Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dreshak 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 ...

from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously, he was a member of the

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from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2002 to 2007 and a Member of the

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, between 1977 and May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 28 June 1942 in

Rajanpur District Rajanpur () is a District (Pakistan), district of Dera Ghazi Khan Division in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, with its administrative headquarters the city of Rajanpur. District of Rajanpur was formerly part of Dera Ghazi K ...

. He graduated from

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in 1962. He has a degree of Bachelor of Laws which he obtained in 1964 from

Punjab University Law College Punjab University Law College (PULC) is a public sector law school of University of the Punjab, Canal Road (Quaid e Azam) Campus, Lahore. It is the oldest law institute in Pakistan which was established in 1868, 14 years before Punjab Universi ...

and a degree of Master of Arts which he received in 1966 from the

University of the Punjab The University of the Punjab (UoP) is a public university, public research university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded in 1882, its international influence has made it one of the most prestigious universities in South As ...

Political career

He was elected to the

from Constituency PP-140 (D.G. Khan-VI) in the

1970 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 7 December 1970 to elect members of the National Assembly. They were the first direct general elections since the independence of Pakistan and ultimately the only ones held prior to the independence o ...

and became Provincial Minister of Punjab for Irrigation and Power. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-185 (D.G. Khan-II) in the

1977 Pakistani general election Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Rep ...

. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-189 (Rajanpur) in the

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

. He ran for the seat of the

from Constituency NA-134 (Rajanpur) as a candidate of

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(IJI) in the

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but was unsuccessful. He received 52,542 votes and lost the seat to Ashiq Muhammad Khan Mazari, a candidate of

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(PPP). In the same election, he was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-205 (Rajanpur-II) as a candidate of

(IJI). He secured 32,485 votes and defeated Muhammad Amanullah Khan, a candidate of

(PPP). He was inducted into the Punjab provincial cabinet of Chief Minister

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and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Irrigation, Law and Parliamentary Affairs. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-205 (Rajanpur-II) as a candidate of IJI in the

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. He secured 40,174 votes and defeated Hafeez-ur-Rehman Khan, a candidate of the

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(PDA). Following the election, he was inducted into the Punjab provincial cabinet of Chief Minister

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and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Planning and Development, with the additional portfolio of Law and Parliamentary Affairs. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-205 (Rajanpur-II) as an independent candidate in the

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but was unsuccessful. He received 30,340 votes and lost the seat to an independent candidate, Muhammad Amanullah Khan. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-134 (Rajanpur) as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. He received 61,210 votes and lost the seat to

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. He was elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-134 (Rajanpur) as an independent candidate in 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 ...

. He secured 73,112 votes and defeated Balakh Sher Mazari. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-175 (Rajanpur-II) as an independent candidate in the

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. He secured 69,030 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Sardar Khalid Bashir Mazari. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-174 (Rajanpur-I) as an independent candidate and from Constituency NA-175 (Rajanpur-II) as a candidate of

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(PML-Q) in the

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but was unsuccessful and lost the seats to Sardar Muhammad Jaffar Khan Leghari and

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, respectively. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-249 (Rajanpur-III) as a candidate of PML-Q but was unsuccessful. He received 24,373 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Amanullah Khan, a candidate of PPP. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-249 (Rajanpur-III) in the

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. He received 40,136 votes and defeated Sardar Muhammad Tariq Drishak, a candidate of

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(PML-N). In the same election, he ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-174 (Rajanpur-I) as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 61,863 votes and lost the seat to Sardar Muhammad Jaffar Khan Leghari. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-247 (Rajanpur-I) as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 108 votes and lost the seat to

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. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of

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(PTI) from Constituency NA-194 (Rajanpur-II) in the

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. In September 2018, a deputy commissioner from Rajanpur accused Dreshak and his two sons of illegally interfering in transfers and postings of members of the Revenue Department and officials of the Border Military Police.

Recent Controversy

In the 2022 flood, he was accused by locals of a town called Fazal Pur in his constituency that he diverted the water flow to save his orchards and factory and drowned the whole town.

Early life and education

Political career

Recent Controversy

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