Jamshed Dasti (; born 15 February 1972) is a Pakistani politician who had 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 ...

between 2008 and 2018 and win elections in 2023 for National Assembly of Pakistan from NA 175 as an independent candidate with support of Pakistan Tehreek insaf (PTI)

Early life

He was born on 15 February 1972.

Political career

Dasti is known to have changed potical parties frequently. He has been affiliated with the

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(PPP),

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and most recently in PTI. He was elected to the

on a PPP ticket from NA-178 Muazaffargarh-III 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 ...

. In 2010, he resigned from the National Assembly for possessing a fake BA degree after which the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered him to present his graduation degree. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-178 in a by-election held in 2010. In 2012, he quit PPP. In April 2013 Dasti was sentenced to 3 years in prison and 5,000 Rupees fine for presenting a fake graduation degree during the 2008 election. Following the court verdict he was arrested from outside the courtroom. On foreseeing the court verdict he announced his decision of not contesting in the general elections of 2013 a day earlier the court announced the verdict. On 10 April 2013, the Multan bench of

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heard Dasti's appeal and overturned his conviction of 3 years and 5000 Rs fine hence paving the way for him to contest the elections. In 2013, he joined the PML (N). He was re-elected to the

as an independent candidate from NA-177 Muazaffargarh-II and NA-178 Muazaffargarh-III in the

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. He formed his own party, the Awami Raj Party, in 2016. In 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 ...

he ran from NA-182 Muzaffargarh-II, NA-184 Muzaffargarh-IV, and NA-185 Muzaffargarh-V as a candidate of the Awami Raj Party. He received 50,618, 40,390 votes, and 9,319 votes and lost to Mehr Irshad Ahmed Sial and

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, both PPP candidates, and Syed Basit Sultan Bukhari, an independent, respectively. On 22 March 2023, Dasti joined and merged his party with the

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1996 by cricketer and politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The party is led by Gohar Ali Khan since late 2023. ...

(PTI). He contested the

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from

NA-175 Muzaffargarh-I NA-175 Muzaffargarh-I () is a newly created constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, ...

as a PTI-endorsed independent candidate. He received 113,391 votes and defeated Mehr Irshad Ahmed Sial, a candidate of PPP.

Controversies

He was nominated as accused in a murder case in 2015. In June 2017, Dasati was arrested while he was returning to Muzzafargarh from Islamabad, for allegedly opening a water canal forcibly in

Muzzaffargarh Muzaffargarh is a city in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. Located on the bank of the Chenab River, it is the capital of the eponymous district. It is the 39th most populous city of Pakistan. History The Muzaffargarh region was an agricultura ...

, to irrigate the farming lands. His bail request was approved by an Anti-Terrorism Court a few days later.Court approves MNA Jamshed Dasti's bail

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dasti, Jamshed Living people 1978 births Baloch politicians Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 People from Muzaffargarh District Pakistan People's Party politicians Politicians from Muzaffargarh