Sahibzada Nazir Sultan

Sahibzada Muhammad Nazir Sultan (Urdu: صاحبزادہ محمد نذیر سلطان; 12 February 1944 – 5 December 2022) was a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan a number of times, between 1970 and May 2018. During this period, he won election to the National Assembly six times and was defeated thrice.

Sahibzada Muhammad Nazir Sultan
صاحبزادہ محمد نذیرسلطان
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-90 (Jhang-II)
Personal details
Born(1944-02-12)12 February 1944
Died5 December 2022(2022-12-05) (aged 78)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
ChildrenMuhammad Ameer Sultan

Early life

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Sultan was born on 12 February 1944.[1]

Political career

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Sultan was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Markazi Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan from Constituency NW-48 (Jhang-III) in the 1970 Pakistani general election.[2][3]

Sultan was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-67 (Jhang) as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 1977 Pakistani general election.[2]

Sultan was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-70 (Jhang-V) as a candidate of PPP in 1988 Pakistani general election. He received 61,550 votes and defeated a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI).[4]

Sultan was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-70 (Jhang-V) as a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDA) in 1990 Pakistani general election. He received 58,892 votes and defeated a candidate of IJI.[4]

Sultan was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-70 (Jhang-V) as a candidate of PPP in the 1993 Pakistani general election. He received 63,516 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[4]

Sultan contested election for the National Assembly Constituency NA-70 (Jhang-V) as a candidate of PPP in 1997 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful.[5] He received 33,483 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of PML-N.[4]

Sultan ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of National Alliance from Constituency NA-90 (Jhang-V) in the 2002 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful.[6] He received 56,180 votes and lost the seat to an independent candidate, Saima Akhtar Bharwana.[7]

Sultan ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-90 (Jhang-V) as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) in 2008 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful.[5] He received 58,099 votes and lost the seat to Bharwana again.[8]

Sultan was re-elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-90 (Jhang-II) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[9][10][11][12] He received 52,476 votes and defeated Saima Bharwana.[13] He joined PML-N in May 2013.[14]

As of September 2017, he was the last serving member of the National Assembly who was first elected in the 1970 general election.[3]

In May 2018, he quit PML-N and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[15]

Death

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Sultan died on 5 December 2022, at the age of 78.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Detail Information". www.pildat.org. PILDAT. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ a b "National Assembly members 1970-1997" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b Zaman, Yusuf (6 September 2017). "Parliament trivia". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Election results National Assembly 1988-97" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Jhang: ex-MNAs eye third success in a row". DAWN.COM. 5 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Biradari split paves the way for weak hopefuls". DAWN.COM. 7 December 2007. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  7. ^ "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  8. ^ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Jhang — the land of unpredictable results". DAWN.COM. 8 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  10. ^ "43 newly elected legislators join PML-N". DAWN.COM. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Jhang: ex-MNAs eye third success in a row". DAWN.COM. 5 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Faisal Hayat, his brother defeated". DAWN.COM. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  13. ^ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  14. ^ "33 independent MPAs, 12 MNAs join PML-N". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  15. ^ Chaudhry, Fahad (17 May 2018). "Another exodus from PML-N as Punjab lawmakers join PTI". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Ex-Minister Sahibzada Nazir Sultan passes away". 24 News HD. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.