Syed Rafaqat Ali Gillani

Syed Rafaqat Ali Gillani
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023
ConstituencyPP-284 Layyah-V
Personal details
Born (1980-11-05) 5 November 1980 (age 44)
Layyah, Punjab, Pakistan
Political partyIPP (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations		PTI (2018-2023)

Syed Rafaqat Ali Gillani is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.

Early life and education

Rafaqat Ali was born on 5 November 1980 in Layyah, Punjab into a feudal family to Syed Saadat Ali Gillani, also a politician, and he obtained his Master's in Physical Education from the Government College University, Faisalabad in 2008 and later graduated in Law from the Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan in 2016.[1]

Police career

He served as Sub-Inspector in the Punjab Rangers from 2007 to 2013.[1]

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-284 (Layyah-V) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.[2]

On 28 July 2018, he joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[3]

On 11 September 2018, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and was appointed as special assistant to the Chief Minister on Auqaf and Religious Affairs.[4]

He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-283 Layyah-IV as a candidate of the IPP in the 2024 Punjab provincial election.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile". Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Election Results 2018 - Constituency Details". www.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ^ Chaudhry, Fahad (28 July 2018). "4 independent MPA-elects in Punjab join PTI". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  4. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (12 September 2018). "Cabinet gets four advisers, five special assistants". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. ^ "List of PTI Candidates for Provincial Elections In Punjab | 2023". Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.


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