Awais Qasim Khan

Awais Qasim Khan is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2008 to May 2018.

Awais Qasim Khan
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
2008 – 31 May 2018
Personal details
Born (1969-08-19) 19 August 1969
Sialkot
NationalityPakistani

Early life and education

He was born on 19 August 1969 in Sialkot.[1]

He completed his graduation from Forman Christian College in 1989 and has a degree of Bachelor of Arts.[1]

Political career

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency PP-132 (Narowal-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 14,835 votes and lost the seat to Syed Saeed ul Hassan, an independent candidate.[2]

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-132 (Narowal-I) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 33,382 votes and defeated Syed Saeed ul Hassan Shah, a candidate of PML-Q.[3]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-132 (Narowal-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[4][5] He received 45,505 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Syed Saeed ul Hassan Shah.[6]

In May 2018, he quit PML-N and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[7]

References
  1. "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. "Official result: PML-N wins 21 seats in Punjab Assembly - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 12 May 2013. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  5. "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". The News. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  6. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  7. Reporter, A (24 May 2018). "Five more lawmakers join PTI". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 24 May 2018.


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