Akbar Askani (born 1 January 1982) is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the

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 P ...

since May 2013. Askani was elected in 2013 and 2018. In 2013 he participated in the general elections as an affiliate of the

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 ...

from PB-50 (Mand, Dasht, Tump), and in 2018, he entered the general elections as an affiliate of the

Balochistan Awami Party The Balochistan Awami Party ( ur, , lit=Balochistan People's Party) is a political party based in the Balochistan province of Pakistan founded in 2018 by political dissidents of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) in ...

from PB-48 (Tump cum Nasirabad). The Balochistan Awami Party is the ruling party of Balochistan, where the party won majority seats from all over Balochistan and set to form a government with the coalition parties. In 2013 Askani served the Ministry of Fisheries, Mine, and Natural Resources. He currently only serves the fisheries ministry. He is one of the youngest politicians in Balochistan's political history and has become a member of the Balochistan Assembly.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

(PML-N) from Constituency PB-50 Kech-III in the

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

. He received 1,385 votes. In May 2013, he was elected Vice President of PML-N Balochistan. In December 2014, the

Balochistan High Court The Balochistan High Court ( ur, ) is the highest judicial institution of Balochistan, Pakistan. The court is formally known as the High Court of Balochistan. It is situated in the provincial capital, Quetta. Mir Ali Dost Bugti was the first ...

disqualified him from holding a membership of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of the

(BAP) from Constituency PB-48 (Kech-IV) in the

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 ...

References

Living people Balochistan MPAs 2013–2018 1982 births Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Balochistan Awami Party MPAs (Balochistan) Balochistan MPAs 2018–2023 {{Balochistan-MPA-stub