Arbab Zakaullah is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2004 and again from 2008 to 2013.

Arbab Zakaullah
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyNA-229 (Tharparkar-I)
In office
2002–2004
ConstituencyNA-229 (Tharparkar-I)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani

Political career edit

He was elected unopposed to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-229 (Tharparkar-I) as a candidate of National Alliance in a by-election held in 2002.[1][2] He resigned from the National Assembly in 2004.[3][4]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-229 (Tharparkar-I) as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 135,697 votes and defeated Mahesh Kumar Malhani, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from Constituency PS-60 (Tharparkar-I) and from Constituency PS-61 (Tharparkar-II) as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 6 votes from Constituency PS-60 (Tharparkar-I) and lost the seat to Arbab Ghulam Rahim, and received 62 votes from Constituency PS-61 (Tharparkar-II) and lost the seat to Arbab Zulfiqar Ali, a candidate of PML-Q.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Will it be a walkover for Aziz?: NA-229 (Tharparkar) by-election". DAWN.COM. 29 July 2004. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  2. ^ "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Shaukat to fight polls from Attock, Tharparkar". DAWN.COM. 2 July 2004. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Schedule for by polls announced". DAWN.COM. 4 July 2004. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  5. ^ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.