Qasim Roonjho Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Senator
Qasim Roonjho
Office1:	Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Term Start1:	March 2021
Term End1:	22 October 2024
Constituency1:	Balochistan
Nationality:	Pakistani
Party:	Balochistan National Party (Mengal)

Muhammad Qasim Roonjho (ur|محمد قاسم رُونجہ) is a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from Balochistan from March 2021 to October 2024. He belongs to Balochistan National Party (Mengal).^{[1] [2]}

Political career

He contested a 2008 by-election from PB-22 Lasbela-I as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. He received 92 votes and was defeated by Peer Abdul Qaidr Al-Gillani, another independent candidate.^[3]

He contested the 2013 Pakistani general election from NA-270 (Awaran-cum-Lasbela) as a candidate of Balochistan National Party (Mengal) (BNP-M), but was unsuccessful. He received 3,593 votes and was defeated by Jam Kamal Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).^[4]

He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in the 2021 Pakistani Senate election on a general seat from Balochistan as a candidate of Balochistan National Party (Mengal) (BNP-M).^[5]

On 21 October 2024, he defected from his party's position and voted in favour of the 26th amendment. On 22 October, he resigned from the Senate.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Senate of Pakistan . Senate.gov.pk . 2021-11-28.
2. Web site: Senate committee recommends linking KCR with Jinnah International Airport . Thenews.com.pk . 2021-10-13 . 2021-11-28.
3. Web site: 2008 election result . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf . 5 January 2018 . 25 May 2018 . ECP.
4. Web site: 2013 election result . 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 . 16 February 2018 . ECP.
5. Web site: Dawn.com . 2021-03-03 . PTI makes substantial gains in Senate but suffers major setback in lslamabad . 2024-10-22 . DAWN.COM . en.
6. Web site: 2024-10-22 . BNP-M's Senator Qasim Roonjho resigns after voting for constitutional amendments . 2024-10-22 . www.samaa.tv . en.
7. Web site: Khan . Iftikhar A. . Raza . Syed Irfan . 2024-10-21 . Parliament burns midnight oil to clear 26th Constitutional Amendment . 2024-10-22 . DAWN.COM . en.