Ghulam Dastgir Khan is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1990 to 1999 and for brief in 1977.

Ghulam Dastgir Khan
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1990–1999
ConstituencyNA-76 (Gujranwala-III)
In office
March 1977 – July 1977
ConstituencyNA-100 (Gujranwala-III)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N) (1993 - present)
Other political
affiliations
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988-1990)
RelationsAzra Sabir Khan (sister-in-law)
ChildrenKhurram Dastgir Khan (son)[1]

Political career

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He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-100 (Gujranwala-III) in 1977 Pakistani general election.[2] In March 1981, he was appointed as Federal Minister for Labour Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis in the cabinet of President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq where he served until February 1985. He also served as Federal Minister for Local Government and rural Development in the cabinet of President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq from November 1983 to April 1984.[3]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly in 1985 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.[1]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) from Constituency NA-76 (Gujranwala-III) in 1988 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[4]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of IJI from Constituency NA-76 (Gujranwala-III) in 1990 Pakistani general election.[5] He obtained 67,697 votes and defeated a candidate of PPP.[4][1] He remained Federal Minister for Local Government and Rural Development in Nawaz Sharif's 1st Cabinet from 1990-93.

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-76 (Gujranwala-III) in 1993 Pakistani general election. He received 64,769 votes and defeated a candidate of PPP.[4][1]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-76 (Gujranwala-III) in 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 64,108 votes and defeated a candidate of PPP.[4][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Khan, Sher Ali (22 February 2017). "How the Sharifs have handled local government polls in Punjab". Herald Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. ^ "1977 election notification" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Cabinet of Zia-ul-Haq" (PDF). Cabinet division. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Election result 1988-97" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. ^ "1990 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.