Muhammad Saqlain Anwar Sipra is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the

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, from 2002 to May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 14 August 1977 in

Jhang Jhang (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ur, ), ) is the capital city of Jhang District, in the central portion of the province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. Situated on the east bank of the Chenab river, it is the List of most populous c ...

. He graduated in 1997 from

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and has the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Political career

He was elected to the

as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-75 (Jhang-III) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 21,708 votes and defeated Mehr Muhammad Nawaz Bharwana, a candidate of the National Alliance. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

from Constituency PP-75 (Jhang-III) 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 ...

. He received 24,298 votes and defeated Mehr Muhammad Nawaz Bharwana, an independent candidate. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as 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 ...

from Constituency PP-76 (Chiniot-IV-Cum-Jhang) 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 ...

. In December 2013, he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Auqaf and religious affairs.

References

Living people Punjabi people 1977 births Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 Punjab MPAs 2002–2007 Punjab MPAs 2008–2013 Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Government College University, Lahore alumni {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub