Mohsin Ali Qureshi

Muhammad Mohsin Ali Qureshi
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyNA-176 (Muzaffargarh-I)
Personal details
Born1948
Died2014
NationalityPakistani
ChildrenShabbir Ali Qureshi (son)[1]

Mian Muhammad Mohsin Ali Qureshi (1948-2014) was a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.

Political career

Benazir Bhutto offered him party ticket of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to contest the 2002 Pakistani general election however he could not contest the polls due to graduation bar.[1]

After doing graduation,[1] he was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-176 (Muzaffargarh-I) as a candidate of PPP in 2008 Pakistani general election.[2][3][4][5] He received 50,826 votes and defeated Malik Ghulam Qasim Hinjra, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).

In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-251 (Muzaffargarh-I) as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 168 votes and lost the seat to Malik Ahmad Yar Hunjra.[6]

In 2009, he suffered a brain hemorrhage. He remained in coma for five years before dying in 2014.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Raza, Malik Tahseen (2 July 2015). "Shabbir Qureshi's defection a blow to PPP in south Punjab". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  2. ^ "PPP suffers more blows in Punjab". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  3. ^ Correspondent, The Newspaper's (2 January 2010). "MNA Dasti accused of violating party discipline". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 9 August 2017. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Winning margin on 88 out of 272 National Assembly seats is 10,000 votes or less". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Degrees of 181 MPs remain unverified". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.


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