Chaudhry Muhammad Tufail Explained
Chaudhary Muhammad Tufail is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from September 2016 to May 2018.
Political career
He has served as Tehsil Nazim of Chichawatni.[2]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-162 (Sahiwal-III) in by elections held in September 2016.[3] [4] [5] He received 76,580 votes and defeated Rai Murtaza Iqbal, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[6] The seat became vacant after Rai Hassan Nawaz who won it in 2013 election, was disqualified to continue in office because of inaccurate assets declaration.[7]
In October 2017, he was appointed as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for privatisation.[8]
Notes and References
- News: Newspaper . the . Three brothers get PML-N tickets in Chichawatni . 25 July 2018 . DAWN.COM . 21 April 2013.
- News: NA-162 by-poll: PML-N picks another Jutt from Chichawatni. 7 April 2017. DAWN.COM. 27 August 2016. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170408082040/https://www.dawn.com/news/1280288. 8 April 2017.
- News: Nawaz assures MP of funds for Sahiwal. 6 March 2017. The Nation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170306210635/http://nation.com.pk/national/31-Dec-2016/nawaz-assures-mp-of-funds-for-sahiwal. 6 March 2017.
- News: Govt's untiring efforts eliminating core issues faced by nation: PM. 6 March 2017. The Nation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170306210323/http://nation.com.pk/islamabad/30-Dec-2016/govt-s-untiring-efforts-eliminating-core-issues-faced-by-nation-pm. 6 March 2017.
- News: N, PPP, PTI award tickets for by-poll to NA-162. 6 March 2017. The Nation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170306210637/http://nation.com.pk/national/27-Aug-2016/n-ppp-pti-award-tickets-for-by-poll-to-na-162. 6 March 2017.
- News: PML-N wins NA-162 by-election. 6 March 2017. The Nation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170306210148/http://nation.com.pk/national/20-Sep-2016/pml-n-wins-na-162-by-election. 6 March 2017.
- News: PTI legislator disqualified for inaccurate asset declaration - The Express Tribune. 7 April 2017. The Express Tribune. 12 May 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170407145949/https://tribune.com.pk/story/885139/pti-legislator-disqualified-for-inaccurate-asset-declaration/. 7 April 2017.
- News: Junaidi. Ikram. Three NA panel heads, two state ministers and 11 parliamentary secretaries appointed. 9 November 2017. DAWN.COM. 12 October 2017.
