Sohail Shaukat Butt

Sohail Shaukat Butt (Urdu: سوحیل شوکت بٹ‎; born 1 April 1983) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.

Sohail Shaukat Butt
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-130 (Lahore)
Personal details
Born (1983-04-01) 1 April 1983
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)

Early life

He was born on 1 April 1983.[1]

Political career

Butt ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-158 (Lahore-XXII) in 2008 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 21,696 votes and lost the seat to Malik Ghulam Habib Awan.[2]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-130 (Lahore-XIII) in 2013 Pakistani general election from the big Rural constituency of Lahore. He defeated Ch Ijaz Dayaal and Samina Khalid Ghurki with Big margin.[3][4][5][6][7] He received 88,842 votes and defeated Samina Khalid Ghurki. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-158 (Lahore-XXII), but was unsuccessful. He received 102 votes and lost the seat to Malik Ghulam Habib Awan.[8]

In 2013, it was reported that Butt was granted bail in three murder cases.[9]

In 2017, Butt was booked for his alleged involvement in the murder of a politician affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party.[10]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-164 (Lahore-XXI) in by-election held on 14 October 2018.[11]

References
  1. "Detail Information". 21 April 2014. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. "Lahore: N bags 12 NA, 22 PA seats". DAWN.COM. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  4. "PML-N lines up NA candidates in Punjab". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  5. "PML-N, PTI, JUI-F and AML chiefs win elections". The Nation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  6. "PML-N clears names for 13 NA, 25 PA seats". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  7. "ATC refers 'political' case to lower court". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  8. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  9. "MNA gets confirmed bail in three murder cases". DAWN.COM. 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  10. "PML-N MNA booked for PPP man's murder". DAWN.COM. 14 March 2017. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  11. "Unofficial results of all 24 Provincial Assemblies seats". Retrieved 16 October 2018.


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