Jamshed Ahmad Khan Dasti ( ur, ; born 15 February 1978) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the
National Assembly of Pakistan between 2008 and May 2018.
Early life
He was born on 15 February 1978.
Political career
He was elected to the
National Assembly of Pakistan on ticket of
Pakistan People's 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 i ...
from
NA-178 Muazaffargarh-III in
2008 Pakistani general election.
In 2010, he resigned from the National Assembly for possessing a fake BA degree
after which the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered him to present his graduation degree.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-178 in a by-election held in 2010. In 2012, he quit PPP.
In April 2013 Dasti was sentenced to 3 years in prison and 5,000 Rupees fine for presenting a fake graduation degree during the 2008 election. Following the court verdict he was arrested from outside the courtroom. On foreseeing the court verdict he announced his decision of not contesting in the general elections of 2013 a day earlier the court announced the verdict.
On 10 April 2013, the Multan bench of
Lahore High Court
The Lahore High Court () is based in Lahore, Pakistan. It was established as a high court on 21 March 1882. The Lahore High Court has jurisdiction over Punjab (Pakistan). The High Court's principal seat is in Lahore, but there are benches in th ...
heard Dasti's appeal and overturned his conviction of 3 years and 5000 Rs fine hence paving the way for him to contest the elections. In 2013, he joined
Pakistan Muslim League (N).
He was re-elected to the
National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from
NA-177 Muazaffargarh-II and
NA-178 Muazaffargarh-III in
2013 Pakistani general election.
In
2018 Pakistani general election he ran from NA-182 Muzaffargarh but he did not win.
Controversies
He was nominated as accused in a murder case in 2015.
In June 2017, Dasati was arrested while he was returning to Muzzafargarh from Islamabad, for allegedly opening a water canal forcibly in
Muzzaffargarh, to irrigate the farming lands. His bail request was approved by an Anti-Terrorism Court a few days later.
Court approves MNA Jamshed Dasti's bail
References
Living people
1978 births
Baloch people
Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013
Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018
People from Muzaffargarh District
Pakistan People's Party politicians
People from Muzaffargarh
Politicians from Muzaffargarh
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