Ghulam Dastgir Khan Explained

Ghulam Dastgir Khan
Office:Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Term Start:1990
Term End:1999
Constituency:NA-76 (Gujranwala-III)
Term Start1:March 1977
Term End1:July 1977
Constituency1:NA-100 (Gujranwala-III)
Nationality:Pakistani
Children:Khurram Dastgir Khan (son)
Otherparty:Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988-1990)
Party:Pakistan Muslim League (N) (1993 - present)
Relations:Azra Sabir Khan (sister-in-law)

Ghulam Dastgir Khan is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1990 to 1999 and for brief in 1977.

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-100 (Gujranwala-III) in 1977 Pakistani general election.[1] In March 1981, he was appointed as Federal Minister for Labour Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis in the cabinet of President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq where he served until February 1985. He also served as Federal Minister for Local Government and rural Development in the cabinet of President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq from November 1983 to April 1984.[2]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly in 1985 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.[3]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) from Constituency NA-76 (Gujranwala-III) in 1988 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[4]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of IJI from Constituency NA-76 (Gujranwala-III) in 1990 Pakistani general election.[5] He obtained 67,697 votes and defeated a candidate of PPP. He remained Federal Minister for Local Government and Rural Development in Nawaz Sharif's 1st Cabinet from 1990-93.

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-76 (Gujranwala-III) in 1993 Pakistani general election. He received 64,769 votes and defeated a candidate of PPP.

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-76 (Gujranwala-III) in 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 64,108 votes and defeated a candidate of PPP.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1977 election notification. ECP. 16 February 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180216151420/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/GE%2007-03-1977.pdf. 16 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Cabinet of Zia-ul-Haq . Cabinet division . 17 July 2018.
  3. News: Khan. Sher Ali. How the Sharifs have handled local government polls in Punjab. 16 February 2018. Herald Magazine. 22 February 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170617202159/http://herald.dawn.com/news/1153679. 17 June 2017.
  4. Web site: Election result 1988-97. ECP. 16 February 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170828225608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/NA.pdf. 28 August 2017.
  5. Web site: 1990 election result. ECP. 16 February 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180216151550/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/General%20Elections%201990%20Vol-II%20Report.pdf. 16 February 2018.