Raja Sagheer Ahmed | |
Office: | Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab |
Term Start: | 22 July 2022 |
Constituency: | PP-7 Rawalpindi-II |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Party: | PMLN (2022-present) |
Otherparty: | PTI (2018-2022) |
Term End: | 14 January 2023 |
Term Start1: | 15 August 2018 |
Term End1: | 21 May 2022 |
Constituency1: | PP-7 Rawalpindi-II |
Raja Sagheer Ahmed is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.
He was born on 1 January 1956 in Matore, Tehsil Kahuta, District Rawalpindi, Pakistan.[1]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-7 (Rawalpindi-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[2] He received 44,363 votes and defeated Raja Muhammad Ali, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML(N)). Following his successful election, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[3] [4]
On 21 May 2022, was de-seated due to voting against the PTI's Chief Minister candidate.[5]
He was narrowly re-elected to the Provincial Assembly in the subsequent by-election as a candidate of the PML(N). He received 68,906 votes and defeated Muhammad Shabbir Awan, a candidate of the PTI, who received 68,857 votes.[6]