Inamullah Khan Niazi is a Pakistani politician who had been a 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 ...

, from 1993 to 1996 and again from November 2014 to May 2018. He 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 1997 to 1999.

Early life and education

He was born on 9 October 1955 in

Mianwali Mianwali ( Punjabi/ ur, ) is the capital city of Mianwali District in Punjab, Pakistan. The 81st largest city of Pakistan, it is known for its diverse population of, Punjabi and Pashtun ethnicities. History Mianwali District was an agricu ...

. He has a degree of the Bachelor of Architect which he obtained from

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in 1984.

Political career

He was elected to the

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-38 (Mianwali) in

1993 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 6 October 1993 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections took place after both the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan resigned to resolve a power struggle. Prior ...

. He received 14,793 votes and defeated an independent candidate. He was elected to the

as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-54 (Mianwali-II) in

1997 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 3 February 1997 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections were a fierce contest between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by pre-election Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Mus ...

. He received 53,861 votes and defeated

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. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-44 (Mianwali-II) in 2002 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 152 votes and lost the seat to

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. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-72 (Mianwali-II) as a candidate of PML-N but was unsuccessful. He received 30,018 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of

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. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-71 (Mianwali-I) and Constituency NA-72 (Mianwali-II) as a candidate of PML-N in

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, but was unsuccessful. He received 2,087 votes in Constituency NA-71 and 44,868 votes in Constituency NA-72 and lost the seat to

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and Humair Hayat Khan Rokhri, respectively. He quit PML-N in 2012 and joined

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(PTI). He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-48 (Bhakkar-II) in by-polls held in November 2014. In February 2015, he re-joined PML-N.

Family

He is the cousin of former Pakistani Prime Minister

Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc ...

and brother of Hafeez Ullah Niazi and

Najeebullah Khan Niazi Najeebullah Khan Niazi (3 October 1967 – 4 October 2014) was a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2013 until his death. Early life He was born on 3 October 1967 in Mi ...

References

1955 births Living people Punjab MPAs 1993–1996 Pakistani MNAs 1997–1999 Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs People from Mianwali District Inamullah {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub