Lt. Col. (R) Sardar Muhammad Ayub Khan Gadhi is a Pakistani politician and a retired military officer who has been a member of the

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since August 2018. Previously, he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2008 to May 2018. He has also remained Minister for Counter Terrorism Punjab.

Early life and education

He was born on 14 March 1961 in

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. He has a degree of Bachelor of Arts from

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and has a degree of Bachelor of Laws where he received in 2005 from

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. He joined

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and graduated from

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in 1980. In 2002, he retired from the Pakistan Army as Lieutenant Colonel.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-87 (Toba Tek Singh-IV) in

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. He received 46,889 votes and defeated Javed Akram, a candidate of

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(PML-Q). He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-87 (Toba Tek Singh-IV) in 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 53,582 votes and defeated Sardar Khawar Ahmed Khan Gadhi, a candidate of

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(PTI). In January 2017, he was inducted into the Punjab provincial cabinet of Chief Minister

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as Provincial Minister of Punjab for counter terrorism. He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-120 (Toba Tek Singh-III) in

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References

Living people 1961 births Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab) Punjab MPAs 2008–2013 Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 Punjab MPAs 2018–2023 {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub