Sheikh Muhammad Akram () is a Pakistani politician who was 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 June 2013 to May 2018. He is currently member of Punjab Assembly from the seat PP-127 Jhang-III since 24 February 2024.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or (PML(N)) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right, Conservatism in Pakistan, conservative political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate of Pakistan, Senate and the larges ...

(PML-N) from Constituency NA-89 (Jhang-I) in the

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the List of members of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly and the four Subdivisions of Pakistan, Pr ...

. He received 75,053 votes and defeated

Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi () is the current Sarparast-e-Aala of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at (ASWJ), a proscribed group in Pakistan. Ludhianvi became the head of ASWJ (then knows as Sipah-e Sahaba) upon the death of the previous chief, Ali Sher ...

. In 2014, he was disqualified and unseated by an election tribunal. However, in 2016, the Supreme Court of Pakistan declared Akram as returned candidate. On 8 February 2024 Sheikh Muhammad Akram who was the 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. ...

elected as PP-127 Jhang-II and defeated PML-N candidate Rashda Yaqoob and Sipah-e-Sahaba, Molana Ahmed Ludhianvi.

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Year of birth missing (living people) Punjab MPAs 2024–2029 Sunni Ittehad Council MPAs (Punjab) {{MuslimN-MNA-stub