Mian Jaleel Ahmed Sharaqpuri (born 6 March 1962) is a Pakistani politician who was 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 October 2018 till his resignation in July 2022. Previously, he was 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 2002 to 2007.

Early life and education

He was born on 6 March 1962 in

Sharaqpur Sharaqpur Sharif is a town of Sheikhupura District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is tehsil headquarters of Sharaq Pur Tehsil of Sheikhupura District. It is located at and lies on the Jaranwala road, from Lahore Lahore ( ; ...

, Pakistan. He graduated from the Islamia College in 1984. In 1988, he received a degree of Master of Arts in Economics from the

University of the Punjab The University of the Punjab (Urdu, pnb, ), also referred to as Punjab University, is a public, research, coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan. ...

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 NA-132 (Sheikhupura-II) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 51,159 votes and defeated

Mian Muhammad Azhar Mian Muhammad Azhar (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ur, ) is a Pakistani politician and a business oligarch representing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He is from an Arain noble and landlord family of Lahore, and remains a major political player of th ...

. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-132 (Sheikhupura-II-cum-Nankana Sahib) 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 444 votes and lost the seat to Rana Tanveer Hussain. In December 2011, he announced to join

All Pakistan Muslim League All Pakistan Muslim League (Urdu: ; APML) is a political party in Pakistan founded by Pervez Musharraf in 2010. The launching ceremony of the party was held in London, but the central secretariat of APML is located in Islamabad, Pakistan. Hist ...

(APML). In 2012, he joined

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). In September 2015, he announced to re-join PTI. He was elected to the

as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-139 (Sheikhupura-V) in

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. On 16 July 2022, he resigned in front of the

Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab The Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab (Urdu: اسپیکر پنجاب اسمبلی) is the presiding official of the Punjab Assembly. Informally, the Speaker is also called Speaker Punjab Assembly. The office originated in 1921, ...

, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi.

References

1962 births Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab) Punjab MPAs 2018–2023 Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub