Arbab Zakaullah is a Pakistani politician who was 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 2004 and again from 2008 to 2013.

Political career

He was elected unopposed to the

from Constituency NA-229 (Tharparkar-I) as a candidate of National Alliance in a by-election held in 2002. He resigned from the National Assembly in 2004. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-229 (Tharparkar-I) as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

(PML-Q) in

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. He received 135,697 votes and defeated Mahesh Kumar Malhani, 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 the same election, he ran for the seat of the

Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of Sindh ( ur, ) is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of ...

from

Constituency PS-60 (Tharparkar-I) PS-55 Tharparkar-IV () is a constituency of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of Sindh ( ur, ) is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, the p ...

and from

Constituency PS-61 (Tharparkar-II) PS-54 Tharparkar-III () is a constituency of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of Sindh ( ur, ) is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, the ...

as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 6 votes from Constituency PS-60 (Tharparkar-I) and lost the seat to Arbab Ghulam Rahim, and received 62 votes from Constituency PS-61 (Tharparkar-II) and lost the seat to Arbab Zulfiqar Ali, a candidate of PML-Q.

References

Living people Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Year of birth missing (living people) {{Pakistan-MNA-stub