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Tahir Sadiq Khan
Tahir Sadiq Khan is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. Early life Khan was born into a Jat Muslim, Jat family of the Khattar (clan), Khattar clan and is married to the sister of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. He completed graduation from Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul in 1971. After retiring from the Pakistan Army with the rank of major, he joined Punjab civil service where he served for seven years. 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. In 2017, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). 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. He received 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly Of Pakistan
The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower legislative house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which also comprises the Senate of Pakistan (upper house). The National Assembly and the Senate both convene at Parliament House in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. The National Assembly is a democratically elected body consisting of a total of 342 members who are referred to as Members of the National Assembly (MNAs), of which 272 are directly elected members and 70 reserved seats for women and religious minorities from all over the country. A political party or a coalition must secure 172 seats to obtain and preserve a majority. Members are elected through the first-past-the-post system under universal adult suffrage, representing electoral districts known as National Assembly constituencies. According to the constitution, the 70 seats reserved for women and religious minorities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
