Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani

Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani (Urdu: پیر نور محمد شاہ جیلانی; born 15 September 1951 – 24 December 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018 until his death in office representing part of the Tharparkar district in Sindh. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.

Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018  24 December 2020
ConstituencyNA-221 (Tharparkar-I)
In office
5 June 2013  31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-230 (Tharparkar-II)
Personal details
Born(1951-09-15)15 September 1951
Died24 December 2020(2020-12-24) (aged 69)
Karachi, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Peoples Party

Early life

He was born on 15 September 1951.[1]

Political career

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (F) (PML-F) from Constituency NA-228 (Umerkot) in 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 24,210 votes and lost the seat to Nawab Muhammad Yousuf.[2]

He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency NA-230 (Tharparkar-II) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[3][4][5][6][7][8] He received 61,903 votes and defeated Shah Mehmood Qureshi. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as an independent candidate from Constituency PS-62 (Tharparkar-III) but was unsuccessful. He received 0 votes and lost the seat to Makhdoom Khalil-u-Zaman.[9]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency NA-221 (Tharparkar-I) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[10]

Death

He died in Karachi on 24 December 2020, at age 66, from COVID-19, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan.[11]

References

  1. "Detail Information". 21 April 2014. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  3. "District profile: Thar Ittehad set to give PPP a tough time". DAWN.COM. 19 November 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. "Whistleblower: Shah Mehmood Qureshi lost due to rigging, says Thar judge – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 28 August 2014. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. "PPP victorious in NA-229, NA-230 repolling". DAWN.COM. 1 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. "Re-polling: In Tharparkar, all eyes on PPP-Qureshi contest – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 28 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  7. "Unofficial results: Shah Mahmood Qureshi beaten in NA-230 as PPP sweep re-polling – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 1 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  8. "PPP lawmaker fearing NAB action obtains pre-arrest bail". DAWN.COM. 10 October 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  9. "2013 election results" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  10. "Pir Noor Muhammad Shah of PPPP wins NA-221 election". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  11. PPP MNA Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jillani dies from coronavirus


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