Asghar Ali Jutt Explained
Asghar Ali Jutt is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.
Political career
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-167 (Vehari-I) as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in by-polls held in May 2010. He received 63,183 votes and defeated Nazir Ahmed Arain, a candidate of Awami Ittehad.[1] [2] [3]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-166 (Pakpattan-III) as an independent candidate in 2013 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 30,941 votes and lost the seat to Rana Zahid Hussain.[4]
Notes and References
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- News: Unofficial poll results in - The Express Tribune. 8 August 2017. The Express Tribune. 16 May 2010. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170809022541/https://tribune.com.pk/story/13456/polling-kicks-off-in-punjab/. 9 August 2017.
- News: PPP's Dasti, Jatt win NA by-polls. 8 August 2017. www.thenews.com.pk. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170808194936/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/671134-ppps-dasti,-jatt-win-na-by-polls. 8 August 2017.
- Web site: 2013 election result. ECP. 16 February 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf. 1 February 2018.
