Rashid Akbar Khan Nawani () is a Pakistani politician. He is a member of the 16th National Assembly from

NA-92 Bhakkar-II NA-92 Bhakkar-II () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Members of Parliament 2018–2023: NA-98 Bhakkar-II 2024–present: NA-92 Bhakkar-II Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Chaudhry ...

since 29 February 2024. Previously, he was elected to National Assembly in 2008 as an

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candidate but later joined

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. In that election, he polled 98,366 votes while his nearest rival Muhammad Afzal Khan Dhandla of

PML (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or (PML(N)) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate and the largest in the National Assembly. The party was founded in 1993, when a num ...

got 86,688. He has 6 children, 3 sons and 3 daughters. He had also been a member of National Assembly Pakistan from 1988-1990, 1993-1996 and 2002-2007.

Political career

He contested the

1985 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 February 1985 to elect members of the National Assembly.Paki ...

from NA-62 Bhakkar as an

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, but was unsuccessful. He received 65,781 votes and was defeated by Amanullah Khan Shahani, another independent. He was elected to 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 NA-56 Bhakkar-II as an independent candidate in the

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, Ben ...

. He received 49,233 votes and defeated Amanullah Khan Shahani, another independent. He contested the

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 ...

from NA-56 Bhakkar-II as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. He received 38,695 votes and was defeated by Muhammad Zafar Ullah Khan Dhandla, a candidate of

Islami Jamhoori Ittehad The Islami Jamhuri Ittihad (IJI) was a right-wing conservative alliance formed in September 1988 to oppose the democratic socialist Pakistan Peoples Party in elections that year. The alliance comprised nine parties, of which the major components ...

(IJI). He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-56 Bhakkar-II as an independent candidate in the

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. Prio ...

. He received 68,350 votes and defeated Muhammad Zafar Ullah Khan Dhandla, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)). He contested the

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 Mus ...

from NA-56 Bhakkar-II as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. He received 58,462 votes and was drafted by Muhammad Zafar Ullah Khan Dhandla, a candidate of PML(N). He was re-elected to the National Assembly in a January 2003 by-election from NA-74 Bhakkar-II 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)). He received 121,190 votes and defeated Muhammad Saifullah, a candidate of

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal The Muttahida Majlis–e–Amal (MMA; Urdu: , ) is a political alliance consisting of conservative, Islamist, Religion in Pakistan, religious, and right-wing parties of Pakistan. Naeem Siddiqui (the founder of Tehreek e Islami) proposed such a ...

(MMA). He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-74 Bhakkar-II as an independent candidate 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 98,366 votes and defeated Muhammad Afzal Khan Dhandla, a candidate of PML(N). He later joined the PML(N) after his election. He contested 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 ...

from NA-98 Bhakkar-II as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. He received 134,809 votes and was defeated by Muhammad Afzal Khan Dhandla, a candidate of

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 was re-elected to the National Assembly from

as an

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(PTI) Supported

, candidate in the

2024 Pakistani general election General elections, originally scheduled to be held in 2023, were held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 to elect the members of the List of members of the 16th National Assembly of Pakistan, 16th National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly. The ...

. He received 143,604 votes and defeated Muhammad Afzal Khan Dhandla, another independent candidate. He joined the IPP after his election.

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Politicians from Punjab, Pakistan People from Bhakkar District Year of birth missing (living people) Pakistani MNAs 1988–1990 Pakistani MNAs 1993–1996 Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 {{MuslimN-MNA-stub