Muhammad Iqbal Shah
محمد اقبال شاہ
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
19 February 2018 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-154 (Lodhran-I)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
ChildrenAamir Iqbal Shah (son)[1]

Muhammad Iqbal Shah Qureshi (Urdu: محمد اقبال شاہ قریشی) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from February 2018 to May 2018.

Education and personal life

He has done graduation in Lahore, Pakistan.[2]

He is an agriculturist by profession and has declared his net worth at Rs.  90.48 million.[2] He is social worker and known as a faith healer in his area.[2]

Political career

He remained Tehsil Nazim of Dunyapur from 2005 to 2009.[1][3]

He for brief served as the Chairman Union Council[2] before he was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate for Pakistan Muslim League (N) for Constituency NA-154 (Lodhran-I) in by-polls held in February 2018. He received 113,542 votes and defeated Ali Tareen, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and son of Jahangir Khan Tareen.[4][5] The seat fell vacant following the disqualification of Jahangir Khan Tareen by the Supreme Court of Pakistan for being "dishonest" in December 2017.[5] The constituency was considered a stronghold of Tareens and PTI[6] and hence the defeat of a PTI candidate was termed a "a major upset" and "huge blow" to the party ahead of the July 2018 elections.[7][3][8] He took an oath as Member of the National Assembly on 19 February 2018.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NA-154 contestants: Iqbal Shah Qureshi and Ali Tareen". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 "PML-N wins big ahead of general polls". The Nation. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "PML-N snatches NA-154 seat from PTI in Lodhran by-poll, show unofficial results". Daily Pakistan Global. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. 1 2 Ahmed, Shakeel (13 February 2018). "PML-N wins Lodhran seat in by-poll upset". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "PML-N turns the tables on PTI in Lodhran by-election - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 12 February 2018. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "NA-154". The Nation. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Shift in Lodhran". DAWN.COM. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Newly elected MNA Iqbal Shah takes oath - Associated Press Of Pakistan". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.


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