Tahir Sadiq Khan Explained

Tahir Sadiq
Office:Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Term Start:13 August 2018
Term End:25 January 2023
Constituency:NA-55 (Attock-I)
Birth Date:December 8, 1950
Birth Place:Bahtar, Tehsil Fateh Jhang, Attock, Punjab
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Relatives:Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi (brother-in-law),[1] Chaudhry family
Children:Muhammad Zain Elahi (son)[2]
Eman Waseem (daughter)

Tahir Sadiq Khan is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023.

Early life

Khan was born into a Jat family of the Khattar clan and is married to the sister of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi.[3]

He completed graduation from Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul in 1971.[4] After retiring from the Pakistan Army with the rank of major, he joined Punjab civil service where he served for seven years.[4]

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-12 (Attock-I) in 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 36,051 votes and defeated Muhammad Shawez Khan.[5]

In 2017, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[6]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-55 (Attock-I) and from Constituency NA-56 (Attock-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[7] He received 145,168 votes from Constituency NA-55 (Attock-I) and defeated Sheikh Aftab Ahmed[8] and received 163,325 votes from Constituency NA-56 (Attock-II) and defeated Malik Sohail Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[9] In the same election, he was also re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PP-3 (Attock-III).[10] He received 62,337 votes and defeated Asif Ali Malik.[11]

Following his election, he decided to retain his National Assembly seat NA-55 (Attock-I) and abandon his national assembly seat NA-56 (Attock-II) and Punjab assembly seat PP-3 (Attock-III).

Notes and References

  1. News: Malik . Yaqoob . Ex-Attock nazim forms his own group . 27 July 2018 . DAWN.COM . 7 February 2013.
  2. News: Correspondent . The Newspaper's . Youngest MNA elected from NA-59 . 27 July 2018 . DAWN.COM . 17 May 2013.
  3. Web site: Warraich . Suhail . 2 August 2018 . Choosing right person for Punjab CM real test for Imran . 6 June 2023 . The News International.
  4. Web site: Legislators from ATTOCK (PP-12 to PP-15) . pap.gov.pk . Punjab Assembly . 18 August 2018.
  5. Web site: Punjab Assembly election results 1988-97 . ECP . 18 August 2018 . 30 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170830191836/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf . dead .
  6. News: Tahir Sadiq decides to join PTI - Daily Pakistan Observer -Daily Pakistan Observer – . 27 July 2018 . pakobserver.net . 27 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180727212129/https://pakobserver.net/tahir-sadiq-decides-join-pti/ . dead .
  7. News: PTI's Tahir Sadiq bags two NA, one PA seats . 1 August 2018 . The Nation . 30 July 2018.
  8. Web site: NA-55 Result - Election Results 2018 - Attock 1 - NA-55 Candidates - NA-55 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk . www.thenews.com.pk . 1 August 2018 . en.
  9. Web site: NA-56 Result - Election Results 2018 - Attock 2 - NA-56 Candidates - NA-56 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk . www.thenews.com.pk . 1 August 2018 . en.
  10. News: PTI's candidate Tahir Sadiq wins PP-3 election . 1 August 2018 . Associated Press Of Pakistan . 26 July 2018.
  11. Web site: PP-3 Result - Election Results 2018 - Attock 3 - PP-3 Candidates - PP-3 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk . www.thenews.com.pk . 1 August 2018 . en.

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