Hafeez-ur-Rehman Khan Dreshak (; born 1 January 1957) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly of Pakistan, also referred to as ''Aiwān-ē-Zairīñ'', is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate of Pakistan, Senate. As of 2023, the National Assem ...

since February 2024, and previously served in this position from June 2013 to May 2018.

Life and career

Dreshak was born on 1 January 1957. He ran for the seat of

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as a candidate of

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(PPP) from Constituency PP-248 (Rajanpur-II) in the

2008 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008 to elect members of the 13th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. On 3 November 2007 President Pervez Musharraf enacted a state of emergency; elections were initia ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 15,452 votes and lost the seat to an independent candidate, Sardar Athar Hassan Khan Gorchani. He was elected to the

as a candidate of

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(PML-N) from Constituency NA-175 (Rajanpur-II) in the

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the List of members of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly and the four Subdivisions of Pakistan, Pr ...

. He received 110,573 votes and defeated an independent candidate,

Dost Muhammad Mazari Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari (born 15 August 1970) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab, from August 2018 to July 2022 before being removed via a motion of no confidence. He had been a memb ...

. He contested the

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 July 2018 to elect the members of the 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

as an independent candidate from NA-194 Rajanpur-II, but was unsuccessful. He received 64,739 votes and was defeated by

Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dreshak Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dreshak is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2002 to 2 ...

, a candidate of

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(PTI). He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-188 Rajanpur-II as a candidate of PML-N in the

2024 Pakistani general election General elections, originally scheduled to be held in 2023, were held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 to elect the members of the List of members of the 16th National Assembly of Pakistan, 16th National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly. The ...

. He received 85,979 votes and defeated Ahmad Ali Khan Dreshak, an

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candidate supported by PTI.

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 1957 births {{MuslimN-MNA-stub