Khuwaja Sohail Mansoor
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-240 (Karachi-II)
Personal details
Born (1960-02-02) February 2, 1960
NationalityPakistani
Political party PPP (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations		 MQM (2008-2023)

Khuwaja Sohail Mansoor (Urdu: خواجہ سہیل منصور; born 2 February 1960) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from 2008 to May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 2nd February 1960.[1]

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from Constituency NA-240 (Karachi-II) in 2008 Pakistani general election.[2] He received 67,799 votes and defeated Abdullah Boloch, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[3]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM from Constituency NA-240 (Karachi-II) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[4][5][6][7][8][9] He received 87,805 votes and defeated Naz Baloch.[10]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-239 (Korangi Karachi-I) as a candidate of MQM in the 2018 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 68,811 votes and lost the seat to Akram Cheema, a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)

On 5 February 2023, he joined the Pakistan People's Party (PPP).[11]

He is the PPP candidate for the 2023 by-election in NA-256 (Karachi Central-IV).

References

  1. ↑ "Detail Information". 21 April 2014. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "KARACHI: PPP wins key NA seat despite Muttahida-JUI poll alliance". DAWN.COM. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Result". Geo TV. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Key races on four NA, seven PA seats in city". DAWN.COM. 11 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Parties facing new challenges in district west". DAWN.COM. 5 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "With 14 seats, MQM retains its hold over city". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "138 MNAs either paid no income tax, or FBR has no such data". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "National Assembly seats from Sindh". DAWN.COM. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Former MNA of MQM Khawaja Sohail Mansoor join PPP". Retrieved 2023-02-06.


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