Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani () is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the

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 al ...

since February 2024 and previously served in this position from July 2012 to 2013. Previously he had been a member of the

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani provinces, Pakistani province of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under ...

from June 2008 to July 2012.

Early life and education

He was born on 29 April 1981 in Lahore. He received the degree of Bachelor of Laws (Hons) in 2003 from the University of Hertfordshire.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the

from Constituency NA-150 (Multan-III) as a candidate of

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 ...

(PPP) in

2008 Pakistani general election 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 43,299 votes and lost the seat to

Rana Mahmood-ul-Hassan Rana Mahmood-ul-Hassan is a Pakistani politician who is a Member of the Senate of Pakistan, from March 2018 to-date. Previously, he has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from May 2015 to March 2018 and a Member of the Nati ...

. He was elected un-contested to the

as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PP-295 (Rahimyar Khan-VIII) in June 2008. He was elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-151 (Multan-IV) as a candidate of PPP in by-polls held in July 2012. He received 64,628 votes and defeated Shaukat Hayyat Khan Bosan. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-151 (Multan-IV) as a candidate of PPP in

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but was unsuccessful. He received 56,858 votes and lost the seat to

Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan (; born 5 November 1957) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for National Food Security and Research, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. He previously served as the Minister for National Food ...

who received 96,632 votes. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from NA-154 Multan-I as a candidate of PPP in

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but was unsuccessful. He received 64,257 votes and lost the seat to

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, a candidate of

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 thre ...

(PTI), who received 74,220 votes. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from

NA-152 Multan-V NA-152 Multan-V () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Syed Asad Murtaza Gillani of PPP won by 38,027 votes. Election 2008 General elections were held on 18 Fe ...

as a candidate of PPP in the

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. He received 97,065 votes and defeated

Syed Javed Ali Shah Syed Javed Ali Shah (; born 6 January 1955) is a Pakistani politician who served as Ministry of Water Resources (Pakistan), Minister for Water Resources, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. He had been a member of the National Assembl ...

, a candidate of

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 Teh ...

(PML(N)).

References

Living people 1981 births Politicians from Lahore Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Punjab MPAs 2008–2013 Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 Abdul Kadir {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub