Muhammad Saif-ud-Din Khosa is a Pakistani politician who served as 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 July 2022 till January 2023. He had previously been a member of the

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from February 2008 to May 2012.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the

from PP-244 (Dera Ghazi Khan-V) and from PP-246 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VII) as a candidate of the

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) in the

2002 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 14th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 10 October 2002, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and North-We ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 13,801 votes from PP-244 (Dera Ghazi Khan-V) and lost the seat to Syed Abdul Aleem, a candidate of the National Alliance. He received 21,760 votes from PP-246 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VII) and lost the seat to Sardar Muhammad Yousaf Khan Leghari, a candidate of the National Alliance. He was elected to the

from NA-173 (Dera Ghazi Khan-III) as a candidate of the PML-N in the

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. He received 56,475 votes and defeated

Awais Leghari Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari (Urdu language, Urdu: اویس احمد خان لغاری‎; born 22 March 1971) is a Pakistani politician who is currently an Finance department, Punjab (Pakistan), Minister of Finance Department & Revenue Punjab ...

. In the same election, he was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from PP-243 (Dera Ghazi Khan-IV) as a candidate of the PML-N. He received 22,508 votes and defeated Awais Leghari. He vacated the Provincial Assembly seat. In May 2012, he quit the PML-N and resigned from the National Assembly. He ran for the seat of the

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from NA-173 (Dera Ghazi Khan-III) as a candidate of the

Pakistan Peoples 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 ...

(PPP) in the

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 60,258 votes and lost the seat to Awais Leghari. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from PP-243 (Dera Ghazi Khan-IV) as a candidate of the PPP but was unsuccessful. He received 2,069 votes and lost the seat to Zulfiqar Ali Khosa, his father. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from PP-243 Dera Ghazi Khan-IV as a candidate of the PPP in an August 2013 by-election, but was unsuccessful. He received 17,547 votes and lost the seat to Ahmad Ali Khan Dreshak. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from PP-288 Dera Ghazi Khan-IV as a candidate of the

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 the

2018 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab on to elect the members of the 17th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 25 July 2018, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Baloch ...

, but was unsuccessful. He received 30,164 votes and lost the seat to Mohsin Atta Khan Khosa, an independent candidate. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from PP-288 (Dera Ghazi Khan-IV) as a candidate of the PTI in the

2022 Punjab provincial by-election By-elections were held in Punjab, Pakistan on 17 July 2022 to elect 20 members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won a landslide victory on 15 of those 20 seats, leading to the collapse of Chief Minister Ham ...

. He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-288 Dera Ghazi Khan-IV as a candidate of the PTI in the

2023 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections are scheduled to be held in Punjab within 90 days after the early dissolution of the Provincial Assembly, which is set to dissolve by or before 14 January 2023. This means that the election must be held no later than 14 April ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khosa, Muhammad Saif-ud-Din Living people Baloch politicians Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 1962 births