Syed Imran Ahmad Shah (; born 16 August 1962) is a

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politician who has been a member of the

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since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 till August 2023 and from 2008 to May 2018.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the

as a candidate of

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(PML-N) from Constituency NA-160 (Sahiwal-I) in the

2002 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 10 October 2002 to elect the 12th National Assembly and four Provincial Assemblies. The elections were held under the military government of Pervez Musharraf. The two mainstream parties, Pakistan ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 43,241 votes and lost the seat to

Nouraiz Shakoor Chaudhary Nouraiz Shakoor Khan (Urdu, ) (born October 19, 1948) is a Pakistani politician from Sahiwal who has been a member of the Pakistan National Assembly three times in 1988, 1993 and 2002 elections respectively. He was defeated in General ...

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

PML-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 ...

from Constituency NA-160 (Sahiwal-I) 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 59,373 votes and defeated

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

from Constituency NA-160 (Sahiwal-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 99,553 votes and defeated Muhammad Ali Shakoor, 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). In October 2017, he was appointed as chairperson of the National Assembly's standing committees on privatization. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-147 (Sahiwal-I) in 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 ...

. He was re-elected to the National Assembly 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 ...

as a candidate of PML-N from NA-141 Sahiwal-I. He received 118,242 votes, defeating Rana Amir Shahzad Tahir, an

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candidate supported by PTI, who secured 107,060 votes.

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians People from Punjab, Pakistan Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 Politicians from Sahiwal 1962 births Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 {{MuslimN-MNA-stub