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Khuram Jehangir Wattoo

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Khuram Jehangir Wattoo
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyNA-147 (Okara-V)
Personal details
Born (1976-02-25) 25 February 1976 (age 48)
NationalityPakistani

Khuram Jehangir Wattoo (Urdu: خرم جہانگیر وٹو; born 25 February 1976) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.

Early life

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He was born on 25 February 1976.[1]

Political career

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He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-147 (Okara-V) as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in by-polls held in 2008.[2][3][4] He received 79,195 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Muhammad Zafar Yasin Wattoo.[5]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-146 (Okara-IV) as an independent candidate in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 647 votes and lost the seat to Rao Muhammad Ajmal Khan.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "If elections are held on time…". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Embattled Wattoo likely to give up PPP Punjab office". Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. ^ Almeida, Cyril (27 April 2013). "A wily politician tries to hang on". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Wattoo's son elected to NA". DAWN.COM. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. ^ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. ^ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.