Ali Afzal Sahi | |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan |
Constituency1: | NA-95 Faisalabad-I |
Birth Date: | 1986 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan |
Nationality: | Pakistan |
Party: | PTI (2018-present) |
Parents: | Muhammad Afzal Sahi (father) |
Relations: | Ghulam Rasool Sahi (uncle) |
Term Start3: | 18 July 2022 |
Term End3: | 14 January 2023 |
Term Start2: | 7 August 2022 |
Term End2: | 14 January 2023 |
Office3: | Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab |
Office2: | Minister for Communications and Works, Punjab |
1Blankname2: | Governor |
1Namedata2: | Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman |
2Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
2Namedata2: | Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi |
Predecessor3: | Muhammad Ajmal Cheema |
Constituency3: | PP-97 Faisalabad-I |
Termstart1: | 29 February 2024 |
Chaudhry Ali Afzal Sahi (born on 26 June 1986) is a Pakistani politician and lawyer who is currently serving as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 29 February 2024.[1] [2] [3] Previously, he served as the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Communication and Works from August 2022 till January 2023. He also served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from July 2022 till January 2023.
Ali belongs to a politically active Punjabi Jat family of the Sahi clan from Faisalabad, as his father Muhammad Afzal Sahi, his uncle Lt. Col. (R) Ghulam Rasool Sahi and his cousin Zafar Zulqarnain Sahi have all been parliamentarians.
He has memorized the Qur'an and earned his Bachelor's and later his LLB from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).[4]
He contested the 2018 Punjab provincial election from PP-97 Faisalabad-I as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), but was unsuccessful. He received 37,973 votes and lost to Muhammad Ajmal Cheema, an independent candidate.
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from PP-97 Faisalabad-I as a candidate of the PTI in the July 2022 Punjab provincial by-election. He received 67,022 votes and defeated Muhammad Ajmal Cheema, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).[5] [6]
He was elected to National Assembly of Pakistan in 2024 Pakistani general election, as a PTI-backed independent candidate from NA-95 Faisalabad-I. He received 144,229 votes and defeated Azad Ali Tabassum, a candidate of PML(N).[7] [8]
He took the oath on 29th February 2024.[9]
He has written articles and op-eds for different publications, including for the English-language Daily Times.[10]