Pakistani politician
Khuwaja Sohail Mansoor
In office 2008 – 31 May 2018Constituency NA-240 (Karachi-II)
Born (1960-02-02 ) 2 February 1960 (age 64) Nationality Pakistani Political party PPP (2023-present)Other political affiliations MQM (2008-2023)
Khuwaja Sohail Mansoor (Urdu : خواجہ سہیل منصور ; born 2 February 1960) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan , from 2008 to May 2018.
Early life
He was born on 2 February 1960.[ 1]
Political career
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from Constituency NA-240 (Karachi-II) in 2008 Pakistani general election .[ 2] He received 67,799 votes and defeated Abdullah Boloch, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[ 3]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM from Constituency NA-240 (Karachi-II) in 2013 Pakistani general election .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] He received 87,805 votes and defeated Naz Baloch .[ 10]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-239 (Korangi Karachi-I) as a candidate of MQM in the 2018 Pakistani general election , but was unsuccessful. He received 68,811 votes and lost the seat to Akram Cheema , a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)[citation needed ]
On 5 February 2023, he joined the Pakistan People's Party (PPP).[ 11]
He is the PPP candidate for the 2023 by-election in NA-256 (Karachi Central-IV) .[citation needed ]
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