Syed Rafaqat Ali Gillani | |
Office: | Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab |
Term Start: | 15 August 2018 |
Constituency: | PP-284 Layyah-V |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Party: | IPP (2023-present) |
Term End: | 14 January 2023 |
Otherparty: | PTI (2018-2023) |
Birth Place: | Layyah, Punjab, Pakistan |
Birth Date: | 5 November 1980 |
Syed Rafaqat Ali Gillani is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.
Rafaqat Ali was born on the 5th November 1980 in Layyah, Punjab into a feudal family to Syed Saadat Ali Gillani, also a politician, and he obtained his Master's in Physical Education from the Government College University, Faisalabad in 2008 and later graduated in Law from the Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan in 2016.[1]
He served as Sub-Inspector in the Punjab Rangers from 2007 to 2013.
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-284 (Layyah-V) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.[2]
On 28 July 2018, he joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[3]
On 11 September 2018, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and was appointed as special assistant to the Chief Minister on Auqaf and Religious Affairs.[4]
He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-283 Layyah-IV as a candidate of the IPP in the 2024 Punjab provincial election.[5]