Muhammad Rehan Hashmi

Muhammad Rehan Hashmi (Urdu: محمد ریحان ہاشمی‎; born 16 December 1973) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from October 2012 to 2016.

Muhammad Rehan Hashmi
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
October 2012 – 2016
Preceded byFarhat Mohammad Khan
ConstituencyNA-245 (Karachi-VII)
Personal details
Born (1973-12-16) 16 December 1973
NationalityPakistani
Political partyMuttahida Qaumi Movement

Early life

He was born on 16 December 1973.[1]

Political career

He was elected unopposed to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from Constituency NA-245 (Karachi-VII) in by-polls held in October 2012.[2]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM from Constituency NA-245 (Karachi-VII) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[3][4][5] He received 115,776 votes and defeated Muhammad Riaz Haider, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[6]

In 2016, he resigned from the seat of the National Assembly to run in election of local government in Karachi.[4]

References
  1. "If elections are held on time…". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (16 October 2012). "NA-245: MQM man returns unopposed". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  3. Siddiqui, Maleeha Hamid (14 May 2013). "Results show PTI has vote bank in MQM strongholds". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  4. Ayub, Imran (7 April 2016). "All set for NA-245, PS-115 by-polls today". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  5. "NA-245, PS-115: MQM comfortably wins Karachi by-polls - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 8 April 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  6. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.


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