Najeeb Haroon ur, is a Pakistani politician who has 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 ...

since August 2018. He is also the Chairman of

Pakistan Engineering Council The Pakistan Engineering Council (Urdu: ; acronym: PEC) is a professional body for accreditation of engineering education and regulation of engineering profession in Pakistan. It was established on 10 January 1976 by the Parliament under the ...

Early life and education

He has done Masters in Civil Engineering from the

Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering co ...

and is an engineer by profession. In 1987, he returned to Pakistan from the United States and started his construction business.

Political career

He began his political journey during his days at the

NED University of Engineering and Technology The NED University of Engineering & Technology is a public university located in the urban area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is one of the oldest and best engineering universities in Pakistan, acknowledged for its best teaching practices an ...

when he became the President of the Student Union. He was one of the members who founded

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 mid-1990s. He ran for the seat of the

Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of Sindh ( ur, ) is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of ...

as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PS-114 (Karachi-XXVI) in by-polls held in July 2017. He received 5,098 votes and lost the seat to

Saeed Ghani Saeed Ghani ( ur, ; born 8 July 1972) is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as Provincial Minister of Sindh for Labour and Information and Human Resources. He has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh since August 2018 ...

. He was elected to the

from Constituency NA-256 (Karachi Central-IV) as a candidate of PTI in

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 ...

. He received 89,850 votes and defeated Amir Wali Uddin Chishti, a candidate of

Muttahida Qaumi Movement Muttahida Qaumi Movement (abbreviated MQM) is a name currently claimed by two competing Pakistani political factions: * Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London, a political faction managed from the UK * Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan Muttah ...

(MQM). He was noted as Pakistan’s highest tax paid politician. In April 2020, he announced to resign as a member of the National Assembly citing reasons that a lack of funds provided to him for development projects in his constituency.

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Living people Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians Year of birth missing (living people) NED University of Engineering & Technology alumni Pakistani civil engineers Oregon State University alumni Pakistani businesspeople {{Pakistan-MNA-stub

Early life and education

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