Arif Mahmood Gill is a Pakistani politician who is an incumbent 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 ...

since February 2024. Previously he was a Member of the

, from 2002 to 2007 and again from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 20 February 1970 in

Samundri Samundri (Urdu, Punjabi: ) is a city and headquarters of Samundri Tehsil located in Faisalabad District of Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 55th largest city of Pakistan by population according to the 2017 census. History Etymology Samu ...

. He graduated from

Bahauddin Zakariya University Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) ( ur, ) is a public university with its main campus in Multan, Pakistan. Bahauddin Zakariya University was founded in 1975 as Multan University, and is the 2nd largest university in Punjab. It was renamed i ...

in 2002.

Political career

He was elected to the

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) from Constituency PP-59 (Faisalabad-IX) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 24,457 votes and defeated Muhammad Tahir Chaudhry, 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). He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-59 (Faisalabad-IX) 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 25,163 votes and lost the seat to Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as 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) from Constituency PP-59 (Faisalabad-IX) in

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 48,397 votes and defeated Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-103 (Faisalabad-IX) in

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 ...

, but was unsuccessful. He received 26,501 votes and lost the seat to Hafiz Mumtaz Ahmad of PTI.://www.electionpakistani.com/ge2018/pp/PP-105.htm He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

(PML-N) from Constituency PP-104 (Faisalabad-IX) in

2024 Pakistani general election General elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 to elect the members of the 16th National Assembly. The detailed schedule was announced by Election Commission of Pakistan on 15 December 2023. The two major parties ar ...

. He received 45,933 votes and defeated Farooq Arshad of PTI.

References

Living people Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 1973 births Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians People from Samundri Bahauddin Zakariya University alumni Punjab MPAs 2002–2007 Punjab MPAs 2024–2029 {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub