Asad Ashraf (; born 21 June 1963) is a

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politician who has been a member of the

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, since March 2018. Previously he had been a Member of the

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from 2002 to 2013.

Early life and education

He was born on 21 June 1963 in Lahore. He earned the degree of

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from

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in 1986 and did his

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in Cardiology from

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, Karachi in 1994.

Political career

He joined

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(PML-N) in 1996 after the assassination of his brother, Javed Ashraf who was a member of the PML-N. He had been Advisor to the Chief Minister of Punjab

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from 1997 to 1999. He was elected to the

as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-138 (Lahore-II) in

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. He received 10,651 votes and defeated a candidate of

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(PML-Q). During his tenure as Member of the Punjab Assembly, he remained deputy parliamentary leader of PML-N in the Punjab Assembly. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-138 (Lahore-II) in

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. He received 19,552 votes and defeated a candidate of

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. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as an independent candidate Constituency PP-138 (Lahore-II) in

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, but was unsuccessful. He received 12 votes and lost the seat to Ghazali Saleem Butt. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-118 (Lahore-I) but was unsuccessful. He received 16 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Riaz Malik. Ashraf was elected to the

from

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general seat as an independent candidate in by-election held on 1 March 2018. He received 298 votes against a candidate of

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who secured 38 votes. Ashraf was backed by PML-N which initially nominated him, but he had to run in the polls independently after the

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declared his nomination papers void following the disqualification of

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by the

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. He took oath as Senator on 12 March 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashraf, Asad Living people Pakistani senators (14th Parliament) Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians 1963 births Punjab MPAs 2002–2007 Punjab MPAs 2008–2013