Sohail Shaukat Butt (; born 1 April 1983) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the

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from October 2018 till January 2023. He was also a member of the

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, from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 1 April 1983.

Political career

Butt ran for the seat of the

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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 ...

(PML-N) from Constituency PP-158 (Lahore-XXII) in

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, but was unsuccessful. He received 21,696 votes and lost the seat to Malik Ghulam Habib Awan. He was elected to the

as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-130 (Lahore-XIII) in

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from the big Rural constituency of Lahore. He defeated Ch Ijaz Dayaal and Samina Khalid Ghurki with Big margin. He received 88,842 votes and defeated

Samina Khalid Ghurki Samina Khalid Ghurki (Urdu: ثمینہ خالد گرکی; born 13 August 1956) is a Pakistani politician of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Ghurki was born on 13 August 1956 in Lahore in Ghurki Arain Family, Punjab and completed her degree at ...

. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-158 (Lahore-XXII), but was unsuccessful. He received 102 votes and lost the seat to Malik Ghulam Habib Awan. In 2013, it was reported that Butt was granted bail in three murder cases. In 2017, Butt was booked for his alleged involvement in the murder of a politician affiliated with

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. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-164 (Lahore-XXI) in by-election held on 14 October 2018.

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Punjabi people Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 1983 births {{Pakistan-MNA-stub