Syed Waseem Akhtar (9 September 1956 – 3 June 2019) was a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the

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, between 1990 and May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 9 September 1956 in

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. He has a degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery which he obtained in 1980 from

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Family

His son, Dr. Hafiz Syed Umar Abdur Rehman, is a renowned ophthalmologist in Bahawalpur. He obtained his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree and is a Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (FCPS). Dr. Rehman worked at

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from 2017 to 2018 and at University Hospital Limerick from 2018 to 2019.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the

as 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) from Constituency PP-222 (Bahawalpur-V) in the

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but was unsuccessful. He received 11,752 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a political party in Pakistan and one of the three major List of political parties in Pakistan, Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. With a Cent ...

(PPP). He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of IJI from Constituency PP-271 (Bahawalpur-V) in 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 ...

. He received 32,382 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Islamic Front (PIF) from Constituency PP-271 (Bahawalpur-V) in the

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but was unsuccessful. He received 5,312 votes and lost the seat to 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). He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as 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 ...

from Constituency PP-271 (Bahawalpur-V) 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 ...

. He received 21,078 votes and defeated a candidate of PPP. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP), is a Pakistani Islamism, Islamist political party. It is the Pakistani successor to Jamaat-e-Islami, which was founded in colonial India in 1941. JIP is a "vanguard party", whose members are intended to be leade ...

from Constituency PP-271 (Bahawalpur-V) in the

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Death

He died on 3 June 2019 at age of 62 following a brief illness. His funeral was offered in Bahawalpur.

References

Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 1956 births 2019 deaths Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan politicians Punjab MPAs 1990–1993 Punjab MPAs 2002–2007 {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub