Chaudhary Muhammad Ashraf (; born 20 October 1935) is a Pakistani politician who 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 August 2018 till August 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 20 October 1935.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the

as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

(PML-Q) from Constituency NA-161 (Sahiwal-II) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 38,207 votes and lost the seat to Rana Tariq Javed, independent candidate. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Party from Constituency NA-161 (Sahiwal-II) 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 33,110 votes and lost the seat to

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. He was elected to the National Assembly 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-161 (Sahiwal-II) in

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 ...

. He received 94,012 votes and defeated Malik Muhammad Yar Dhakoo, a candidate of

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(PTI). He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency

NA-148 (Sahiwal-II) NA-142 Sahiwal-II () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Rana Tariq Javed (independent candidate) won by 42,885 votes. He then joined Pakistan Muslim League (Q) ...

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

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 People from Sahiwal District 1935 births Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 {{Pakistan-MNA-stub