Muhammad Iqbal Shah Qureshi (Urdu: محمد اقبال شاہ قریشی) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from February 2018 to May 2018.

Muhammad Iqbal Shah
محمد اقبال شاہ
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
19 February 2018 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-154 (Lodhran-I)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
ChildrenAamir Iqbal Shah (son)[1]

Education and personal life

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He has done graduation in Lahore, Pakistan.[2]

He is an agriculturist by profession and has declared his net worth at Rs.  90.48 million.[2] He is social worker and known as a faith healer in his area.[2]

Political career

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He remained Tehsil Nazim of Dunyapur from 2005 to 2009.[1][3]

He for brief served as the Chairman Union Council[2] before he was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate for Pakistan Muslim League (N) for Constituency NA-154 (Lodhran-I) in by-polls held in February 2018. He received 113,542 votes and defeated Ali Tareen, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and son of Jahangir Khan Tareen.[4][5] The seat fell vacant following the disqualification of Jahangir Khan Tareen by the Supreme Court of Pakistan for being "dishonest" in December 2017.[5] The constituency was considered a stronghold of Tareens and PTI[6] and hence the defeat of a PTI candidate was termed a "a major upset" and "huge blow" to the party ahead of the July 2018 elections.[7][3][8] He took an oath as Member of the National Assembly on 19 February 2018.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "NA-154 contestants: Iqbal Shah Qureshi and Ali Tareen". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b "PML-N wins big ahead of general polls". The Nation. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  4. ^ "PML-N snatches NA-154 seat from PTI in Lodhran by-poll, show unofficial results". Daily Pakistan Global. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b Ahmed, Shakeel (13 February 2018). "PML-N wins Lodhran seat in by-poll upset". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  6. ^ "PML-N turns the tables on PTI in Lodhran by-election - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 12 February 2018. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  7. ^ "NA-154". The Nation. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Shift in Lodhran". DAWN.COM. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Newly elected MNA Iqbal Shah takes oath - Associated Press Of Pakistan". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.