Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti

Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti (Urdu: ذوالفقار علی بھٹی‎; born 1 October 1963) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 to February 2019. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.

Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – February 2019
ConstituencyNA-91 (Sargodha-IV)
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-67 (Sargodha-IV)
Personal details
Born (1963-10-01) 1 October 1963
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)

Early life

He was born on 1 October 1963.[1]

Political career

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency NA-67 (Sargodha-IV) in the 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 66,392 votes and lost the seat to Anwar Ali Cheema.[2]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-67 (Sargodha-IV) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[3][4][5][6][7] He received 109,132 votes and defeated Anwar Ali Cheema.[8]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-91 (Sargodha-IV) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[9] In August 2018, the Lahore High Court barred the Election Commission of Pakistan (EC) from issuing victory notification for Bhatti after the runner-up candidate Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema moved the ECP and challenged the victory of Bhatti.[10][11] Following which the ECP ordered re-polling in the constituency.[12]

On 2 February, re-election were held in Constituency NA-91 (Sargodha-IV) in which Bhatti lost the seat to Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema and he challenged in supreme court because after certain period ECP can not ordered re poll with out court order.[13]

References
  1. "Detail Information". pildat.org. PILDAT. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. "2008 election results" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  3. Muhammad, Peer (12 May 2013). "No luck, this time: PML-N breaks Cheema's winning streak". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  4. "Dr Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti". The Express Tribune. 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  5. "PML-N names candidates from three divisions - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 13 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  6. "PML-N wins 10 NA seats - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 11 May 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  7. "Seven-time MNA Anwar Cheema passes away". DAWN.COM. 1 August 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  8. "2013 election results" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  9. "PML-N's Zulfiqar Bhatti wins NA-91 seat in vote recount". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  10. "LHC stays victory notification in NA-91". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  11. "Tough PTI, PML-N contest in NA-91, KP-30 by-polls". The Nation. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  12. Asad, Malik (1 February 2019). "Order on plea against disqualification of MPA reserved". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  13. "PTI's Sultan wins NA-91 after repolling". The Nation. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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