Maulvi Asmatullah is a Pakistani politician who has 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 ...

since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to 2013.

Political career

He was elected to the

from Constituency NA-264 (Zhob-cum-Sherani-cum-Killa Saifullah) as an independent candidate 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 24,204 votes and defeated

Muhammad Khan Sherani Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani (Pashto/ ur, ) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, between 1988 and May 2018. He is the leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (JUIP). Education According to ' ...

. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-264 (Zhob-cum-Sherani-cum-Killa Saifullah) as a candidate of

Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Nazryati Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Nazryati ( ur, جمیعت علماءِ اسلام نظریاتی ) was a political party in Pakistan. It was formed by Maulana Asmatullah Khan after leaving Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. It was formed as a breakaway faction of JUI ...

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 ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 27,514 votes and lost the seat to

. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of from

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal The Muttahida Majlis–e–Amal (MMA; Urdu: , "United Council of Action") is a political alliance consisting of conservative, Islamist, religious, and far-right parties of Pakistan. Naeem Siddiqui (the founder of Tehreek e Islami) proposed suc ...

(MMA) from Constituency NA-264 (Quetta-I) 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 ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Asmatullah, Maulvi Living people Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Year of birth missing (living people)