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Niaz Ahmed Jhakkar
Pakistani politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Niaz Ahmed Jakhar (Urdu: نیاز احمد جاکھر or Urdu: نیاز احمد جکھڑ) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023.
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He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-139 Layyah-I as a candidate of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in the 1988 Pakistani general election. He received 43,056 votes and defeated Syed Muhammad Khurshid Ahmed Shah Bukhari, a candidate of Pakistan Awami Ittehad.[1]
He contested the 1990 Pakistani general election from NA-139 Layyah-I as a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDA), but was unsuccessful. He received 43,180 votes and was defeated by Syed Muhammad Khurshid Ahmed Shah Bukhari, a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI).[1]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-139 Layyah-I as a candidate of PPP in the 1993 Pakistani general election. He received 64,650 votes and defeated Malik Ghulam Haider Thind, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).[1]
He contested the 1997 Pakistani general election from NA-139 Layyah-I as a candidate of PPP, but was unsuccessful. He received 37,933 votes and was defeated by Malik Ghulam Haider Thind, a candidate of PML(N).[1]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-182 Layyah-II as a candidate of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in the 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 74,932 votes and defeated Malik Ghulam Haider Thind, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)).[2]
He contested the 2008 Pakistani general election from NA-182 Layyah-II as a candidate of PML(Q), but was unsuccessful. He received votes and was defeated by Syed Muhammad Saqlain Shah Bukhari, a candidate of PML(N).[3]
He contested the 2013 Pakistani general election from NA-182 Layyah-II as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. He received 74,719 votes and was defeated by Syed Muhammad Saqlain Shah Bukhari, a candidate of PML(N).[4]
He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on 7 December 2014.[5]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-188 (Layyah-II) as a candidate of PTI in the 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 109,854 votes and defeated Syed Muhammad Saqlain Shah Bukhari, a candidate of PML(N).[6]
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- "Mr. Niaz Ahmed Jakhar", Personal Profile, National Assembly of Pakistan, retrieved Jul 22, 2022
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