Arbab Zakaullah is a Pakistani politician who was 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 ...

from 2002 to 2004 and again from 2008 to 2013.

Political career

He was elected unopposed to the

from Constituency NA-229 (Tharparkar-I) as a candidate of

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in a by-election held in 2002. He resigned from the National Assembly in 2004. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-229 (Tharparkar-I) as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League" (officially registered as the Pakistan Muslim League) is a political party in Pakistan. As of the 2024 parliamentary e ...

(PML-Q) 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 ...

. He received 135,697 votes and defeated Mahesh Kumar Malhani, a candidate of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a political party in Pakistan and one of the three major List of political parties in Pakistan, Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. With a Cent ...

(PPP). In the same election, he ran for the seat of the

Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of Sindh is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, its provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of Pakis ...

from Constituency PS-60 (Tharparkar-I) and from Constituency PS-61 (Tharparkar-II) as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 6 votes from Constituency PS-60 (Tharparkar-I) and lost the seat to

Arbab Ghulam Rahim Arbab Ghulam Rahim (; born 1 January 1957) is a senior Pakistani politician who served as the Chief Minister of the Government of Sindh from 2004 until 2007. After that he also served as a special minister to Imran Khan on matters of Sindh fro ...

, and received 62 votes from Constituency PS-61 (Tharparkar-II) and lost the seat to Arbab Zulfiqar Ali, a candidate of PML-Q.

References

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