of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 83,537 votes. Election 2013 General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Syed Ali Raza Abidi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 81,603 votes and became the member of National Assembly. Election 2018 General elections were held on 25 July 2018. See also * NA-236 Karachi East-II ... [...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] |
Naval Colony
Naval Colony ( ur, نیول کالونی ) (officially known as Haroon Bahria Co-operative Housing Society or H.B.C.H.S.) is a residential neighbourhood in the Karachi West district of Karachi, Pakistan, that is a part of Baldia Town Baldia Town ( sd, بلدیا ٽائون , ur, ) lies in the western part of the city with a population of more than 830,000 as per the 2017 census. Baldia Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivid .... Dunya TV News website, Published 9 November 2016, Retrieved 8 May 2023 References Neighbourhoods ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NA-238 Karachi East-IV
NA-238 Karachi East-IV () is a newly-created a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the areas of Jamshed Quarters Subdivision, and Firozabad Subdivision that were previously in the western portion of the old NA-252. Members of Parliament 2018-2023: NA-245 Karachi East-IV 2024-present: NA-238 Karachi East-IV Election 2018 General elections were held on 25 July 2018. By-election 2022 A by-election was held on 21 August 2022 due to the death of Aamir Liaquat Hussain, the former MNA from this seat. Election 2024 General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Sadiq Iftikhar won the election with 54,885 votes. See also * NA-237 Karachi East-III * NA-239 Karachi South-I Notes References Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Rauf Siddiqui
Muhammad Abdur Rauf Siddiqui is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, since August 2013. Previously he had been a Member of the Provincial Sindh Assembly from 2002 to 2013 and remained a member of the Sindh provincial cabinet in various positions between 2002 and 2012. Early life and education He was born on 15 April 1961 in Shaheed Benazirabad District. He has a degree of Bachelors of Arts from University of Karachi. He earned the degree of Bachelor of Science from American Global International University, a fake diploma mill. Political career He joined Mutahida Quami Movement (MQM) in 1988. He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of MQM from Constituency NA-242 (Karachi-IV) in 2002 Pakistani general election. In the same election, he was also elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of MQM from Constituency PS-115 Karachi-XXVII. He relinquished his National Assembly seat and retained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miftah Ismail
Miftah Ismail ( ur, مفتاح اسماعیل; born 23 July 1965) is a Pakistani political economist who served as the Federal Minister of Finance from April 2022 to September 2022. He had previously served in the same office, from April 2018 to May 2018 in Khaqan Abbasi's cabinet. Prior to that, he served as the Advisor on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs, chairman of the Pakistan Board of Investment and an economist with the International Monetary Fund. Early life and career He was born on 23 July 1965 in Karachi, Sindh. Ismail received his undergraduate degree in business from Duquesne University in 1985, followed by a Ph.D in public finance and political economy from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1990. Ismail worked with the International Monetary Fund as an economist based in Washington, D.C. in the early 1990s. In 1993, he returned to Pakistan to work for his family business, Ismail Industries Limited, a confectionary and snack food manufactu ... [...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] |
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] |
Waseem Akhtar
Wasim Akhtar (Urdu: ; born 25 November 1955) is a Pakistani politician of the Muttahida Quami Movement (P). He served as the Mayor of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, from 2016 to 2020. Shortly after his nomination as Mayor, he was controversially arrested for what his supporters saw as political reasons. Akhtar worked as a telecommunication engineer for AT&T in Saudi Arabia for ten years. After returning to Pakistan, he started radio sets and telephone sets assembly business which later expanded to pharmaceutical distribution. Early life and career After his early academic education, he finished his degree program in telecommunication engineering. He is also facing charges as the main culprit on the 12 May 2007 riots in which more than 50 citizens were killed. Personal life Akhtar belongs to an Urdu-speaking Muslim Rajput family. He is the son of Akhter Muhammad Khan. He runs a real estate business. He is married and has six children. Political career Mayor of Kar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan) ( ur, MQM-P) is a Social liberal Muhajir nationalist Secular political party. The leader of the party is Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui. The party's symbol is the kite. It is mostly active in Karachi where up to majority of Muhajirs currently reside. The party aims to represent the Human rights of Muhajirs in Pakistan through peaceful and democratic struggle. The Party is the spliter faction of Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London. History The party came into existence due to a split within the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, and was founded as a separate party by Farooq Sattar, who split it from MQM founder and leader Altaf Hussain. The faction was announced after Sattar's release from custody by the Pakistan Rangers, a paramilitary organization. Election campaigns MQM-P participated in two major by-elections since its formation, but was defeated in both. Senate of Pakistan National Assembly Sindh Assembly Merger with PSP On 8 Novembe ... [...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] |
Ali Haider Zaidi
Syed Ali Haider Zaidi ( ur, ) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs from 11 September 2018 to 10 April 2022. He is the President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Sindh chapter. He has been previously also remained a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 to January 2023. Political career In 1999, Zaidi joined PTI He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PS-116 (Karachi-XXVIII) in the 2002 general elections, but was unsuccessful. He received 2,941 votes and lost the seat to Nasrullah Khan, a candidate of the MMA. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-252 (Karachi-XIV) and from Constituency NA-208 (Jacobabad) in the 2013 general elections but was unsuccessful. He received 49,622 votes from NA-252 (Karachi-XIV) and lost to Abdul Rashid Godil). He received 7,589 votes from NA-208 (Jacobabad) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
