Syed Saeed ul Hassan is a Pakistani politician who was the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Auqaf and Religious Affairs, in office from 13 September 2018 till April 2022. He had been 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 August 2018 till January 2023.

Early life and education

He was born on 13 October 1961 in Zafarwal. He received the degree of Master of Arts in Arabic in 1983 from the

University of the Punjab The University of the Punjab (Urdu, pnb, ), also referred to as Punjab University, is a public, research, coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan. ...

. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Political career

He was elected to the

as an independent candidate from PP-132 (Narowal-I) in the

2002 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 14th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 10 October 2002, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and North-We ...

. He received 29,759 votes and defeated

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. On 24 November 2003, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister

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and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Religious Affairs and Auqaf. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-46 (Narowal-I) in the

2018 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab on to elect the members of the 17th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 25 July 2018, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Baloch ...

. He joined the

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(PTI) following his election. On 12 September 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Sardar

Usman Buzdar Sardar Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar ( ur, ; born 1 May 1969) is a Pakistani politician and previously served as Chief Minister of The Punjab from 20 August 2018 to 30 April 2022. He has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab since Aug ...

. On 13 September 2018, he was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Auqaf and Religious Affairs. He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-46 Narowal-I as a candidate of the PTI in the

2023 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections are scheduled to be held in Punjab within 90 days after the early dissolution of the Provincial Assembly, which is set to dissolve by or before 14 January 2023. This means that the election must be held no later than 14 April ...

References

Living people Punjab MPAs 2018–2023 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Punjab) 1961 births Provincial ministers of Punjab {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub