Col.(R) Ghazanfar Abbas Shah is a Pakistani politician. He is an incumbent member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since 8 February 2024. He also had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.

Ghazanfar Abbas Shah
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Assumed office
8 February 2024
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023
ConstituencyPP-128 Jhang-V
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political party PMLN (2024-present)
Other political
affiliations
IPP (2023-2024)
PMLN (2022-2023)
PTI (2018-2022)

Political career

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He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-78 (Jhang-VI) in the 2008 Punjab provincial election but was unsuccessful. He received 22,808 votes and lost the seat to Mehr Khalid Mahmood Sargana.[1]

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-79 (Jhang-III) in the 2013 Punjab provincial election but was unsuccessful. He received 28,681 votes and lost the seat to Mehr Khalid Mahmood Sargana.[2]

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from PP-128 (Jhang-V) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.[3]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as PTI supported independent candidate from PP-128 Jhang-V in the 2024 Punjab provincial election.

He joined Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) following his election.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. ^ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Election Results 2018 - Constituency Details". www.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Nine newly-elected independent lawmakers join PML-N". 14 February 2024.