Chaudhary Muhammad Saqlain Explained

Ch Muhammad Saqlain
Native Name Lang:Urdu
Office2:PTI Jhelum Representative
Party: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2008-present)
Appointer2:Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Mr. Imran Khan
Birth Date:1 November 1948
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Agriculturist

Ch Muhammad Saqlain (Urdu: چوہدری محمد ثقلين ; born 1 November 1948) is a Pakistani politician associated with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.[1] He is currently serving as PTI NA 66 candidate[2] in Jhelum. He comes from a Jatt Tribe.

Biography

Ch Muhammad Saqlain son of Ch Dhuman Khan was born on 1 November 1948, in Jhelum. He graduated in 1971 from Government Degree College, Jhelum. He served as a Member, District council Jhelum during 1987-92; remained Member, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab during 1993-96 and 2002–07; he was also appointed as Parliamentary Secretary, Excise & Taxation during 1993-95 and as Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab during 1995-96. He was elected for the third term as Member, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in general elections 2008 independently.

Political career

Chaudhary Muhammad Saqlain won PP-24, Jhelum in 2008 Pakistani general election as independent candidate. [3] After winning election he joined Pakistan Muslim League (N). In 2011 after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf jalsa at lahore, he announced to join Imran Khan. [4]

He contested 2013 Pakistani general election unsuccessfully on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ticket from NA-66 (Jhelum-I). He obtained 62,572 votes against Pakistan Muslim League (N)'s candidate Chaudhry Khadim Hussain.

In 2016, Fawad Chaudhry joined PTI,[5] he pursued party leadership to give ticket of NA-66 (Jhelum-I) to his cousin Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf. Chaudhary Muhammad Saqlain was offered provisional assembly seat PP-25 (Dina-Sohawa), he turned the offer down and contested 2018 Pakistani general election from NA-66 (Jhelum-I) against Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf and NA-67 (Jhelum-II) against Fawad Chaudhry as an independent candidate. [6]

In 2018 Pakistani general election he stood fourth from NA-66 (Jhelum-I) obtaining 26,072 votes against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's candidate Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf. And in NA-67 (Jhelum-II) he obtained negligible votes. [7]

References

  1. News: MPA Chaudhary Muhammad Saqlain Joins PTI -. 2012-11-28. 2017-10-04. en-US.
  2. News: PTI Candidates NA-62 Jhelum List for General Elections 2013. 2013-05-08. PAK Newspage. 2017-10-04. en-US.
  3. News: Election 2008 Provisional seats results Jhelum. 2008. en-US.
  4. News: Imran Khan's 'tsunami' sweeps Lahore. 2011-10-30. en-US.
  5. News: Fawad Chaudhry joins PTI, gets ticket for Jhelum by-election. Jun 8, 2016. en-US.
  6. News: Jhelum warms up to a real contest after a long time. July 6, 2018. en-US.
  7. Web site: ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan. www.ecp.gov.pk. 5 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180805234433/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-66&type=NA&Election_ID=10070&Election=GENERAL+ELECTION+25+JUL+2018. 5 August 2018. live. dmy-all.