Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari (born 15 August 1980) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the

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, from August 2018 to July 2022 before being removed via a

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. He has been a member of the

since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of the

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from 2008 to 2013.

Political career

He was elected to the

from Constituency NA-175 (Rajanpur-II) as a candidate of

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(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 ...

. He received 78,427 votes and defeated

Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dreshak Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dreshak is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2002 to 2 ...

. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-175 (Rajanpur-II) as an independent candidate in

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but was unsuccessful. He received 73,885 votes and lost the seat to Hafeez Ur Rehman. 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 ...

as 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) from Constituency PP-297 (Rajanpur-V) in

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. Following his successful election, PTI named him for the office of Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Assembly. On 16 August 2018, he was elected as Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Assembly. He received 187 votes against his opponent

Malik Muhammad Waris Kallu Malik Muhammad Waris Kallu ( Punjabi, ; November 1, 1951 – March 12, 2021), also known by the name of Waris Shad, was a Pakistani politician from Khushab District. who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2002 to 12 Mar ...

who secured 159 votes. On 6 April 2022, a

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was filed against him by the his own party after circumstances arising from the

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. The motion was tabled on 29 July 2022, which led to Mazari's removal by 186 votes.

References

1980 births Living people Dost Baloch politicians Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Punjab MPAs 2018–2023 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Punjab) Deputy Speakers of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub