Muhammad Tariq Anis is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He had been a member of the

Provincial Assembly of Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of Pa ...

from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

Islami Jamhoori Ittehad The Islami Jamhoori Ittehad ( Islamic Democratic Alliance; acronym: IJI; ur, ) was a right-wing conservative alliance formed in September 1988 to oppose the democratic socialist Pakistan Peoples Party in elections that year. The alliance compri ...

(IJI) from Constituency PP-114 (Sialkot-XIII) in

1988 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 16 November 1988 to elect the members of the National Assembly and Senate. The elections saw the resurgence of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) under the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's daughter, ...

. He received 16,933 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Atiq-ur-Rehman. During his tenure as Member of the Punjab Assembly, he served as Parliamentarian Secretary for Home. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of IJI from Constituency PP-114 (Sialkot-XIII) in

1990 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 24 October 1990 to elect the members of the National Assembly. The elections were primarily a contest between the People's Democratic Alliance (PDA, a four party alliance led by the ruling Pakistan Pe ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 22,984 votes and lost the seat to Atiq-ur-Rehman, a candidate of IJI. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-114 (Narowal-III) in

1993 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 6 October 1993 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections took place after both the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan resigned to resolve a power struggle. ...

. He received 18,302 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Shoukat Ali. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (J) The Pakistan Muslim League (J) (Urdu: پاکستان مسلم لیگ ج) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1988. It is one of the factions of the original Pakistan Muslim League, named "J" after Muhammad Khan Junejo. It was created ...

from Constituency PP-114 (Narowal-III) in

1997 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 3 February 1997 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections were a fierce contest between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by pre-election Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Mu ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 9,276 votes and lost the seat to an independent candidate, Molvu Ghayas ud Din. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an indedpent candidate from Constituency NA-116 (Narowal-II) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 37,145 votes and lost the seat to

Daniyal Aziz Daniyal Aziz Choudhry ( Punjabi, ur, ; born 25 February 1965) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for Privatisation, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan betwee ...

. He was elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-116 (Narowal-II) as an independent candidate in

2008 Pakistani general election 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of ...

and joined the

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

(PPP). He received 45,097 votes and defeated Daniyal Aziz. In November 2008, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

Yousaf Raza Gillani Yusuf Raza Gilani ( Urdu: ; born 9 June 1952), is a Pakistani politician who served as 18th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 25 March 2008, until his retroactive disqualification and ouster by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 26 April 2012 ...

and was appointed as Minister of State for Housing and Works where he served until February 2011. In 2012, he was appointed as chairman of the

Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited The Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) ( ur, ), formerly known as Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan, is Pakistani government-owned agricultural development bank which is based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Founded in 1961 as the agricultur ...

. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a PPP candidate from Constituency NA-116 (Narowal-II) in the 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 40,219 votes and lost the seat to

. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from NA-77 (Narowal-I) in the

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

but was unsuccessful. He received 70,808 votes and lost the seat to Mehnaz Aziz.

References

Living people Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Punjab MPAs 1988–1990 Punjab MPAs 1993–1996 Year of birth missing (living people) {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub