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Hafeez-ur-Rehman Dreshak
Pakistani politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hafeez-ur-Rehman Khan Dreshak (Urdu: حفیظ الرحمن خان درشک; born 1 January 1957) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024, and previously served in this position from June 2013 to May 2018.
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Life and career
Dreshak was born on 1 January 1957.[1]
He ran for the seat of Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PP-248 (Rajanpur-II) in the 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 15,452 votes and lost the seat to an independent candidate, Sardar Athar Hassan Khan Gorchani.[2]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-175 (Rajanpur-II) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[3][4] He received 110,573 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Dost Muhammad Mazari.[5]
He contested the 2018 Pakistani general election as an independent candidate from NA-194 Rajanpur-II, but was unsuccessful. He received 64,739 votes and was defeated by Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dreshak, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[6]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-188 Rajanpur-II as a candidate of PML-N in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 85,979 votes and defeated Ahmad Ali Khan Dreshak, an Independent politician candidate supported by PTI.[7]
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