Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani

Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani (Urdu: پیر نور محمد شاہ جیلانی‎; born 15 September 1951 – 24 December 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018 until his death in office representing part of the Tharparkar district in Sindh. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.

Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 24 December 2020
ConstituencyNA-221 (Tharparkar-I)
In office
5 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-230 (Tharparkar-II)
Personal details
Born(1951-09-15)September 15, 1951
DiedDecember 24, 2020(2020-12-24) (aged 69)
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Peoples Party

Early life

He was born on 15 September 1951.[1]

Political career

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (F) (PML-F) from Constituency NA-228 (Umerkot) in 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 24,210 votes and lost the seat to Nawab Muhammad Yousuf.[2]

He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency NA-230 (Tharparkar-II) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[3][4][5][6][7][8] He received 61,903 votes and defeated Shah Mehmood Qureshi. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as an independent candidate from Constituency PS-62 (Tharparkar-III) but was unsuccessful. He received 0 votes and lost the seat to Makhdoom Khalil-u-Zaman.[9]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency NA-221 (Tharparkar-I) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[10]

Death

He died in Karachi on 24 December 2020, at age 66, from COVID-19, during the pandemic in Pakistan.[11]

References
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  2. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  3. "District profile: Thar Ittehad set to give PPP a tough time". DAWN.COM. 19 November 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. "Whistleblower: Shah Mehmood Qureshi lost due to rigging, says Thar judge – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 28 August 2014. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. "PPP victorious in NA-229, NA-230 repolling". DAWN.COM. 1 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. "Re-polling: In Tharparkar, all eyes on PPP-Qureshi contest – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 28 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  7. "Unofficial results: Shah Mahmood Qureshi beaten in NA-230 as PPP sweep re-polling – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 1 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  8. "PPP lawmaker fearing NAB action obtains pre-arrest bail". DAWN.COM. 10 October 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  9. "2013 election results" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  10. "Pir Noor Muhammad Shah of PPPP wins NA-221 election". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  11. PPP MNA Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jillani dies from coronavirus
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