Saeed Akbar Khan Nawani Explained

Saeed Akbar Khan Nawani
Birth Date:8 June 1952
Birth Place:Bhakkar District, Punjab, Pakistan
Occupation:Politician, agriculturist
Alma Mater:University of the Punjab - 1985
Office2:Provincial Minister for Communications & Works (Punjab)
Term Start2:2008
Term End2:2013
Office3:Member of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Pakistan
Term Start4:1985
Term End4:1999
Term Start3:2002
Term End3:2013
Constituency4:PP-49 (Bhakkar-III)
Office5:Provincial Minister for Prisons (Punjab)
Term Start5:2003
Term End5:2007
Office8:Adviser to Chief Minister of Punjab
Term Start8:1986
Term End8:1988
Office9:Parliamentary Secretary (Punjab)
Term Start9:1985
Term End9:1985
Parents:Ghulam Akbar Khan (father)
Relations:Rashid Akbar Khan (brother)
Party: PMLN (2024-present)
Otherparty: IPP (2023-2024)
PMLN (2022-2023)
PTI (2018-2022)
PMLN (2008-2018)
PML-Q (2001-2008)
PMLN (1997-1999)
PPP (1993-1996)
PMLN (1990-1993)
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988-1990)
Pakistan Muslim League (1985-1988)
Office10:President of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party Sargodha
Term Start10:12 August 2023
President10:Aleem Khan

Saeed Akbar Khan Nawani (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|سعید اکبر خان نوانی; born 8 June 1952) is a Pakistani politician and a member of the 15th Punjab Assembly.

Political career

He was successively elected as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1985 till 2008.[1]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly in the 2008 elections from PP-49 Bhakkar-III as an independent candidate. He received 53,628 votes and defeated Ghazanfar Abbas Cheena, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly in the 2018 elections from PP-90 Bhakkar-II as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He received 59,490 votes and defeated Irfan Ullah Khan Niazi, a candidate of the PML(N).

He was de-seated due to voting against party policy during the Punjab chief minister's election on 16 April 2022.[2]

He ran in the resulting July 2022 by-election as a candidate of the PML(N), but was unsuccessful. He received 66,513 votes and was defeated by Irfan Ullah Khan Niazi, who was a candidate of the PTI this time.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Punjab Assembly. pap.gov.pk. 17 March 2016.
  2. Web site: ECP de-seats 25 dissident PTI MPs who voted for Hamza Shahbaz . 2022-05-21 . www.thenews.com.pk . en.