Muhammad Rehan Hashmi Explained
Muhammad Rehan Hashmi (; born 16 December 1973) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from October 2012 to 2016.
Early life
He was born on 16 December 1973.[1]
Political career
He was elected unopposed to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from Constituency NA-245 (Karachi-VII) in by-polls held in October 2012.[2]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM from Constituency NA-245 (Karachi-VII) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[3] [4] He received 115,776 votes and defeated Muhammad Riaz Haider, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[5]
In 2016, he resigned from the seat of the National Assembly to run in election of local government in Karachi.[6]
Notes and References
- News: If elections are held on time…. 4 December 2017. www.thenews.com.pk. en.
- News: Reporter. The Newspaper's Staff. NA-245: MQM man returns unopposed. 13 August 2017. DAWN.COM. 16 October 2012. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170813150304/https://www.dawn.com/news/757200. 13 August 2017.
- News: Siddiqui. Maleeha Hamid. Results show PTI has vote bank in MQM strongholds. 13 August 2017. DAWN.COM. 14 May 2013. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170813145807/https://www.dawn.com/news/1011180. 13 August 2017.
- News: NA-245, PS-115: MQM comfortably wins Karachi by-polls - The Express Tribune. 13 August 2017. The Express Tribune. 8 April 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170307050914/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1080954/na-245-ps-115-mqm-comfortably-wins-karachi-by-polls/. 7 March 2017.
- Web site: 2013 election result. ECP. 12 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf. 1 February 2018.
- News: Ayub. Imran. All set for NA-245, PS-115 by-polls today. 13 August 2017. DAWN.COM. 7 April 2016. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170307123517/https://www.dawn.com/news/1250398. 7 March 2017.
