Zulfiqar Ali Behan is a Pakistani politician who had 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 ...

from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from August 2014 to January to 2016.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the

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-211 (Naushero Feroze-I) 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 ...

but was unsuccessful. He challenged the successful election of

Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi (; born 4 September 1958) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for Industries and Production, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. A former leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Jatoi ser ...

. In August 2014, an election tribunal declared election of Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi void and declared Behan as candidate returned to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-211 (Naushero Feroze-I). In January 2016, the

Supreme Court of Pakistan The Supreme Court of Pakistan ( ur, ; ''Adālat-e-Uzma Pākistān'') is the apex court in the judicial hierarchy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Established in accordance to thePart VIIof the Constitution of Pakistan, it has ultimate a ...

annulled the verdict of the Election Tribunal and restored the National Assembly membership of Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency

NA-212 (Naushahro Feroze-II) NA-206 Naushahro Feroze-II () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Abdul Ghaffar Khan Jatoi of National Alliance won by 83,043 votes. Election 2008 General elec ...

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 ...

References

Living people Pakistan People's Party politicians Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 Year of birth missing (living people) {{Pakistan-MNA-stub