Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi is a Pakistani politician who had 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 ...

from 2002 to 2013. He is the chief of Jatoi Tribe

Political career

He joined

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 1990s. He was elected to the

from Constituency NA-180 (Muzaffargarh-V) as a candidate of PPP in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 69,653 votes and defeated Sardar Ashiq Hussain. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-179 (Muzaffargarh-IV) as a candidate of PPP but was unsuccessful. He received 38,589 votes and lost the seat to

Syed Basit Sultan Bukhari Makhdoomzada Syed Basit Sultan Bukhari (; born 28 May 1969) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2 ...

. In 2005, he became district nazim Muzaffargarh. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-180 (Muzaffargarh-V) as a candidate of PPP in

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. He received 68,270 votes and defeated Sardar Ashiq Hussai. In the same election, he was elected to 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

Constituency PP-258 (Muzaffargarh-VIII) PP-272 Muzaffargarh-V () is a Constituency of Provincial Assembly of Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provi ...

as a candidate of PPP. He received 26,756 votes and defeated by Aoun Raza Gopang. He vacated the Punjab Assembly seat. In November 2008, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

Yousaf Raza Gillani Yusuf Raza Gilani (Urdu: ; born 9 June 1952), is a Pakistani politician who served as 18th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 25 March 2008, until his retroactive disqualification and ouster by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 26 April 2012. He ...

and was made Federal Minister for Defence Production. He served as Minister for Defence Production until his resignation in 2010. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-180 (Muzaffargarh-V) as a candidate of PPP in

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but was unsuccessful. He received 41,548 votes and lost the seat to Sardar Ashiq Hussain. In June 2018, he quit PPP.

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 People from Muzaffargarh People from Muzaffargarh District Politicians from Muzaffargarh Defence Production Ministers of Pakistan {{Pakistan-MNA-stub