Ghazanfar Abbas Shah Explained

Ghazanfar Abbas Shah
Office1:Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Term Start1:15 August 2018
Term End1:14 January 2023
Office:Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Constituency1:PP-128 Jhang-V
Term Start:8 February 2024
Nationality:Pakistani
Party: PMLN (2024-present)
Otherparty: IPP (2023-2024)
PMLN (2022-2023)
PTI (2018-2022)

Col.(R) Ghazanfar Abbas Shah is a Pakistani politician. He is an incumbent member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since 8 February 2024. He also had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-78 (Jhang-VI) in the 2008 Punjab provincial election but was unsuccessful. He received 22,808 votes and lost the seat to Mehr Khalid Mahmood Sargana.[1]

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-79 (Jhang-III) in the 2013 Punjab provincial election but was unsuccessful. He received 28,681 votes and lost the seat to Mehr Khalid Mahmood Sargana.[2]

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from PP-128 (Jhang-V) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.[3]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as PTI supported independent candidate from PP-128 Jhang-V in the 2024 Punjab provincial election.

He joined Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) following his election.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2008 election result . ECP . 27 September 2018 . 5 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: 2013 election result . ECP . 27 September 2018 . 1 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Election Results 2018 - Constituency Details . www.thenews.com.pk . The News . 29 July 2018 . en.
  4. Web site: Nine newly-elected independent lawmakers join PML-N . 14 February 2024 .