Malik Muhammad Waris Kallu

Malik Muhammad Waris Kallu also known by the name of Waris Shad is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2002 to May 2018.

Malik Muhammad Waris Kallu
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
2002 – 31 May 2018
Personal details
Born (1951-11-01) 1 November 1951
Khushab District
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)
Punjab Assembly Lahore

Early life and education

He was born on 1 November 1951 in Khushab District.[1]

He has the degree of Bachelor of Arts and the degree of Bachelor of Laws where he received in 1976 from Punjab University Law College. He passed CSS examination in 1982.[1]

Political career

He started his political career under the mentorship of ex provincial minister Malik Khuda Baksh Tiwana and his independent "Awami group". He was considered to be the right hand man of tge senior minister as he introduced him into politics of Khushab as Mr. Kallu had no previous history in politics and worked in a bank. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-42 (Khushab-IV) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 41,863 votes and defeated Sardar Shuja Muhammad Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).[2]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate of Awami group from Constituency PP-42 (Khushab-IV) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 42,093 votes and defeated Syed Zulqarnain Shah, an independent candidate, Syed Zulqarnain Shah.[3] However after winning the elections under Awami grouo's platform the 2008 elections, he left his political mentor Malik Khuda Baksh Tiwana and joined the rival group of Malik Shakir Basheer Awan. Since 2008, he has been a critic of Tiwanas i.e. the people who taught him politics and in 2013 contested elections against them. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-42 (Khushab-IV) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[4] He received 50,616 votes on PMLN ticket and defeated an independent candidate, Malik Khuda Bukhsh Tiwana who received 5200 votes. The results of this election remain controversial as despite winning by a narrow margin of 300 votes, there was no re counting. His rivals accuse him of rigging and the case is pending in the Lahore High Court.[5]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-84 (Khushab-III) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[6] Following his successful election, PML-N named him for the office of Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Assembly.[7] On 16 August 2018, he received 159 votes and lost the seat to Dost Muhammad Mazari who secured 187 votes.[8]

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-84 (Khushab-III) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[9]

References
  1. "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  4. "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". The News. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  5. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  6. "PML-N to play effective role of opposition in NA, says Ahsan". The Nation. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  7. "Chaudhry Parvez Elahi elected Punjab Assembly speaker". Geo News. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  8. "PTI and allies sweep speaker, deputy speaker roles in Punjab and Balochistan". DAWN.COM. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  9. "Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies". Samaa TV. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 3 September 2018.


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