Khuram Jehangir Wattoo

Khuram Jehangir Wattoo (Urdu: خرم جہانگیر وٹو‎; born 25 February 1976) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.

Khuram Jehangir Wattoo
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyNA-147 (Okara-V)
Personal details
Born (1976-02-25) 25 February 1976
NationalityPakistani
Parliament House Islamabad

Early life

He was born on 25 February 1976.[1]

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-147 (Okara-V) as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in by-polls held in 2008.[2][3][4] He received 79,195 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Muhammad Zafar Yasin Wattoo.[5]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-146 (Okara-IV) as an independent candidate in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 647 votes and lost the seat to Rao Muhammad Ajmal Khan.[6]

References
  1. "If elections are held on time…". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. "Embattled Wattoo likely to give up PPP Punjab office". Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. Almeida, Cyril (27 April 2013). "A wily politician tries to hang on". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. "Wattoo's son elected to NA". DAWN.COM. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.


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