Shoukat Ali Laleka Explained

Shoukat Ali Laleka
Office:Provincial Minister of Punjab for Zakat and Ushr
Term Start:13 September 2018
Term End:9 April 2022
Office1:Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Term Start1:15 August 2018
Term End1:14 January 2023
Constituency1:PP-238 Bahawalnagar-II
Term Start2:29 May 2013
Term End2:31 May 2018
Constituency2:PP-278 (Bahawalnagar-II)
Birth Date:1 January 1961
Birth Place:Bahawalnagar, Punjab, Pakistan
Death Place:Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:PTI (2018–2023)
PMLN (2013–2018)
PPP (2008–2013)
PML-Q (2001–2008)
PMLN (1997–1999)
Independent(1993–1996)
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988–1993)
Pakistan Muslim League (1985–1988)
Children:Inam Bari (son)

Shoukat Ali Laleka (Urdu: {{nq|شوکت علی لالیکا; 1 January 1960 – 8 September 2023) was a Pakistani politician. He was a provincial minister of Punjab for Zakat and Ushr from 13 September 2018 to April 2022, and a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 to January 2023. From May 2013 to May 2018 he was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.

Early life

Shoukat Ali Laleka was born on 1 January 1961 in Bahawalnagar.[1]

Political career

Laleka was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) from PP-226 (Bahawalnagar-II) in the 1990 Pakistani general election. He received 21,077 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Muhammad Tariq Amin Hotiana.[2]

Laleka ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-226 (Bahawalnagar-II) in 1993 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 37 votes and lost the seat to Noor Muhammad Ghaffari, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). In the same election, he ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from NA-144 (Bahawalnagar-I) but was also unsuccessful. He received 502 votes and lost the seat to Mian Abdul Sattar Laleka, a candidate of the PML-N.[3]

Laleka was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the PML-N from PP-226 (Bahawalnagar-II) in 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 27,467 votes and defeated Mian Manzoor Ahmed Mohal, a candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

Laleka was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the PML-N from PP-278 (Bahawalnagar-II) in the 2013 Punjab provincial election.[4] He received 38,673 votes and defeated Syed Nazar Mehmood Shah, an independent candidate.[5]

Laleka was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-238 (Bahawalnagar-II) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.[6]

Laleka joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) following the election.[7]

Provincial Minister

On 12 September 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar.[8] On 13 September 2018, he was appointed Provincial Minister of Punjab for Zakat and Ushr.[9]

Death

Shoukat Ali Laleka was injured in a traffic accident on his way to Islamabad. He was moved to a hospital in Lahore where he underwent treatment and later died on 8 September 2023. He was 62. His wife was also killed in the accident.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Punjab Assembly. www.pap.gov.pk. 15 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Punjab Assembly election results 1988–97 . ECP . 12 October 2018 . 30 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170830191836/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: National Assembly election results 1988–97 . ECP . 12 October 2018 . 28 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170828225608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/NA.pdf . dead .
  4. News: List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats. 18 January 2018. The News. 13 May 2013. en.
  5. Web site: 2013 election result . ECP . 12 October 2018 . 26 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180526173608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf . dead .
  6. News: Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies . 3 September 2018 . Samaa TV . https://web.archive.org/web/20180729083521/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ . 29 July 2018 . live .
  7. News: Malik . Mansoor . 22 independents, PML-Q votes take PTI tally to 153 in Punjab . 2 August 2018 . DAWN.COM . 2 August 2018.
  8. News: Punjab Cabinet inducts 12 more ministers . 12 September 2018 . Geo News . 12 September 2018.
  9. News: Reporter . The Newspaper's Staff . 12 Punjab provincial ministers sworn in . 14 September 2018 . DAWN.COM . 13 September 2018.
  10. Web site: Fatima . Noor . 8 September 2023 . Former provincial minister Shaukat Laleka passed away.. 8 September 2023 . GNN . en-US.