Muhammad Iqbal Shah Qureshi () 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 February 2018 to May 2018.

Education and personal life

He has done graduation in

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

, Pakistan. He is an agriculturist by profession and has declared his net worth at 90.48 million. He is social worker and known as a faith healer in his area.

Political career

He remained Tehsil Nazim of

Dunyapur Lodhran District ( skr, ), is a district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan, with the city of Lodhran as its capital. Located on the northern side of the River Sutlej, it is bounded to the north by the districts of Multan, Khanewal and Veh ...

from 2005 to 2009. He for brief served as the Chairman Union Council before he was elected to the

as a candidate for

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 ...

for Constituency NA-154 (Lodhran-I) in by-polls held in February 2018. He received 113,542 votes and defeated

Ali Tareen Jahangir Khan Tareen (Urdu: ) is a Pakistani business magnate who is the majority shareholder & CEO of JDW Group, a Conglomerate specialised in Sugar Manufacturing and has four sugar units, Biomass (Bagasse) Cogeneration which has two power u ...

, a candidate of

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) and son of

Jahangir Khan Tareen Jahangir Khan Tareen (Urdu: ) is a Pakistani business magnate who is the majority shareholder & CEO of JDW Group, a Conglomerate specialised in Sugar Manufacturing and has four sugar units, Biomass (Bagasse) Cogeneration which has two power ...

. The seat fell vacant following the disqualification of Jahangir Khan Tareen by the

Supreme Court of Pakistan The Supreme Court of Pakistan ( ur, ; ''Adālat-e-Uzma Pākistān'') is the apex court in the judicial hierarchy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Established in accordance to thePart VIIof the Constitution of Pakistan, it has ultimate a ...

for being "dishonest" in December 2017. The constituency was considered a stronghold of Tareens and PTI and hence the defeat of a PTI candidate was termed a "a major upset" and "huge blow" to the party ahead of the July 2018 elections. He took an oath as Member of the National Assembly on 19 February 2018.

References

Living people Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 People from Lodhran District Year of birth missing (living people) {{Pakistan-MNA-stub