Pir Baksh Junejo (; born 14 February 1956) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

, from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 14 February 1956.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the

as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-234 (Sanghar-I), Constituency NA-235 ( Sanghar-cum-Mirpurkhas-cum-Umerkot) and Constituency NA-236 (Sanghar-II) 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 t ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 15 votes from Constituency NA-234 (Sanghar-I) and lost the seat to

Muhammad Jadam Mangrio Muhammad Jadam Mangrio was a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from March 2008 to March 2013. Political career Mangrio was considered a close aide of Pir Pagara. During the Pervez Musharraf government, h ...

, He received 16 votes from Constituency NA-235 ( Sanghar-cum-Mirpurkhas-cum-Umerkot) and lost the seat to Ghulam Dastgir Rajar, a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (F) The Pakistan Muslim League (F) ( ur, , acronym: PMLF, PML-F, PML (F)) is a nationalist and pro-Hurs clan political party in Pakistan. It is one of the Pakistan Muslim Leagues. The letter 'F' in its name stands for ''functional''. It is primarily ...

(PML-F). He received 5 votes from Constituency NA-236 (Sanghar-II) and lost the seat to Roshan Din Junejo. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the

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

from Constituency PS-81 (Sanghar-IV) as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 20 votes and lost the seat to

Jam Madad Ali Khan Jam Madad Ali Khan (14 December 1962 – 13 November 2020) was a Pakistani politician and a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from June 2013 to May 2018.He was elected as leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 20 ...

. He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-F from Constituency NA-234 (Sanghar-I) in

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

. He received 90,787 votes and defeated Fida Hussain Dero, a candidate of

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).

References

Living people Sindhi politicians Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Politicians from Sindh 1956 births {{Pakistan-MNA-stub