Mian Muhammad Mohsin Ali Qureshi (1948-2014) was a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.

Muhammad Mohsin Ali Qureshi
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyNA-176 (Muzaffargarh-I)
Personal details
Born1948
Died2014
NationalityPakistani
ChildrenShabbir Ali Qureshi (son)[1]

Political career

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Benazir Bhutto offered him party ticket of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to contest the 2002 Pakistani general election however he could not contest the polls due to graduation bar.[1]

After doing graduation,[1] he was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-176 (Muzaffargarh-I) as a candidate of PPP in 2008 Pakistani general election.[2][3][4][5] He received 50,826 votes and defeated Malik Ghulam Qasim Hinjra, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).

In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-251 (Muzaffargarh-I) as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 168 votes and lost the seat to Malik Ahmad Yar Hunjra.[6]

In 2009, he suffered a brain hemorrhage. He remained in coma for five years before dying in 2014.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Raza, Malik Tahseen (2 July 2015). "Shabbir Qureshi's defection a blow to PPP in south Punjab". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  2. ^ "PPP suffers more blows in Punjab". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  3. ^ Correspondent, The Newspaper's (2 January 2010). "MNA Dasti accused of violating party discipline". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 9 August 2017. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Winning margin on 88 out of 272 National Assembly seats is 10,000 votes or less". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Degrees of 181 MPs remain unverified". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.