Tahir Sadiq Khan

Tahir Sadiq Khan is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018.

Tahir Sadiq
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assumed office
13 August 2018
ConstituencyNA-55 (Attock-I)
Personal details
BornDecember 8, 1950
Bahtar, Tehsil Fateh Jhang, Attock
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
ChildrenMuhammad Zain Elahi (son)[1]
RelativesChaudhry Pervaiz Elahi (brother-in-law),[2] Chaudhry family

Early life

Khan was born into a Khattar family.[3] The nation He completed graduation from Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul in 1971.[4] After retiring from the Pakistan Army with the rank of major, he joined Punjab civil service where he served for seven years.[4]

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-12 (Attock-I) in 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 36,051 votes and defeated Muhammad Shawez Khan.[5]

In 2017, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[6]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-55 (Attock-I) and from Constituency NA-56 (Attock-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[7] He received 145,168 votes from Constituency NA-55 (Attock-I) and defeated Sheikh Aftab Ahmed[8] and received 163,325 votes from Constituency NA-56 (Attock-II) and defeated Malik Sohail Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[9] In the same election, he was also re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PP-3 (Attock-III).[10] He received 62,337 votes and defeated Asif Ali Malik.[11]

Following his election, he decided to retain his National Assembly seat NA-55 (Attock-I) and abandon his national assembly seat NA-56 (Attock-II) and Punjab assembly seat PP-3 (Attock-III).[12]

References
  1. Correspondent, The Newspaper's (17 May 2013). "Youngest MNA elected from NA-59". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  2. Malik, Yaqoob (7 February 2013). "Ex-Attock nazim forms his own group". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. "Choosing right man for Punjab CM real test for Imran". The News. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  4. "Legislators from ATTOCK (PP-12 to PP-15)". pap.gov.pk. Punjab Assembly. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. "Punjab Assembly election results 1988-97" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  6. "Tahir Sadiq decides to join PTI - Daily Pakistan Observer -Daily Pakistan Observer –". pakobserver.net. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  7. "PTI's Tahir Sadiq bags two NA, one PA seats". The Nation. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  8. "NA-55 Result - Election Results 2018 - Attock 1 - NA-55 Candidates - NA-55 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  9. "NA-56 Result - Election Results 2018 - Attock 2 - NA-56 Candidates - NA-56 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  10. "PTI's candidate Tahir Sadiq wins PP-3 election". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  11. "PP-3 Result - Election Results 2018 - Attock 3 - PP-3 Candidates - PP-3 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  12. "MNA Tahir saddens NA-56 people". The Nation. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.


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