Sardar Muhammad Khan Laghari

Sardar Muhammad Khan Laghari (born 4 June 1977) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018.

Sardar Muhammad Khan Laghari
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assumed office
13 August 2018
ConstituencyNA-192 (Dera Ghazi Khan-IV)
Personal details
Born (1977-06-04) June 4, 1977
Lahore
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Early life and education

He was born on 4 June 1977 in Lahore.[1]

He received the degree of Bachelor of Science in Finance from Lahore School of Economics in 2001.[1][2]

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-243 (Dera Ghazi Khan-IV) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 20,316 votes and defeated the seat to Jaffar Khan Leghari. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-245 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VI) but was unsuccessful. He received 17,223 votes and lost the seat to Farooq Leghari.[3] Following his successful election, he joined Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).[1]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-192 (Dera Ghazi Khan-IV) as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[4] In the same election, he was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PP-292 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VIII).[5] Following his successful election, he abandoned his Punjab assembly seat in favor of his National Assembly seat.[6]

References
  1. "Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari". www.pap.gov.pk. Punjab Assembly. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  2. "Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari strong candidate for CM Punjab". The News. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  3. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. "LIVE UPDATES: PTI leads in election 2018 results". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  5. "Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari of PTI wins PP-292 election". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  6. "Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari denies reports of being elected as CM Punjab". The News. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.


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