Lt. Col (R) Muhammad Shabbir Awan is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2008 to 201

Early life and education

Lt. Col (R) Muhammad Shabbir Awan was born on 11 May 1952 in Village Sambal, Samote Union Council, UC Samote,

Kallar Syedan Tehsil Kallar Syedan is a tehsil in the Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. Earlier a part of the Kahuta Tehsil, it became a separate tehsil on 1 July 2004. Kallar Syedan is the capital of the tehsil. Demography According to the 2017 census of Paki ...

Rawalpindi District Rawalpindi District ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a district located in the northernmost part of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Parts of the district form part of the Islamabad Rawalpindi metropolitan area. Rawalpindi city is the district capi ...

He graduated from the

University of Balochistan The University of Balochistan (UB) (Urdu: جامعہ بلوچستان; Balochi: بلوچستان ء یونیورسٹی ), also known as Balochistan University, is a public university located in the downtown area of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. ...

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. He is also a graduate of Command and Staff College,

and obtained the Degree of

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in 1986.

Previous official position

Lt. Col (R) Muhammad Shabbir Awan was commissioned in

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India, Partition of British India, wh ...

in 1972. He retired from Pakistan Army as

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in 1999 and was Awarded

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Tamgha-e-Imtiaz () also spelled as Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, is a state-organised honour of Pakistan. It is given to any civilian in Pakistan based on their achievements. While it is a civilian/military award, it can be bestowed upon officers of the P ...

in recognition to his Meritorious Service

Political career

He was elected to 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 ...

as a Candidate of PPPP from Constituency PP-2 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 ...

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He received 32,816 votes and defeated

Raja Muhammad Ali Raja Muhammad Ali is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2002 to 2007 and again from May 2013 to May 2018. He served as Special Assistant to the Chief Minister of Punjab and Chairman of standin ...

, 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

He Was functioning as Chairman, Standing Committee on Planning and Development. In 2013 Pakistani general election, general election, 2013 Lt. Col (R) Muhammad Shabbir Awan was a candidate For Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from PPPP for Constituency PP-2 but was unsuccessful. He received 15,868 votes and lost the seat to

a candidate of

PML-N The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a centre-right and liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party ...

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Lt. Col (R) Muhammad Shabbir Awan joined PTI on 19 December 201

References

External links

*https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1403750083201062&id=1403487329894004 * *https://hassannisar.pk/pp-2 *http://www.electioncell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Rawalpindi-Div.pdf *http://www.awaztoday.pk/News-Talk-Shows/180345/Point-of-View-With-Dr-Danish-4th-April-2018.aspx Living people 1952 births Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians People from Kallar Syedan Tehsil Politicians from Rawalpindi Punjab MPAs 2008–2013 {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub