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Muhammad Afzal Gill

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Muhammad Afzal Gill
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023
ConstituencyPP-248 Bahawalpur-IV
Personal details
Born (1964-02-01) 1 February 1964 (age 60)
Hasilpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)

Muhammad Afzal Gill is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 1997 to 1999, again from May 2013 to May 2018 and from August 2018 to January 2023.

Early life and education

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He was born on 1 February 1964 in Hasilpur.[1]

He has the degree of Bachelor of Arts and the degree of LL. B. Bachelor of Laws which he obtained in 1995 from the Islamia University Bahawalpur.[1]

Political career

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He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of (PML-N) from Constituency PP-224 (Bahawalpur-VII) in the 1993 Pakistani general election. He received 17,984 votes and lost the seat to Riaz Ahmed, a candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party.[2]

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-224 (Bahawalpur-VII) in the 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 39,334 votes and defeated the candidate of PPP, Riaz Ahmed.[2]

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) from Constituency PP-274 (Bahawalpur-VIII) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[3][4]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-248 (Bahawalpur-IV) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[5] He defeated PTI candidate Zain Bukhari.

In the 2024 General Election, Muhammad Afzal Gill was defeated by the independent woman politician Farzana Khalil Bajwa.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Punjab Assembly election result 1988-97" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Notification - Results Punjab Assembly 2013 election" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. ^ "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". The News. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies". Samaa TV. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Notification - Results 2024 General Elections Punjab Assembly". GEO News. Retrieved 2024-02-09.