Sajid Hussain Turi (; born 12 February 1977) 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. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to May 2018. who is the current Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human resources and development

Early life

He was born on 12 February 1977. He is the brother of Sajjad Hussain Turi.

Political career

He was elected to the

as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-37 (Tribal Area-II) in

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. He received 26,287 votes and defeated an independent candidate Syed Riaz Hussain. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate Constituency NA-37 (Tribal Area-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 29,623 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Sayed Qaisar Hussain. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of

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) from Constituency NA-46 (Tribal Area-VII) 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 21,461 votes and defeated Syed Iqbal Mian, 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 ...

References

Living people Pashtun people Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 People from Kurram District 1977 births Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 {{Pakistan-MNA-stub