Waseem Qadir Explained

Waseem Qadir
Office:Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Term Start:29 February 2024
Constituency:NA-121 Lahore-V
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:Pakistan Muslim League (N) (2008-2018; 2024-present)
Native Name Lang:ur
Office1:Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Constituency1:PP-144 Lahore-VIII
Term Start1:9 April 2008
Term End1:20 March 2013
Otherparty:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018-2024)

Chaudhary Waseem Qadir, is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. He had also been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from April 2008 to March 2013.

Political career

Qadir was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in the 2008 Punjab provincial election from PP-144 Lahore-VIII as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)). He received 34,963 votes and defeated Zahid Zulfiqar Khan, a candidate of Pakistan People's Party (PPP).[1]

He served as one of Lahore's nine deputy mayors from 2017 to 2021.[2]

He left the PML(N) after he exchanged harsh words with Hamza Shahbaz over the party nomination of a vacant councillor seat.[3]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 2024 Pakistani general election from NA-121 Lahore-V as an independent candidate supported by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He received 78,707 votes while runner up Shaikh Rohale Asghar of PML(N) received 70,598 votes.[4] [5] He re-joined PML(N) after winning the election.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PP-144 Lahore Detail Election Result 2008 Full Information . 2024-07-22 . www.electionpakistani.com.
  2. Web site: Reporter . The Newspaper's Staff . 2017-01-01 . Nine mayors, deputies take oath in Punjab . 2024-07-22 . DAWN.COM . en.
  3. Web site: 2018-12-18 . PML-N deputy mayor quits party after spat with Hamza . 2024-07-22 . DAWN.COM . en.
  4. News: NA-121 – Lahore 5. Dunya News. 11 February 2024. 11 February 2024.
  5. News: NA-121 Lahore 5. Geo News. 11 February 2024. 11 February 2024. 18 January 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240118164739/https://www.geo.tv/election/NA-121. live.
  6. News: Newly-elected PTI-backed MNA Waseem Qadir joins PML-N. Dunya News. 11 February 2024. 11 February 2024. 11 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240211150634/https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/790887-Newly-elected-PTI-backed-MNA-Waseem-Qadir-joins-PML-N. live.