Najaf Abbas Sial

Najaf Abbas Sial
نجف عباس سیال
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Constituency	NA-91 (Jhang-III)
Personal details
Born	(1959-05-22)22 May 1959
Died	11 November 2018(2018-11-11) (aged 59) Jhang, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Najaf Abbas Sial (Urdu: نجف عباس سیال; 22 May 1959 – 11 November 2018) was a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018 and a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2002 to 2013.

Early life and education

Sial was born on 22 May 1959.[1][2]

He did Bachelors of Arts from Government Emerson College, in Multan in 1978.[2][3]

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency PP-83 (Jhang-XI) in the 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 28,742 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Talib Raza Khan Sial.[4]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-83 (Jhang-XI) in the 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 42,366 votes and defeated Muhammad Aoan Abbas, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[5]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-91 (Jhang-III) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[6][7][8][9][10][11] He received 91,301 votes and defeated Muhammad Mehboob Sultan, a candidate of PML-N.[12] He joined PML-N in May 2013.[13]

Death

He died on 11 November 2018 due to cardiac arrest in District Jhang.[14]

References

1. "Detail Information". www.pildat.org. PILDAT. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
2. "Profile". www.pap.gov.pk. Punjab Assembly. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
3. "Profile". www.pap.gov.pk. Punjab Assembly. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
4. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
5. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
6. "Members - Punjab". Pakistan National Assembly. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
7. "PML-N not sole beneficiary of 'rejected votes' in 2013 polls". DAWN.COM. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
8. "PML-N bagged 119pc more votes than in 2008". DAWN.COM. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
9. "Faisal Hayat, his brother defeated". DAWN.COM. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
10. "Faisal Hayat, his brother defeated". DAWN.COM. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
11. "43 newly elected legislators join PML-N". DAWN.COM. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
12. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
13. "33 independent MPAs, 12 MNAs join PML-N". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
14. "Ex-MNA dies of protracted illness". The News. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.