Shoukat Ali Laleka

Shoukat Ali Laleka (Urdu: شوکت علی لالیکا‎) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Provincial Minister of Punjab for Zakat and Ushr , in office since 13 September 2018. He has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since August 2018.

Shoukat Ali Laleka
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Zakat and Ushr
Assumed office
13 September 2018
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Assumed office
15 August 2018
ConstituencyPP-238 (Bahawalnagar-II)
In office
29 May 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyPP-278 (Bahawalnagar-II)
Personal details
Born (1961-01-01) 1 January 1961
Bahawalnagar
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Punjab Assembly Lahore

Previously he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 1 January 1961 in Bahawalnagar.[1]

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) from Constituency PP-226 (Bahawalnagar-II) in 1990 Pakistani general election. He received 21,077 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Muhammad Tariq Amin Hotiana.[2]

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-226 (Bahawalnagar-II) in 1993 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 37 votes and lost the seat to Noor Muhammad Ghaffari, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[2] In the same election, he ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-144 (Bahawalnagar-I) but was unsuccessful. He received 502 votes and lost the seat to Mian Abdul Sattar Laleka, a candidate of PML-N.[3]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-226 (Bahawalnagar-II) in 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 27,467 votes and defeated Mian Manzoor Ahmed Mohal, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[2]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-278 (Bahawalnagar-II) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[4] He received 38,673 votes and defeated Syed Nazar Mehmood Shah, an independent candidate.[5]

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-238 (Bahawalnagar-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[6]

He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) following 2018 election.[7]

On 12 September 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar.[8] On 13 September 2018, he was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Zakat and Ushr.[9]

References
  1. "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. "Punjab Assembly election results 1988-97" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. "National Assembly election results 1988-97" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  4. "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". The News. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  5. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  6. "Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies". Samaa TV. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  7. Malik, Mansoor (2 August 2018). "22 independents, PML-Q votes take PTI tally to 153 in Punjab". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  8. "Punjab Cabinet inducts 12 more ministers". Geo News. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  9. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (13 September 2018). "12 Punjab provincial ministers sworn in". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 September 2018.


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