Sardar Ashiq Hussain Gopang () is a Pakistani politician who was 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 June 2013 to May 2018. He was a member of 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 ...

from 1985 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 1999.

Political career

He was elected to the

from Constituency PP-194 (Muzaffargarh) in 1985 Pakistani general election. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) from Constituency PP-207 (Muzaffargarh-I) in

1988 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 16 November 1988 to elect the members of the National Assembly and Senate. The elections saw the resurgence of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) under the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's daughter, B ...

. He received 23,023 votes and defeated Roshan Ali, 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). He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of IJI from Constituency PP-207 (Muzaffargarh-I) in

1990 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 24 October 1990 to elect the members of the National Assembly. The elections were primarily a contest between the People's Democratic Alliance (PDA, a four party alliance led by the ruling Pakistan Pe ...

. He received 28,499 votes and defeated Haji Rasool Bakhsh, a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Noorani). In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-208 (Muzaffargarh-II) but was unsuccessful. He received 25,914 votes and lost the seat to Sardar Khan Muhammad Khan Jatoi, a candidate of IJI. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of IJM from Constituency PP-207 (Muzaffargarh-I) and from Constituency PP-208 (Muzaffargarh-II) in

1993 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 6 October 1993 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections took place after both the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan resigned to resolve a power struggle. Prior ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 24,776 from Constituency PP-207 (Muzaffargarh-I) and lost the seat to Rasool Baksh Khan Jatoi, 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 received 3,446 votes from Constituency PP-208 (Muzaffargarh-II) and lost the seat to Sardar Khan Muhammad Khan Jatoi, a candidate of PML-N He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-207 (Muzaffargarh-I) in

1997 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 3 February 1997 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections were a fierce contest between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by pre-election Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Mus ...

. He received 38,842 and defeated an independent candidate, Rasool Baksh Khan Jatoi. He ran for the seat of the

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 ...

(PML-Q) from Constituency NA-180 (Muzaffargarh-V) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 65,871 votes and lost the seat to Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency NA-180 (Muzaffargarh-V) 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 ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 63,144 votes and lost the seat to Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-261 (Muzaffargarh-XI) but was unsuccessful. He received 345 votes and lost the seat to Sardar Aamir Talal Khan Gopang. He was elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-180 (Muzaffargarh-V) 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 72,044 votes and defeated Syed Muhammad Abdullah Shah, a candidate of PML-N. He joined PML-N in May 2013. In May 2018, he quit PML-N and joined

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).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hussain, Sardar Ashiq Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Punjabi people Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Punjab MPAs 1985–1988 Punjab MPAs 1988–1990 Punjab MPAs 1990–1993 Punjab MPAs 1997–1999 Year of birth missing (living people) People from Muzaffargarh District Politicians from Muzaffargarh