Najaf Abbas Sial (Urdu: نجف عباس سیال; 22 May 1959 – 11 November 2018) was a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018 and a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2002 to 2013.

Najaf Abbas Sial
نجف عباس سیال
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-91 (Jhang-III)
Personal details
Born(1959-05-22)22 May 1959
Died11 November 2018(2018-11-11) (aged 59)
Jhang, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)

Early life and education

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Sial was born on 22 May 1959.[1][2]

He did Bachelors of Arts from Government Emerson College, in Multan in 1978.[2][3]

Political career

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He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency PP-83 (Jhang-XI) in the 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 28,742 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Talib Raza Khan Sial.[4]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-83 (Jhang-XI) in the 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 42,366 votes and defeated Muhammad Aoan Abbas, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[5]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-91 (Jhang-III) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[6][7][8][9][10][11] He received 91,301 votes and defeated Muhammad Mehboob Sultan, a candidate of PML-N.[12] He joined PML-N in May 2013.[13]

Death

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He died on 11 November 2018 due to cardiac arrest in District Jhang.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Detail Information". www.pildat.org. PILDAT. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ a b "Profile". www.pap.gov.pk. Punjab Assembly. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Profile". www.pap.gov.pk. Punjab Assembly. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. ^ "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  5. ^ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Members - Punjab". Pakistan National Assembly. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  7. ^ "PML-N not sole beneficiary of 'rejected votes' in 2013 polls". DAWN.COM. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  8. ^ "PML-N bagged 119pc more votes than in 2008". DAWN.COM. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Faisal Hayat, his brother defeated". DAWN.COM. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Faisal Hayat, his brother defeated". DAWN.COM. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  11. ^ "43 newly elected legislators join PML-N". DAWN.COM. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  12. ^ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  13. ^ "33 independent MPAs, 12 MNAs join PML-N". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  14. ^ "Ex-MNA dies of protracted illness". The News. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.