Ghulam Farid Kathia

Ghulam Farid Kathia is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.

Ghulam Farid Kathia
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyNA-161 (Sahiwal-II)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani

Political career

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from NA-161 (Sahiwal-II) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 33,016 votes and lost the seat to Rana Tariq Javed, a candidate Pakistan Shia Political Party.[1]

He was elected to the National Assembly from NA-161 (Sahiwal-II) as a candidate of PPP in 2008 Pakistani general election.[2][3][4] He received 38,962 votes and defeated Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf, a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Party.[5] In November 2008, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani[6] and was appointed as Minister of State for Education[7] where he continued to serve until February 2011.[8]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from NA-161 (Sahiwal-II) as a candidate of PPP in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.[4] He received 10,894 votes and lost the seat to Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf.[9]

References
  1. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. "Two MNAs included in CSB for promotion of officials to BS-20". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  3. "Winning margin on 88 out of 272 National Assembly seats is 10,000 votes or less". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  4. Ghumman, Khawar (17 May 2013). "Traditional politics losing ground in southern Punjab". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  5. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. "Fahim among 40 new ministers". DAWN.COM. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  7. "Five new portfolios created, seven cabinet slots vacant". DAWN.COM. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  8. "Federal cabinet of Prime Minister Gillani" (PDF). Cabinet division. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  9. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.


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